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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:45 AM Original message |
Krugman: minimal steps are just a way of guaranteeing a devastating defeat |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Dear President Obama |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. It isn't just rahm, look at his other appointments. Even Biden advised him to listen to |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
80. You mean this team? |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. don't forget Holder. nt |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. You mean... |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #89 |
129. yep. one and the same. incredible what a bunch of conservatives.... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #80 |
91. Cute. |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #80 |
109. That's the one! |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #80 |
133. +1 |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. Krugman's right. n/t |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. They shat their mandate and momentum away so fast it's difficult to believe they did it accidentally |
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Steely_Dan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yep...Exactly n/t |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Agreed. And I hate to see Congress, especially Pelosi, pay for it. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I agree: the House Dems are the least responsible party |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
65. Ayup. Triangulating ever further Right, to Oblivion (for us, they'll be fine). nt |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
59. Problem is, the ones truly paying for it, are not Pelosie or Congress, it's citizens, it's |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. No relief for we the people if we lose what little we have in the House. nt |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
66. Good point |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. If they had deliberately set out to take down |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
70. Didnt you smell something when Bush/Cheney left so quietly? I think deals were made. nm |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. Hey, listen, they just decided to not rig the machines this time. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #78 |
92. Everything was set up for Bush to extend his presidency "temporarily" to get thru the crisis (you |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #92 |
112. Yes. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. +1 nt |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Yes. A very pretty package indeed :-( |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. Privatize the profit and socialize the risk - and normalize the torture. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:47 AM Response to Reply #117 |
175. Torture is the single worst crime in existence. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #112 |
153. +1 The Republicans could NEVER have passed this agenda |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:43 AM Response to Reply #112 |
174. Plus one. nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:38 AM Response to Reply #92 |
173. Yep. And blame it all on the Democrats. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #70 |
115. Looks like those of us who were mocked for 'they'll never relinquish power' weren't quite so far off |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:35 AM Response to Reply #70 |
172. Deals are still being made. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #70 |
186. IMO |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
77. +1 |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
82. I wonder which one we should be hoping for |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:49 AM Response to Reply #82 |
176. They simply can't be this incompetent. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
95. I agree. In fact I don't believe for a minute they did it accidentally. |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
107. Great point. |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
122. Yes indeed! I remember the Obama people leaping to his defense when every |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:42 AM Response to Reply #122 |
184. I remember that all too well |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
162. I'm glad others noticed the Lame Duckedness. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
171. It couldn't possibly be accidental. |
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TMED (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
187. Well, there was Michael Jordan playing baseball |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. They should have realized this six months into his administration |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
118. The same mistakes they've made for 45 years? These are not mistakes. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:34 AM Response to Reply #118 |
169. Damn right they aren't "mistakes". |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:51 AM Response to Reply #118 |
177. Exactly nt |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
124. Also the dirty way they treated Howard Dean after everything he did for |
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marew (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. Krugman and Robert Reich.. |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
87. +1 n/t |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. Krugman must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. The polls seem to correlate with what he says /nt |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. The poll that says he's at 50% approval? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. According to Gallop it says about 46% approval for Obama, which by itself isn't bad |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. It was 50 the other day. All within 3%. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 02:20 AM Response to Reply #41 |
160. What I am saying is whether it is 46% or 50% those are respectable, and most likely |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
58. Not on the economy! He's at almost 60% disapproval. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
67. The polls that indicate Republicans gaining 4 to 8 Senate seats,... |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. And your evidence is what? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. "Cheerleading". |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
101. Said the guy with the logo of the whitehouse in his sig line... |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
125. And your point is? |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Surely you didn't just call me a cheerleader and a republican, did you? |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. I would not call you a Republican... |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. You are then letting the cheerleader name calling stand? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
79. Are you not a cheerleader? Why is that bad? I'm a cheerleader of many causes. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
102. Technically your first post could be construed as somewhat of an ad hominem... |
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JoseGaspar (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
110. Who are you? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:26 AM Response to Reply #60 |
151. If the shoe fits. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
191. Indeed, we were told it was a 'chess move' by those same cheerleaders |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I'm sure it just all in his head |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Yes... And Because Of This Minimalist Approach... It Won't Be One Of Our Better Novembers... |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. explain why he's wrong |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. It's a whine, going off someone else's article..... |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Funny, but that's exactly how your post resonates |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. I never whine. I'd rather talk facts. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
130. Leeeve Obama aloooooone!!!!! |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
152. "Don't you DARE say anything nasy about my HERO Obama!" |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
127. +1 |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. at the very least Cohn is talking about a trial balloon |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
108. Explain why he's wrong... where's the explanation |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
72. How do you know that he always thinks he is right? Dont you think you are right when you |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
119. He tends to be right far more than wrong. And admits if he is wrong. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #119 |
136. +100000 |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:36 AM Response to Reply #119 |
161. Well Put - Both note and signing statement... |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #161 |
193. Thank you! Much appreciated. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
192. Show where he is wrong, if you can |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. Recommend |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
10. Exactly what we've been sadly watching happen... n/t |
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mike r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
13. Rahm Emanuel is no friend of the working class |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Rahmsputin is Obama's biggest mistake. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
62. Rahmsputin |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
75. thank you... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
73. Rahmbo. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Not at all |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #76 |
90. . |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #76 |
100. You think they want him? |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
120. ! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
14. HUGE K & R !!! |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
19. Krugman is funny. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. His *political* analysis has been superior to the WH, so where does that put them? |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. puts them in last place and second to last place |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. The White House is not into "analysis." They are into governing. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
178. The point is we could be where |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
146. Krugman's awards were earned. Obama's were given as acts of faith and wishful thinking. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. We're kind of in a poorly timed limbo right now |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #33 |
189. More "Audacity." |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
25. Krugman's an idiot |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Stop living on Planet Bush |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Project much? |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
121. Thank you, Lydia. You are a true progressive Democrat. I always read your posts. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
180. Plus one! nt |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. LOL !!! - One Of The Funniest And Most Ironic Posts Of The Era !!! |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Agreed. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
71. His post could well be the MOAF. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. What is the average person seeing that he's not? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. such a well thought out argument |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
47. That post said precisely nothing. |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Sounds like he struck a nerve |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. No, he just sounds uninformed. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
86. oh. please! go ahead and tell us what krugman is uninformed about.... |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Actually, I was not referring to Krugman. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #88 |
128. i see now. sorry. nt |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #128 |
197. No problem! |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
134. Do you think that Krugman would ever call you an 'idiot'? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
147. Look into the mirror, and repeat . . . |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
154. LOL! You aren't fooling anyone. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
179. Funny how so many of us agree with him. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
194. "and can see nothing from the point of view of the average person" |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
30. A Reminder: Democrats playing "Me Too" showed us how to |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. That's what I'm wondering. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
104. "Our own" |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. With You. |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:12 AM Response to Reply #104 |
163. Checking in as another little (d) Democrat that has seen the party evaporate |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:18 AM Response to Reply #104 |
182. I'm with you. They are no longer my own. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #104 |
188. + 1000 + (n/t) |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
111. "Don't give in to fear...." |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
181. Exactly nt |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. Brilliant as usual...some harsh truths for Team Obama. nt |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
36. He's an economist by profession |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. cheap slander |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. you must have him mixed up with someone else |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
139. no sense at all |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. ? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. None whatsoever. When Krugman disagrees with the administration they say he he's a hater but now |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:14 AM Response to Reply #46 |
164. Propaganda need not make sense.. All it takes are people too lazy to think for themselves. |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Huh? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
83. Yes, I agree. He's been clear that he thinks Obama went too small on the stimulus |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
74. You don't really read his columns, do you? |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #74 |
140. Krugman was wrong. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
155. Have you bothered to READ any of his collumns? |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
42. K & R. He's done and said all he can. |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
49. K&R...We need to REPEAL the FIX thatgives the Catfood Comm a NO-AMENDMENT vote in lame duck Congress |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
55. It reminds me of the battered spouse syndrome |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
64. Krugman is just jealous because Obama is so devastatingly attractive. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. PLEASE tell me you're joking. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. No, I am absolutely serious. |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:16 AM Response to Reply #69 |
165. Isn't that the Plot of an old Toshiro Mifune movie? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #68 |
156. I remember attacks saying that he was Jealous that he wasn't |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
81. I must say, Krugman as usual is absolutely 100% correct! But Dems don't listen they coward |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
85. Obama could restore confidence real easy ...affirm that he will veto any bill that changes SS... |
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JoseGaspar (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
93. Sit back and watch as 20 million people run out their unemployment... |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
94. the DLC is getting what they want: Republican control of congress. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #94 |
123. When the republicans are in control, the DLC has the "bogeyman effect" helping raise funds. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #94 |
126. DLC=Democrats Lose Congress |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #94 |
149. DLC = Democrats Love Corporations |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
96. Like a half-dose of chemo |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
97. So this theory goes |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #97 |
148. The bi-partisan shit was NOT a mistake. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #148 |
157. Yes. Our party made a deliberate move to start relying on |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
98. Krugman was right way back when- Obama was naive |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
99. Kruger hits it on the head. The administration has been playing a losing game. |
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politicalmajority (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
103. Rahm Emanuel Scares No One. He Is a Paper Fish (Something Even Less Than a Paper Tiger) |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Fear has no purpose. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #103 |
131. Very true. Can you imagine this guy scaring republicans? Republicans are |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #131 |
190. Rahm's job isn't to "scare Republicans". |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
116. Seems like its time for Democrats to take matters into our own hands |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #116 |
132. The problem is in that business about taking matters into our own hands. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #132 |
138. Are there any examples of grass-roots movements that succeeded? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #138 |
144. The New Deal, pretty much a success - sufficiently grass-roots to be credible and endure |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #144 |
195. But it would have gone nowhere without the Gubmint. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:47 AM Response to Reply #116 |
158. But they don't work for us anymore. |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
135. He's pretty much right. Obama should've went bigger sooner. It's too late to do anything big now. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
137. Go ahead Obama. |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
141. Dear Mr. Obama |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
142. I believe we hired someone who massively overpadded his resume. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #142 |
159. We hired someone who lied to us |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
143. K&R |
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BEZERKO (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
145. Yep, |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
150. Put Stiglitz in where Summers/Geithner are |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
166. Pass a massive jobs bill in September and we will win in November. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:30 AM Response to Reply #166 |
168. And pass a huge small business aid package to seal the deal. |
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SILVER__FOX52 (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
167. precisely correct !!! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
170. Obama forgot it was a 53% Progressive, Democratic coalition that put him in office |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #170 |
185. I think this is what they planned all along,there's to many bad moves for all to see repeated! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
183. K&R |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
196. i have to agree (twice now) n/t. |
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