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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:05 AM Original message |
"How to Sacrifice a Presidency and Get Nothing For It." Katrina vanden Heuvel |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. He HAD a clear and historic mandate. He's already pissed it away. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Obama behaved as though the Repugs had the mandate and he was minority ....!! |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. That's a fact hun. From my POV all he has done is |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 07:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. +1000 |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. Great article. |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. Recommend. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. recommend |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. A pathetically squandered historic opportunity. |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Seriously. WTF has happened here? |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. The simpler theory is usually correct |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Occam and his razor have never been proven incorrect... |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. It's really mind-boggling |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
51. It wasn't squandered. |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. "On the way to a failed Presidency" ? Try, already there. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. +1 |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
41. Apparently you are underestimating Obama |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. recommend. |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. Hear! Hear! |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. How many presidencies in the past 40 years can really be deemed a success? |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You have a point. We were just fooled again by another lying politician. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. He's just protecting his base, the haves and have mores. Hmm sounds familiar. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. Katrina vanden Heuvel is seldom wrong. |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
13. recommend |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
15. Even the Bible said something about not giving pearls |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. K&R |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
18. Wish I could recommned this a thousand times. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. He was given a different mandate by the people behind the corporations |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. knr |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. Obama has already accomplished more than any Democratic President since Truman. |
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mymomwasright (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Well then... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. He has done a lot, none of it very well. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. It seems that in just one day, Obama went from not having had enough time to do anything.. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 07:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
45. Yes he is. Reducing payroll SS deduction will be used as justification |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. and he put together his cat food commission - for no reason - and |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Keep on dreaming. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. K & R |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. very sad |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. kick & rec |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. K&R |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. I have to wonder if the Presididn't is getting his information from his closest |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. Katrina sums it up perfectly. |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
31. rec'd |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
32. K&R |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
33. I'm so torn |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:51 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. "A mandate and both houses." A historic chance for real change. PFFT! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
37. Think it's time to ask: "Should Obama announce he is stepping down in 2012?" -- |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:18 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I hope the repubs don't get the idea to demand that... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Obama might give them Social Security even if they don't ask ...!! |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
42. Not only did he have a mandate, |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Not merely lost, virtually given away. |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I'd use uglier language still... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. +1000 |
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