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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReport: Obama Administration Will Reject The Keystone XL Pipeline
http://m.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/11/breaking-obama-will-reject-keystone-xl-pipelineTim McDonnell on Fri. November 6, 2015 11:06 AM PDT
#BREAKING: Secetary of State John Kerry has recommended against the Keystone XL pipeline, sr administration officials tell @eliselabottcnn
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Report: Obama Administration Will Reject The Keystone XL Pipeline (Original Post)
G_j
Nov 2015
OP
Truprogressive85
(900 posts)2. finally
Kerry
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)3. But Obama was absolutely positively going to
... ram it through!!!!
I learned that right here on DU.
So clearly this can't be true.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)4. Now that it's a moot point, that's pretty damned daring leadership.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)5. Must. Find. Excuse. To. Bash. Obama. nt
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)6. That 'bash' is just an observation of the politically obvious.
But, I'm sure he appreciates your getting between his feet and the fire.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)7. No, it's petulant whining.
Obama's opposition to the keystone pipeline has been apparent to all rational observers for quite some time.
Y'all went from "he's going to approve it, he's evil" to "so what if he opposes it?"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4172385
Textbook ODS.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)8. ^^^^^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^^^^
And then some. I never thought I would live to see such knee-jerk, obsessive criticism of a DEMOCRATIC President on the DemocraticUnderground.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)9. you know those guys in the Freedom Caucus whose purpose
was to torment John Boehner?
That mentality exists on both sides.