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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:44 PM Original message |
Poll question: was Afghanistan expected? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not to this extent exactly |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. perhaps you shoudl have voted no |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. My vote was more accurate as a yes, I think. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. "In this way," NO. nt |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. im glad you noticed that. |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. No one expects the Afghan Escalation. Better empires than ours have been broken on those sharp |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. By definition campaign rhetoric isn't to be taken seriously. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. i think most people know |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. That is one of the reasons |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Funny how some here like to define what's "rhetoric" and what's a "promise" they were denied, eh? |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. for arcadian, its whichever he needs at the moment |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. He said he was going to do it... |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. He said it over and over again |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
48. "Low information voters"..that would be |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. As well as the FauxRage whiners who are the loudest of Americans. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. There's something to study |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, he made it clear the majority of his policies |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. yes he did say that,,,but I was hoping that in this case he would not follow through |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. well, i have great respect for this perspective |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. Of course. Only those who were not listening |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
15. nothing Obama has done - or not done - has surprised me |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
16. THIS is the campaign rhetoric he chooses to honor?! |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. i guess when his presidency is over |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Can I help you? |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. i think your time is better spent developing |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. More gibberish. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. see, there's that common sense thing again |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. He said he was going to do and he did |
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elana i am (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. it's what i expected which is why he wasn't my first choice |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. were there reall any viable choices that where not hawkish? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
19. Yes. And I don't remember one iota of Obama Outrage over it last year or even earlier this year. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. There was SOME |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. There are two answers... |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. people that are outraged because they werent paying attention are being foolish |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
21. Of course |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
23. if there was a 3rd choice I would have chosen that |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. thats not really true |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Exactly. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I guess you havent been paying attention |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. you cant see the forrest for the trees |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. We are currently fighting a war in Pakistan |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. as long as the border between the two is fluid |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. By putting a 100 thousand troops in Afghanistan |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. i am, the more the better |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. Yep. nt |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. Absolutely nt |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. Anyone who is surprised by this move clearly paid no attention... |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yes- for anybody paying attention to the campaign it should have been |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. Yes. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. Being expected doesn't make it right or smart. nt |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. it makes outrage neither. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Speaking out about the mistake of escalation in Afghanistan is hardly "outrage." nt |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. true. And what goes on here is hardly just speaking out. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. What else could it be? This is a message board - speaking is the only thing possible. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. it could be spin |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
45. Yes! |
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iceman66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. Yes. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
54. Nah, I thought Obama was a lying POS |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
57. It was pretty clear but still a pretty poor idea |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
60. It was unexpected that Obama would bow down to the generals in the Pentagon |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. That's how I see it. And he may have surrendered on healthcare too... |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
62. No, |
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