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Who is Obama? [View all] blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 OP
You mean the man from 2008? The arbiter of all things that are hope and change? leftofcool Dec 2014 #1
+1 F4lconF16 Dec 2014 #2
Well what Obama should have taught us in the last few days INdemo Dec 2014 #8
If we're going to get Republican policies, we might as well have Republicans to blame them on. Scuba Dec 2014 #91
Interesting thing is, pangaia Dec 2014 #100
This guy had it right. WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2014 #171
Some of us wanted Kucinich, but Jamastiene Dec 2014 #179
absolutely k & r! n/t wildbilln864 Dec 2014 #202
I thought I knew who he was/is, but now........................... joshdawg Dec 2014 #3
The latest corporate servant ponied up to con the people. polichick Dec 2014 #4
^ This. nt TBF Dec 2014 #31
Who would have thought we would have that 3 dimensional chessboard pocoloco Dec 2014 #78
He is the man SamKnause Dec 2014 #5
Nailed it. REC'g this post!!! nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #14
And we could have another President just like him INdemo Dec 2014 #15
Preach it brother....DU Rec Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #17
Right on the nose CanonRay Dec 2014 #23
+1000 PADemD Dec 2014 #24
+1000000000000000 woo me with science Dec 2014 #35
You are 100% correct. SamKnause Dec 2014 #50
I have to agree. nruthie Dec 2014 #121
+1 My Friend jschurchin Dec 2014 #99
not ebem a .420 hitter in MLB pangaia Dec 2014 #102
Ross Barnes hit .429 in 1876. Hugh Duffy hit .440 in 1894. 11 Bravo Dec 2014 #148
Well, Bravo. pangaia Dec 2014 #157
I played in HS, and had offers to play college ball ... 11 Bravo Dec 2014 #166
I played, Little League, Babe Ruth, pangaia Dec 2014 #167
Excellent post! MissDeeds Dec 2014 #105
I cried with joy election night. merrily Dec 2014 #122
Nailed it. Octafish Dec 2014 #141
Exactly Yes........ n/t fredamae Dec 2014 #153
...^ that 840high Dec 2014 #158
... SammyWinstonJack Dec 2014 #199
K&R ...he's not perfect but he has done alot... SummerSnow Dec 2014 #254
I hear you. SamKnause Dec 2014 #255
just another go-along-to-get-along dem politico. just like the last one, just like the next one KG Dec 2014 #6
Okay I will say it... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #7
So, we should just sit down and shut up and vote for the next corporate candidate, because the GOP djean111 Dec 2014 #10
excuse me yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #12
What choice we had to vote for? Obama was carefully groomed for the spot. djean111 Dec 2014 #19
Hello? yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #25
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! malaise Dec 2014 #30
JUST love you my Mayonaise Malaise!!! yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #33
LOL malaise Dec 2014 #39
yes but it goes awesome yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #44
We had sliced avocado with breakfast a short while ago malaise Dec 2014 #55
Raises hand!!! yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #61
That's a great story malaise Dec 2014 #81
Oh, I know exactly what you mean. I believe people are now starting, tho to say hey, let's not just djean111 Dec 2014 #38
People need to groom the next yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #53
No, lesson learned. People are now just pointing out the difference between what was campaigned on djean111 Dec 2014 #62
Well Just because Hilary is running yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #67
That is what is happening now. I participate in a Bernie's Team thing at present. djean111 Dec 2014 #70
Candidates promise a lot of things... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #74
I agree. djean111 Dec 2014 #85
+1 The primary is supposed to be the time we get choices. merrily Dec 2014 #124
Perfectly put. (nt) Albertoo Dec 2014 #42
Why inject realityinto this latest rant ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #26
This has to do with logic. yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #28
But a wolf in sheeps clothing is available. RiverLover Dec 2014 #40
Exactly right. A Trojan horse candidate. woo me with science Dec 2014 #68
Clark Kent IS available. I'm he. ;) (nt) Albertoo Dec 2014 #43
Wait..so who is that behind yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #46
Is this going to be the Third Way strategy to manage this thread exposing what Obama really is? woo me with science Dec 2014 #51
um... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #77
Not technically, maybe. merrily Dec 2014 #125
~ha! CrispyQ Dec 2014 #140
Good. merrily Dec 2014 #142
Join the club! All of the black posters here are THIRD WAY, THIRD WAY!! even though 90% of us had Number23 Dec 2014 #174
It's distressing, of course. OilemFirchen Dec 2014 #201
Spectacular post. And exceedingly true. One of the reasons that black people have historically Number23 Dec 2014 #207
+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #233
Speak for yourself TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #215
lol! Thanks for the permission Number23 Dec 2014 #220
Oh, the irony of that ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #223
The poster declared all black members as accused of Turd Way, I do not resemble that remark and am TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #249
No, permission to speak for me was withdrawn. Hence, the "speak for yourself" TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #250
I would never DREAM of speaking for you, darling. PLEASE believe that Number23 Dec 2014 #253
Rule 1 on DU of late ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #54
agreed. yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #57
Ahhh ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #65
Yep AnalystInParadise Dec 2014 #169
Yeah, that's it ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #188
Some have the luxury of waiting for the perfect candidate, some do not NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #187
I don't even know that it's having the luxury ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #189
Perfect is the wrong word, but I dont think you will find many people who have been the target NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #191
+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #194
At this point none helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #87
We are stuck with Obama? yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #92
Care to respond to my post about Democrats adding an amendment to helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #109
California has raised their yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #113
No Republicans want it but they also wanted to roll back Dodd Frank and pass helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #118
Things are working out well in California yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #119
$15.00/hr.?? CountAllVotes Dec 2014 #144
I could have sworn that was in the last eletion yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #173
That's the point. We don't have any real choices. That's the problem. This is not a democracy. 2banon Dec 2014 #184
YOU don't have choices? yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #192
Excuse me youngster, don't presume to know what I've done in my life politically, or what I haven't 2banon Dec 2014 #196
I know enough to join my local party have done yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #197
LOL! You just did it again. 2banon Dec 2014 #200
And let me add if you don't like a Candidate yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #203
Gee, ya think? 2banon Dec 2014 #205
oh stop the bitter pill thing okay? yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #206
LOL!!!!!!!! 2banon Dec 2014 #209
If we're going to get Republican policies, we might as well have Republicans to blame them on. Scuba Dec 2014 #93
Come on now Scuba... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #98
If we're going to get Republican policies, we might as well have Republicans to blame them on. Scuba Dec 2014 #112
So blaming them is going to do what exactly?? yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #115
I think his point was, GummyBearz Dec 2014 #133
I bet you I would get sent there first... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #134
I guess you didn't go to many history classes... GummyBearz Dec 2014 #168
Sir i do indeed know about the Internment Camps... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #175
I'm white GummyBearz Dec 2014 #176
I will not be going to any Survialists group camp... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #216
No its not GummyBearz Dec 2014 #228
We do. they had the house the last four years treestar Dec 2014 #246
At this point I don't 840high Dec 2014 #159
Obama will clearly go down in History in the top half of Presidents. Albertoo Dec 2014 #9
Obama Thespian2 Dec 2014 #22
Obama was a very good president Albertoo Dec 2014 #36
My god, false equivalences much?! Fearless Dec 2014 #89
Don't Thespian2 Dec 2014 #164
... SidDithers Dec 2014 #151
Read Thespian2 Dec 2014 #165
"providing health care for all" vi5 Dec 2014 #80
Shoot: what do you have on your mind? (nt) Albertoo Dec 2014 #83
"providing health care for all" vi5 Dec 2014 #132
The man who very much wanted to be elected President twice--and was. merrily Dec 2014 #11
Just another Corporate whore. Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #13
Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #16
What? I don't know what this even means, and yet I'm somehow offended. RiverLover Dec 2014 #18
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #34
OMG what utter BS propaganda. Who is this poster? RiverLover Dec 2014 #49
Okay, you don't want to read ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #60
I guess trying to make this thread into a big joke *is* the Third Way plan. woo me with science Dec 2014 #59
Trying to pick a fight? ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #69
The Third Way taunts and mocks. woo me with science Dec 2014 #73
... SidDithers Dec 2014 #75
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #84
A baldly disingenuous, diversionary question. A Third Way messaging tactic. woo me with science Dec 2014 #103
... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #222
I don't know whether to vomit or giggle manaically at the absurd response you are responding to here Number23 Dec 2014 #208
Jesus FUCKING christ did you just call 1sBlackman a 3rd wayer? NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #190
Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #225
So it is the children who are the 3rd Way LOL amazing NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #234
I, probably, should retract that comment ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #235
Did this anti 3rd way stuff emerge AFTER Obama was elected? NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #236
The first time I heard anything of 3rd-way ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #237
You're not very smart, are you? randome Dec 2014 #21
Oh look - they left us one TBF Dec 2014 #32
A Kenyan changeling, of course. randome Dec 2014 #20
Well, he just pushed through a bill with a Citigroup rider attached RiverLover Dec 2014 #29
You call it a lie, I call it a confrontation with reality. randome Dec 2014 #41
Quick ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #45
They put in at the last minute to sneak it through. They could have taken it out. RiverLover Dec 2014 #52
How could they have taken it out ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #63
Warren(D) and Vitter(R) had amendment to take it out RiverLover Dec 2014 #72
That doesn't answer my question ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #82
I think you just debated against your own point genxlib Dec 2014 #108
Oh baloney. It went through the same process the rest of it did. From AP: ucrdem Dec 2014 #101
What a load. Obama's biggest 2012 donor was U of California, not Goldman Sachs. ucrdem Dec 2014 #94
Split hairs much? Or just lie? here ya go~ RiverLover Dec 2014 #106
GS was not his "biggest donor" in 2008 either. Busted. nt ucrdem Dec 2014 #110
Reading comprehension issues? Here are some more, plus open secrets, again. RiverLover Dec 2014 #126
You're posting links to Infowars? Alex Jones' Infowars? ucrdem Dec 2014 #128
This is so predictable. Can't trash CNN or THE Hill or Open Secrets too? They all say same thing. RiverLover Dec 2014 #130
NONE of those support your false claim that GS was "his biggest donor." nt ucrdem Dec 2014 #131
Pay attention. TM99 Dec 2014 #177
Better ask Santa for a calendar: ucrdem Dec 2014 #185
Hmmm....look again. TM99 Dec 2014 #195
Yup... SidDithers Dec 2014 #152
The wisdom of AJ in three smileys: ucrdem Dec 2014 #162
Excellent posts. Ugly truths. woo me with science Dec 2014 #143
Reading comprehension issues aren't what is going on. Autumn Dec 2014 #146
Obama is what he does. 99Forever Dec 2014 #27
President Obama is a better and more intelligent person than the entire Republican caucus CJCRANE Dec 2014 #37
+1. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #47
++++10000000 nt kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #139
You want a Savior.. a Jesus.... Mustellus Dec 2014 #48
Not a savior, we want a person who is the same when campaigning as when in office once elected. RiverLover Dec 2014 #58
The trouble is most of us thought he could take on the MSM and the establishment on his own CJCRANE Dec 2014 #66
We did have Progressive Activism...through the Bush Years.. KoKo Dec 2014 #241
The familiar, cynical talking point woo me with science Dec 2014 #64
If the Republiucans liked Bush sorefeet Dec 2014 #56
He is an innocent abroad... kentuck Dec 2014 #71
It seems to me that he came into office thinking that what everyone wanted was healthcare, amandabeech Dec 2014 #212
Obama is a better president than I thought he'd be gwheezie Dec 2014 #76
Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. leeroysphitz Dec 2014 #79
I don't know either ann--- Dec 2014 #86
In the words of Oliver Shea Jackson... Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #88
Pure political genius. While we were raving over a ham sandwich he got immigration reform passed ucrdem Dec 2014 #90
He got immigration reform passed? When? I guess I missed that. Scuba Dec 2014 #95
I guess you did. That doesn't surprise me. Here: ucrdem Dec 2014 #97
An EO doesn't qualify as a bill "passed". Scuba Dec 2014 #111
Oh please. nt ucrdem Dec 2014 #114
p.s. sorry if I misread your remark but yeah it passed late last night. ucrdem Dec 2014 #170
Was it also passed by the House? Scuba Dec 2014 #182
Yes, on Thursday, but not without a kerfufle: ucrdem Dec 2014 #183
This is the CROmnibus bill. Is this what you call "getting immigration reform passed"? Scuba Dec 2014 #213
Some also said ISIS is our No. 1 priority. ucrdem Dec 2014 #221
You sound like Fox "News". Scuba Dec 2014 #224
"Former" Republicans don't do it for me, sorry. nt ucrdem Dec 2014 #232
You mean like Hillary? I don't blame you, she acts like a rethug & supports rethu policies. nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #242
I'll give Warren this much credit: she makes HRC look good. nt ucrdem Dec 2014 #251
+1 Just like an executive order banning "some" "enhanced interrogation techniques" woo me with science Dec 2014 #135
That's why he has 97.86% approval among liberal Democrats. n/t QC Dec 2014 #127
Umpteenth Dimensional Chess fredamae Dec 2014 #96
I too am disappointed. But save some venom for the obstructionists Repuks. olegramps Dec 2014 #104
Your President. spanone Dec 2014 #107
Thread. Win. Number23 Dec 2014 #172
I would suggest jehop61 Dec 2014 #116
This "naysayer" hasn't missed a vote in 44 years. 99Forever Dec 2014 #123
You also haven't done what the poster recommended ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #238
"for us"????? Did you forget to add the sarcasm thingie? DrDan Dec 2014 #229
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #239
He's a Socialist Corpratist. JoePhilly Dec 2014 #117
Pathetic, transparent Third Way attempt to conflate absurd claims of socialism woo me with science Dec 2014 #120
A cyborg from the planet Obamula bigwillq Dec 2014 #129
It may be time to rethink what we have done and where we are going..... democratisphere Dec 2014 #136
We will find out the next two years. CrispyQ Dec 2014 #137
I'm disappointed too Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2014 #138
He is a Wall Street shill IMO CountAllVotes Dec 2014 #145
I've stopped defending him, for the most part. TwilightGardener Dec 2014 #147
well he ruined one of my favorite MLK Jr. phrases for me G_j Dec 2014 #149
He can't be an FDR, yet.... steve2470 Dec 2014 #150
He is whatever people see him as according to their values and priorities. Autumn Dec 2014 #154
I knew exactly who he was as did many ohheckyeah Dec 2014 #155
+1 Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #180
I was even told I was old and just didn't get it. n/t ohheckyeah Dec 2014 #218
Kennedy is rolling in his grave LittleBlue Dec 2014 #156
Poor Ted CountAllVotes Dec 2014 #160
First you need to spell his name backwards kinda like a Beatles record. L0oniX Dec 2014 #161
I believe he began with good intentions. Tatiana Dec 2014 #163
He's about who I thought he would be Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #178
This message was self-deleted by its author doc03 Dec 2014 #181
I don't suppose you'd consider adding "Barack" to your subject line? ucrdem Dec 2014 #186
We say, Carter, Kennedy, Roosevelt, Clinton even... what's wingy about that? 2banon Dec 2014 #210
Given the obstruction and hate he has had to deal with, I think he is Superman NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #193
I voted for him twice deutsey Dec 2014 #198
Best prez of my lifetime so far. JaneyVee Dec 2014 #204
He knew 20 years ago he wanted to run for Prez and 'vetted Michelle's jobs so they woudnt come back Peregrine Took Dec 2014 #211
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #214
Outstanding post. woo me with science Dec 2014 #219
Interesting that you would applaud ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #226
I have no doubt that the troll you applauded will be coming around again. You Better Believe It!!nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #227
The post was spot on. woo me with science Dec 2014 #230
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #240
MIRT is now censoring? Maybe you should let admin know! nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #243
if you keep using the word "corporate" it might start to mean something treestar Dec 2014 #244
A footnote. A corporate stooge. Marr Dec 2014 #217
In the eyes of most people. NCTraveler Dec 2014 #231
Another in a long line of sold out politicians - honorary Bush Family Evil Empire member Doctor_J Dec 2014 #245
kick for reply #5 woo me with science Dec 2014 #247
He is Arne Duncan, Sonia Sotomayor, Tom Vilsack, Jack Lew, David Petraeus, Rahm Emanuel, TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #248
24601 still_one Dec 2014 #252
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