mcablue
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:34 PM
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Washington Post editorial board: Obama deserves benefit of the doubt. Senate bill worth it |
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Edited on Sun Dec-20-09 05:34 PM by mcablue
Their bottom line: "Given his willingness in his first year to make some tough decisions -- on financial rescue, on Afghanistan -- it seems to us he has earned the benefit of the doubt." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/19/AR2009121902334.html?hpid%3Dopinionsbox1&sub=AR
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:35 PM
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Beltway fish-wrapper supports a K-Street policy.
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:46 PM
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The Post must be following health insurance stocks (and thanking their "lucky" stars that Obama has no intention of upsetting the K Street apple cart, regardless of the suffering on Main Street).
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:14 PM
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NJmaverick
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:37 PM
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2. Seeing how he was given a horrible mess to deal with |
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people shouldn't be screaming at him that he isn't cleaning fast enough or he missed a spot.
Obama's life's work speaks for itself as to being a good man, and it's wrong to doubt him. Almost all the accusations against him are driven by bias or agenda rather than the facts
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Captain Hilts
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:39 PM
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5. I see Obama and the senate as separate entities. |
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I'll support this bill, but I don't like it.
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:41 PM
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8. They are separate. It's not like when the GOP was subservient to Bush |
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which was a historical deviation
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Captain Hilts
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:38 PM
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3. Only 4 out of 33 op-ed writers are female. All recent hires are conservatives: |
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Kathleen Parker Bill Kristol Michael Gerson
Ugh!
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mcablue
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:39 PM
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4. Froomkin is liberal though. Isn't he? |
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He's one of my favorites in the Washington Post. I like the fact they also have liberals in the mix.
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Captain Hilts
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:40 PM
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6. They fired Froomkin and hired a conservative weblogger. nt |
mcablue
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:40 PM
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Captain Hilts
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:41 PM
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9. Yes. Froomkin was one of the best things at the paper. No toadie for anyone. nt |
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:45 PM
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11. escalating the war was the easy way to go |
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ending the war would have been the tough decision, and he didn't do it. Ending it will be tough and we'll see if Obama has what it takes.
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:51 PM
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13. That is not possible..... |
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Obama has already turned into Bush; this is now settled fact.
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Sun Dec-20-09 05:54 PM
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14. "benefit of the doubt" that has bad conotations considering Iraq, rich tax cuts, NAFTA.... |
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and all the other times we give leaders that power.
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Mon Dec-21-09 12:46 AM
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16. No one else could have done it.... |
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.... and still have capitol to spare.
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Mon Dec-21-09 03:06 AM
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17. Thank God WAPO is going under |
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It has become a spokesperson for the MIC.
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