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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:27 AM Original message |
I think there are a lot of DUers that just don't get what Obama is all about |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'll feel unified if we all survive to January 20th |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. Yeah, there is that..... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. The change that he brings is the tone and method to governing. |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. He is a Practical Liberal, and that is exactly what the country needs right now.nt |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. Did you really ever think DU would stop the circular firing squads? |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. The idealist in me wishes for a flaming liberal in the White House. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. The pragmatist in me knows that citizens need to push for what they want. |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. Thank you Perky, you are absolutely right about some of those on this board. The new President |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. I suspect many on DU will be unhappy with Obama - |
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always_saturday (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. I think there are a lot of DUers who just don't understand that they can't tell the rest of us |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yes, I imagine that some of Obama's policies will bring about a torrent of hand-wringing. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. Agreed. Obama understands that "Politics is the art of the possible" n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. You misread many of us. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
12. correct. this was not a left vs. right election; it was a sane vs. insane election |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. True dat! |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. GREAT post, imo. He wants our states to become UNITED again - President of ALL people - negotiation |
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frickaline (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
14. Very well said. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
15. it'll take two terms to move the country to the left |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
16. You seem to think this is why he was elected: |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
17. If it's about post-D, it's about post-DU fer sure. |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
18. You are so correct |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
19. If he is able to accomplish all of that, what a country we will be! |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
20. Thanks for the eloquent post |
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Demi_Babe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. I agree with you on many points...Obama is a new kind of leader...one that I persoanlly have been |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
22. I half agree and half disagree |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Bingo |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Apparently, he plans to take the troops out of Iraq and relinquish the |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. That's extremely important and should not be overlooked. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. "the corporations, the power of the military-industrial complex" |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
23. We don''t want another lost opportunity -- or sell out -- like the 90's |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. There it is. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
24. I expect that some progressive policies will be implemented .... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm going to love to see how he's going to do all those things, |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
29. I have no idea what that means in terms of policy. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
30. i still want to see Bush & Cheney IMPEACHED |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Umm well you have about 70 days. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. i think it's possible |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. Even Doris Goodwin just said on Meet the Press, that he |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. That's not what I heard her say. She (and most of the others) said he could go big, in a big way... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
33. The recurring theme of Obama in his books: We've got to stop this insane partisanship. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
55. Granted. But being a pragmatist doesn't mean being naive. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
35. I get it. And I got it during the campaign. I know that the next time Repubs win the WH, they will |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. bait and switch |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Q-Tips are an amazing invention. n/t |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. kicked and recommended |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
39. I've actually been staying away from DU a lot since the election since from the day after it |
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Nathancummings (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
42. Obama brings the pragmatic centrism we need |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. If Nathancummings is for it, I'm against it. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. kissing repuke ass is what has America where it is today |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
44. I think you misjudge the motives of many DUers |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's true to a degree- some DEMS need further catharsis. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
49. Well first, there is no equivalent space on the left.. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
50. Obama isn't moving left or right --- he's moving forward. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Line of the night! NT |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
51. I say bullshit....... |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Again Q-tips are very useful |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Is "Q-tips" some sort of secret code? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's a Shame No One Made the Effort to Correct All Those Threads In Primary Season |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
57. So Obama is the Third Way's New Messiah? |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
59. I don't think Barack is on the same page as the Dems wanting retribution.... |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
60. k & r |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
62. Depends |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
63. K & R |
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