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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 08:47 AM Original message |
Obama official, Currently No Chance for Repeal of DOMA and DADT |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. I am not surprised. But, we still have "Hope". |
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Indydem (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yay for change! n/t |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. Bah. Whiners. Crybabies. It's just one prayer. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. "He does not get to decide and choose which laws he enforces." Berry is full of shit. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. So you are saying that flat out, across the board, that Obama may pick and choose |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. He is required by law to investigate war crimes |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
35. My line of reasoning is the idea that it is ok to pick & choose what laws to enforce |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Are you kidding? Budget and staffing decisions alone contribute to which... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That's different: there's no law saying you have to raid MM dispensers. |
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Doc Martin (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Can't Obama put DADT dismissals on hold until a study is completed? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Yes, he can do that |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. He can should he so choose using Presidential Stop-Loss Power nt |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. There's no law that says the administration has to defend DOMA. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've seen used condoms with more leadership skills |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. ... |
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t0dd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. I love that he assumes he will have a second term |
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Doc Martin (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. For what it's worth, won't invest my shoe leather again |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. His administration certainly is making that assumption. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. what a bunch of crap |
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Doc Martin (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. Spineless |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Has the President released an statements saying he doesn't? |
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Doc Martin (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. How did I miss those? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yeah, and yellowcake, WMD's and baby incubators. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. The old "just elect me again and I will take care of you" |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
21. He has made his choice...health care over gay rights. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. NIce way to spin unequal civil rights and bigotry |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Are you saying health care is not a civil right? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Still doing it -- niiiice |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. False dichotomy. We can all walk and chew gum at the same time. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Not really. |
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Doc Martin (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Strategy - I get that; Language of that brief - Offensive! |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Like I said above, I think he hasn't been walking and chewing |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Ah, full plate defense. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Because we all know presidents can only do one thing at a time. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Even Nixon made nice with China AND steered Title IX through Congress |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Richard Nixon. More liberal than most Democrats in Congress |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. It doesn't have to be either/or. That's just a lie. It's also despicably cyncial. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. +1 |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Actually, he has labelled himself a "New Democrat" |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Are you saying that |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. It does appear to be shaping up that way to me personally |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
34. Second term? Over my dead body. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. All they need now is a 100 percent majority in both houses and |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. Is this a leader we can believe in? |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. I doubt if I can support his other agendas now |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. a second term, eh? |
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