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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:06 PM Original message |
Will the 'hope' and 'change' memes come back to haunt Obama in 2012? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Sorry that you are offended |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Have you been ignoring current events during the two years? Obviously you have. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think he can use "change" again. |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. True on every point |
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WolfoftheWild (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. He can use "continuing Progress" then. Because that's what he will do. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Why not, considering how much CHANGE he's already wrought and how much more he can do? |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Proof of what? Your link goes to the poster |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Fixed. |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. He can't run on change again at least not unless he means changing congress. As far as hope goes I |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Good ideas. |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. He has to take ownership of the message first |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. lol! Like BushCo's "ownership society"? No thanks. Obama personifies CHANGE. |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. No not like Bushes, 'Ownership society' |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You sure?? BTW, I'm still waiting for proof of your claim re: "... no hope for the economic future" |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. See post #26 |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. The economy is improving, and will despite GOP efforts, continue to do so ... |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. He can run on an altered version of the change meme |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. I think so ... recall that he always said .... |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
58. OH yeah ... the "jobless recovery." |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. If he wanted to be very Democratic, he'd run on "Gov't of, by and for THE PEOPLE"... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Well, his Wall Street reform bill is proof of his Democratic values and leadership. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. There is hope and change afoot IMHO |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Obama has to wrest back control of the messsage |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I agree |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. That is why using his principles (cabinet members) is so critical |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. No one can factually deny that domestic, diplomatic and economic policies have changed dramatically. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. Of course, an incumbent president would never run on "change". |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Unless he controls the message |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Didn't you already agree w/Autumn that he couldn't run on change or hope? |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. See post #21 |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. LOL! In other words, you don't want to explain why you're backtracking now. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. See post #31 |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. A recycled Ronnie Reagan slogan, |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. “This gives me so much hope,’’said 17-year-old Zakiya Willies.“It inspires me to always do my best." |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. What do you mean "come back"? |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I mean to be used against him politically In the 2012 race |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. Obama's 2012 slogan "Hope for Change" |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. That slogan was doomed from the start. |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. It should be "ACTION AND PROGRESS" because that is just exactly what we have gotten. |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. Out of curiosity... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. He can definitely run on HOPE and CHANGE. However I see hi m pushing D vs. R. |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. no, they won't come back to haunt him. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
43. These have a familiar ring. |
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WolfoftheWild (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. this post has a familiar ring. |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
44. Republicans will be hammering those catch phrases. |
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whatchamacallit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. He can reuse them with a new truthful slant |
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mochajava666 (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
47. They have already haunted him in the midterms |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. The youth didn't show up |
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Kitsune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Speaking as a young political junkie.. |
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rusty fender (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #47 |
55. The Paucity of Hope |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
50. Only among those who didn't understand that change doesn't happen easily |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. Hopey Changey |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
57. Obama has done a latta POSITIVE things in 24 months....he will kill um nx year. |
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