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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:39 AM Original message |
For those that believe Obama acts like a Republican, let's take a look at what Republicans propose. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. But...but...but... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Deleted message |
Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. WTF |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. Death Panels |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thing Always Get Worse Before They Get… |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. I wish more posters here could wield the Bat of Perspective as well as you just did. (nt) |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. I don't refute any of that. I just wish he were FARTHER left. nt |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. he's not anywhere near left. nt |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. He is as left a president as we are ever going to have during your life. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. miss crystal ball. never say "ever". i may live another 70 years, and your prediction |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. What's sad is that you actually believe what you are saying. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. where can i get crystal ball like yours? lol |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. For one, you could look at our Constitution |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. major social changes are going to take place during my life; that is a fact. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Oh I don't doubt that there will be changes. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. Define Republican......... |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I think there are different types of "moderate Republican policies from the 90s." |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. RE: your third paragraph:......... |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Why do you feel that passing policies in Congress has anything to do with "negotiation?" |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. No he didn't. There was no bully pulpit used........... |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. Democrats? Republicans? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Is there anything in this post from a policy perspective that you can refute? |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. How about : we're still in Iraq. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. The existence of a similarity does not prove (or even hint at) the abscence of a difference. n/t |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Well, since you've taken us into the wonderful world |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I think my point was actually substantive. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I guess my primary contention is the degree of importance |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Any day now.... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Toward your limited and contained perspective of reality. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You contradict yourself in the same sentence. You say he doesn't pass Teabagger policies |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. here's another example |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. "If you consider that Obama's original plan was a "compromise" or "moderate" plan rather |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
17. Oh, that familiar Roe v. Wade boogy man. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. How is it a "boogy man?" How is "riding that horse" a bad thing AT ALL? Isnt the truth a GOOD thing? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Okay here's part of the problem with that |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. My point is that anyone who would even think of not voting for the Democratic nominee necessarily |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. My point was not that that issue is not one important factor... |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. Who's sacrificing choice? "Roe" is not the only avenue to maintaining choice. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. Not at all. What do you mean "unquestionably true"? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
58. You must be male. No democratic woman would dismiss |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. The teabag Republicans right now are not the same horse |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. You make a great case for questioning Obama's obsession with bipartisanship |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Of course, you would define "reach across the aisle" in a way that would include keeping the |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. The Democrats had two years to do amazing things |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Any time anyone mentions that an election signals the "destruction" of a major political party |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. The fact that he "went WAY out of his way...etc" is a legitimate "complaint |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Bullshit. Obama ran as a leftist |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. You should have read his healthcare plan. While it was different than the one he passed, it was |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. He's not a Republican but he is a Centrist Corporatist |
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I Drink Water (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
43. Sorry, but I don't see a revolutionary paradigm shift occuring. I don't believe Obama has |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. That's a straw man. Obama may not have rolled back the Reagan revolution, |
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I Drink Water (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I did not misintepret anyone's opinion. I see no major shift or any attempt |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
49. Nah, he's a Bob Dole Democrat |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Yay -- Haven't seen a post by you in a while |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Being to the left of the extreme right does not make you a leftist. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
54. That's not the measure. Let's look at what CANDIDATE Obama proposed... |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Why isn't it EXACTLY the correct measure? Why isn't your measure totally wrong? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. You are only interested in partisan points for Obama, and ignore how Democrats enable Republicans. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
55. Latest Republican Party Platform I could find on short notice. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
59. It is sad that we have few good choices |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
60. Obama has fought harder to betray his "beliefs" than he has fought for them |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
62. I noticed you mentioned nothing about the wars, nt |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
63. Yes Republicans are much worse. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
64. I think the mainstream of the Democratic Party acts like Repugs circa 1988 |
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