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Thu Apr-16-09 08:05 PM
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There is a major meltdown tonight on DU |
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Lot's of anger and finger point against our President tonight.... Last week everyone was patting their backs (You da man)...I support President Obama regardless of what some are saying around here.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:06 PM
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1. You support the President regardless of his actions or positions |
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I don't really understand that.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:07 PM
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4. Don't put word in my mouth by no means did I say that. |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:12 PM
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11. "I support the President regardless of what some are saying around here" |
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Thu Apr-16-09 10:33 PM
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47. you pretty clearly twisted his meaning |
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He made no reference to "no matter what his actions" You made that part up from ether.
the "some" in this case, are the tried and true Obama bashers.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:09 PM
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8. What I really don't understand is... |
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how you are such a stellar mind reader / fortune teller.
Right. People who don't jump to hyperventilations and hyperbole in the wake of an Olbermann comment must be Obamaton Kook-Aid Drinkers...
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:17 PM
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Fri Apr-17-09 12:04 AM
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Supporting the President does not mean supporting all of his actions.
I do not expect perfection from any President, so his administration would have to take some drastic turns to lose my support.
(Unlike the last one, who couldn't do anything right and we knew it from the start)
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:07 PM
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2. Good. Blind support no matter what a president does is very GOP of you! |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:11 PM
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:31 PM
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33. "regardless of what some are saying" does NOT="regardless of what he does" (blind support). |
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Edited on Thu Apr-16-09 08:32 PM by jenmito
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:40 PM
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37. Actually, it might be the other way around. |
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Some DUers respond to Olbermann "comments" with the exact same lock-step reactionary hyperventilations as Freepers do to a "red siren" headline at sludgereport.
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Thu Apr-16-09 10:34 PM
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48. back to twisting peoples words to bash Obama supporters again? |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:07 PM
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3. they don't want justice they want REVENGE |
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they're clearly coming from an irrational and emotional POV.
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Thu Apr-16-09 10:16 PM
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I want justice and freedom and a working checks and balances form of government. Keeping a free society for my children is not revenge.
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Fri Apr-17-09 12:34 AM
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58. How is it justice to not prosecute constitutional violations and criminal acts? |
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And how is it "REVENGE" to do so?
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:08 PM
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5. The imperial presidency beholden to corporate and financial interests.. |
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.. is the problem, not any one particular person.
You might have noticed that candidates outside the power elite and corporate stranglehold simply don't have a chance to get elected.
Look at Dennis Kucinich and Howard Dean, who would have made truly great presidents!
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:09 PM
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7. look at Dennis Kucinich |
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...who is batshit crazy. :eyes:
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:23 PM
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25. I like Dennis Kucinich. I don't agree with him on everything but he is |
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NOT batshit crazy. If you want to see some batshit crazies turn your tv to Fox News
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:27 PM
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30. I think we have some Freepers trying to upset folks on DU. |
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:patriot: Liberal and proud of it
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:28 PM
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Fri Apr-17-09 08:17 AM
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61. That's what I said when I first came on here. |
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It refers to free republic.com, a conservative site.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:14 PM
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13. What is with the worship of DK? Worship of no one is |
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healthy. Obama, Krugman, Kucinich...
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:15 PM
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It's destructive and can lead to future disappointment. They are all human.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:17 PM
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20. Even DK is not perfect |
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I would also say if I think he is wrong.
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Thu Apr-16-09 10:12 PM
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45. please tell me how Obama is |
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beholden to corporate and financial interests?
This should be good.
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Thu Apr-16-09 10:36 PM
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49. corps employee people |
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people who need money for food. Stopping the job loss in America means stemming the tide of bank and corporate closings. You are either wealthy or never have worked yourself. Stop trying to put us poor people out of work.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:08 PM
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6. This is DEMOCRATIC Underground, not OBAMA Underground |
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So you support Obama's decision. That's fine. But I assert that waterboarding is a war crime that is prosecutable no matter what the Bush DoJ memos state, no matter what Holder says, no matter what Obama says.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:14 PM
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12. You have every right to your opinion and so do I. |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:17 PM
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17. What is your opinion? |
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You've not laid it out in the thread.
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Thu Apr-16-09 10:37 PM
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50. are you looking for more words to twist? |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:14 PM
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14. Yes, and even if you argue that, it's no excuse not to go up to those who ordered it |
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Obama gave me no indication that he might investigate anyone involved. I generally try to defend Obama, but not when I really feel he is too meek or wrong.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:16 PM
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16. The ship is going down and you want us to jump ship go after |
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the guys who poked holes.
It is time to plug the holes and head to shore,then while the haul is being fixed we can send out the dogs.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:18 PM
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21. Are you sure it's not HOWARD DEAN underground? |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:36 PM
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35. That doesn't even make any sense |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:41 PM
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39. See the ridiculous "Time to draft Howard Dean for 2012" post. n/t |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:25 PM
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28. I don't support Obama's "decision" but I also don't know if he really had a choice... |
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Edited on Thu Apr-16-09 08:27 PM by TTUBatfan2008
If the CIA threatened to pull a JFK on him, then what the fuck else is he supposed to do? They have more power than all 3 branches of the government and we know they do all kinds of illegal shit in their day to day operations. We don't know what they told him. This is an "if" scenario of course, so take it with a grain of salt, but IF I was in his shoes and was threatened by the CIA I'd probably do exactly what he did. Some folks don't mind being martyred for their cause. I'm secure enough in my own fears to admit wanting to cling to my own life as much as possible. There is a very short list of causes I would die for. Torture prosecution is not on the list.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:11 PM
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9. ALWAYS question the ULTIMATE AUTHORITY............. |
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Edited on Thu Apr-16-09 08:12 PM by Double T
then question the ULTIMATE AUTHORITY....Again!
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:17 PM
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19. Some people up here, can be just like the Freepers they make fun of. |
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Fri Apr-17-09 12:35 AM
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59. I agree, only I think we would identify different groups of people with that statement. |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:19 PM
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22. It has been amazing to watch and read DU recently.... |
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Edited on Thu Apr-16-09 08:19 PM by Spazito
I am seeing more than a few OPs and posts that are castigating the President for not doing this or that NOW, issues that are in the purview of the DOJ, Obama is expected to simply override the DOJ and get it done NOW, issues that are in the purview of Congress, Obama is expected to ignore Congress and get it done NOW.
Well, when bush did exactly what some people are wanting Obama to do, there was holy hell raised and rightly so. Unlike bush, President Obama is FOLLOWING the rules and the CONSTITUTION and that slows things down but, in the end, it gets it done and done the right way.
Obama is NOT signing executive orders that override the powers of the other juristictions to get things done NOW and that is a DAMN GOOD THING, imo.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:20 PM
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23. Nah, in the realm of major DU meltdowns, this ain't shit. |
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But thanks for your concern.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:35 PM
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34. I would hate to see a real meltdown.... |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:39 PM
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Rick Warren? David Shuster? Jason Leopold? Hillary running in the primary?
And any other number of topics where there were at least 50 or more threads about it?
If we're still "melting down" on Monday, wake me. So far, this is nothing.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:40 PM
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the inability of people to use hide thread is amusing.
:toast: :hi:
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:46 PM
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40. I was just trying to remember |
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what the topic was the night I hid 30+ threads about something -- from the first page alone.
:hi:
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Thu Apr-16-09 10:07 PM
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44. My love for the hide thread option really came alive during the Popaluzza time... |
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it really got a work out then, lol.
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Fri Apr-17-09 08:08 AM
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60. Damn, now I have to use the hide thread option again! |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:21 PM
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24. President Obama IS one of the good guys. He had NOTHING to do with this shit. |
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He did the right thing, but the ball is in our courts now. WE need to press for investigations.
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:23 PM
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26. 'Some people say..." n/t |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:24 PM
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27. What the problem is is that it is easy to sit at the keyboard |
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And decide what should be done and do it with a lot of moral conviction. But quite another to sit in the oval office and confront the real problems and the enormous consequences of those decisions. If you don't have faith in this man to do what he can to change things then who do you have faith in? And if you have someone in mind then how are you going to get him in office? Like someone said "the art of politics is what is possible"
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:26 PM
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29. When isn't there a meltdown on DU? |
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Thu Apr-16-09 08:27 PM
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31. It's no worse than normal. |
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Thu Apr-16-09 09:48 PM
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42. If there isn't a major meltdown on DU someone will make one up to let off steam |
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Edited on Thu Apr-16-09 09:50 PM by stray cat
there are always those that are unhappy and those who disagree with those complaining about how unhappy they are and how everybody else should feel just as unhappy as they are - and vice versa. DU exists to have meltdowns much like free republic I suspect.
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Fri Apr-17-09 02:45 PM
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62. I suppose u are right |
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Thu Apr-16-09 10:05 PM
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43. Every night is Meltdown Night at DU |
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Thu Apr-16-09 10:41 PM
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52. You call it "a major meltdown." We call it "Thursday." |
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Thu Apr-16-09 10:51 PM
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Edited on Thu Apr-16-09 10:52 PM by PBS Poll-435
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So very true...
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57. LOL! Thank you for the laugh :) |
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