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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:11 PM Original message |
Just because Obama is enacting Republican policies doesn't make those policies good. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Republican policies like updating mileage standards and restricting mountaintop mining? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. There is no need to continue feeding our oil addiction. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Again, nobody is saying "Yay! Offshore drillilng" |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Actually, quite a large number of people have said precisely that. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. A few of which were being sarcastic...but that gets lost on people. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah, the HCR got alot of GOP votes and so will the finance reform & climate change bills. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Which rather emphasizes the futility of enabling legitimizing and enacting their policies |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. No, it emphasizes the falsity of the "Obama = Republican" critics' polemic. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Deleted message |
Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. the fact that shitty policy doesn't get GOP votes isn't really a badge of honor. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. The current "Obama is a Republican president" meme is intellectually bankrupt. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. You're replying to the wrong person |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. No, I am not. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Yeah, you really are. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You said: "He's the best Republican President we've had in a while. That's for sure." |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I said he's the best republican president TO ME - I'm sure GOP politicians would disagree |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. You got it! |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. It should have - it's a Republican plan. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It incorporated GOP ideas like the individual mandate, as did Edwards' and Hillary's HCR plans. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. The Republican origin of the mandates plan is well known. |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Bob Dole is basically an apostate |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. And it's not like he even gets any thanks from them even though he's protecting Bush's |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. "his DOJ is indistinguishable from Bush's"? Wrong. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. Blasphemer! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. Republican policies like HCR, better mileage standards, student loan reform... |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
56. insurance-first "reform", low mileage standards, and loans are loans |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. And just because Republicans might like some part |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Well-said. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
57. The presidents point was, to use the phrase popular with his chief of staff, "fucking retarded." |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. You have a bizarre belief in what Republican policy is |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
58. Wow, what a load of shit. Line by line: |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. Whether enacting law or continueing Bush policy, Obama is a Democratic Neocon. knr nt |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. Joking, right? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Healthcare "Insurance Reform" is a give-away to the insurance companies. |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. right cuz they're so estatic that |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. They will find loopholes, they wrote the bill. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Prove that "they wrote the bill". I think "they" would be surprised to hear that... |
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laugle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. If you've ever dealt |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Ah... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. Amazing that it's even necessary to point out such a thing. k&r |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. sometimes people are full of shit, and sometimes people are REALLY full of shit. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. No, the DLC apologists are the ones full of shit. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. They aren't Republican policies |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. well put. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. While I agree that they are not GOP policies |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. On the contrary |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. So, when did you stop beating your wife? nt |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. ... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Are you accusing me of being a troll? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. "Do not post broad-brush smears against Democrats or the Democratic Party." |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. This op is a clear violation of the board rules. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. The mods disagree. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
40. WTF is wrong with you people who spout this bullshit? |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Of course not. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. They're not Republican policies any more, if they ever were. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
44. Truth. nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
50. I'm just blown away by the evidence you offer |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Stop playing stupid. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. the vast majority of the policies enacted and backed by the president |
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