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Ah, now I get it! The "comfortable walkin' shoes" are only for comfortable walks! (Original Post) Poll_Blind Jun 2012 OP
Knock it off DearAbby Jun 2012 #1
He has a bully pulpit he used to endorse gay marriage and that bully pulpit HAS... Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #2
+1. TheWraith Jun 2012 #3
Maybe both can happen. Obama fights and then we still lose. But maybe it feels better! Logical Jun 2012 #5
For a strike. That was the fine print. boppers Jun 2012 #4

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)
2. He has a bully pulpit he used to endorse gay marriage and that bully pulpit HAS...
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 10:50 PM
Jun 2012

..weight, as we've seen. I expected more than a tweet. He's not just the President, he's the leader of the whole political party.

PB

TheWraith

(24,331 posts)
3. +1.
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 10:50 PM
Jun 2012

But it's more satisfying to blame Daddy Obama for not doing everything for us than to accept that we don't always win.

boppers

(16,588 posts)
4. For a strike. That was the fine print.
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 10:52 PM
Jun 2012

There was no strike, because a strike by the workers in question would have been illegal....

I assume we're talking about WI?

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