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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:13 PM Original message |
Why does the President seem to use his bully pulpit...to bully Democrats? |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. kr |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because he has more in common with the right than the left?? nt |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:17 PM Original message |
Noooooooo because we're supposed to be on the same side... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. the same side? |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The President hasn't moved. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. so when he campaigned on eliminating tax cuts for the upper 2%.. |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. No, he said today that is his goal. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. yeah, rich people time |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. but he has moved |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. +1 |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. utterly failed presidency-- too inexperienced, too little commitment.... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Thin-skinned. Responds to pressure by acquiescing instead of fighting back from a principled... |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. LOL let's discuss thin-skinned. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. blah blah blah reality.. |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Aren't able to discuss it yet? |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. i just did.. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. S.Q.U.A.N.D.E.R.E.D. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. He said he was a new dem, a blue dog. That means neoliberal. Believe him. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Yup. n/t |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Funny how that works, eh? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. He has spent 99% of the last 2 years slamming Republicans as the backwards party of No. |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. but, didn't he just capitulate to the party of No...making No that to change and No to hope that |
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Write Left (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Opposition to torture is also a symptom of ideological purity. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well, he has to be strong and uncompromising with somebody..other than Republicans. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because he spent two years listening to Rahm Emanuel |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. and still takes his marching orders from DLC. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't know, but it's yet another bad decision on his part. |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because the Pukes fight back? |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. because democrats let him |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. he's speaking to Congress |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I feel that if one side needs to surrender |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. Wow, sanctimoniousness. Really? |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yes, really. As soon as ti becomes available I would recommend watching the President's press.... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Yikes. Well, at least we're finally getting some transparency. :( nt |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Here ya go: It's now up in the DU videos section. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. Compromise is not capitulation, and |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. So, From His Own Analogy... |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. Sociological analogy: Domestic abuse is easier |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. because you're suppose to have his back and it hurts when your |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. Abusers abuse. It's what they do. |
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Eddie Haskell (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
38. K&R |
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