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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 12:51 PM Original message |
President Obama is Wrong, the Republicans are Right |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gee - I wonder who would have unrec'd this? Nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I did |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. I unrecced it, too. It's just another anti-Obama screed. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. The 'gays stop yer whining group' have kept a perfectly good article down to 0 |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. +1000 nt |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. +100000 |
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joe black (514 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. Those two... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
54. Me too... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. I did. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's only a matter of time... |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. If only the Senate Log Cabin Republicans would have voted for Cloture the other day on DADT repeal |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Oh come now, you're trying to hold republicans to the same standard |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. So who are the Senate Republicans that are members of the Log Cabin group? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It was more like wishful thinking - I wish there had been some Republicans who would have voted for |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I think you're right on that. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. Pretty sad, isn't it? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. NOT seeking to overturn; they got it wrong, seeking to make it FIRM. |
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Proud_Lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Thanks for clarifying that, Elleng |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. YVW, Lefty. Stray Cat, at #8, got it too. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Maybe you can answer the question I asked Stray Cat |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Some good discussion here. Here's more: |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. Yeah... crock of shit. More multidimensional chess. Sure. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why do so many DUers want a temporary stop that can be over turned to a permanant stop of it? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Who is appealing the federal judicial decision outside of the Obama Administration? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Who could? Nobody, I'm pretty sure. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. MineralMan, explain how Judge Phillips' ruling "would not stand for long" |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It's simple. As a district court, the decision is at the lowest |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. A separate case cannot be brought |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I believe you are incorrect on that. But, as I said, I'm not |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. The NY Times agrees with that analysis |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. right on (tho difficult for many to recognize.) |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Always said by people with no skin in the game. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. and lawyers, who understand the legal issues. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. ellen, see post 37 and 40 |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Saw those, and posted this: |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. thanks for the links |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. don't address this case, but give some idea about the legal issues generally. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. stray cat - explain the process by which Judge Phillips' order could be "overturned" |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. "The Republicans"? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Conservative Log Cabin Republicans. That's what they call themselves. That's what they are. |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. You've missed my point entirely |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I missed your point on "synecdoche" big time until I looked up the word in a dictionary. |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I apologize for being combative, |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It's OK I don't think anyone will think the Republican party as a whole is .... |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yes, this is true |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. Republicans-Dems, kiddin?!!! you can have Porky Pig in there it wouldn't make a difference! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. Deleted message |
Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Nation never really loved him!! |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. Rec'd. To the displeasure of the Praetorian Guard rec'd/ n/t |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. SO "REPUBLICANS" are right? Not just a tiny self hating subset |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. The title of the OP is ridiculous, I agree |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. You've got it, my friend...Or maybe |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. So you think "The Nation" is a rag and its writers are right-wing Republicans? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. My issue with it is the misleading title, refuted later in the article |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
38. "The Republicans?" Really. Buck, who compares homosexuality to alcohoolism is right? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Your facts are just plain wrong. Outside of that minor problem it was a good response. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. This still does not make your OP title correct. counterpunch's title is a lot better and at least |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. Your self described "complaint" is way off base. But you were not totally wrong. That's good! |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
49. Obama is NOT wrong for wanting CONGRESS to vote to permanently repeal DADT |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. So you are pretty much against these activist liberal judges legislating from the bench? |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Yes, and also... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #55 |
65. There is a judicial branch for a reason. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. we have three branches oif goverfnment for a reason |
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JustinL (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
64. how would letting the ruling stand prevent Congress from repealing DADT? n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. crickets |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. If the ruling stands that DADT is unconstitutional that would render DADT and void. |
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pgodbold (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
53. K & R nt |
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