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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:21 AM Original message |
Let's get something Straight. Obama is Running the Show. The Cabinet Members Serve at his Pleasure |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. how do you know who runs the show? |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That's what I was wondering. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Wishful thinking that the President Elect is going to be running things? |
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Alter Ego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Cause we elected him. |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Oh for fuck sake.... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Give what a rest? I don't recall talking to you before, or the OP. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. So if he picks Rove and Cheney to be in his cabinet, you're okay with that? |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It matters who he picks, but all this handwringing over his selections so far is such bullshit |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. MOST of who he has picked are Clintonites. It is fair to question this, when voters |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Voters voted for Barack Obama. I'm not sure what you are talking about |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Dem voters voted AGAINST Hillary Clinton. Or she would've been the nominee. nt |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Some did, but a lot of us voted for Barack Obama. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. That's what I said. Voters chose change and Obama over experience & Clinton. nt |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. And Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Administration are two separate things. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. The Clintons are a team. Bill is a former President. They can't be separated. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. And Ive always considered her claims to being first lay as experience as BS |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. What the hell are you talking about! |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. By definition, when you voted for Obama, you chose "change" over "experience"... |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. And what you don't get is that "change" and "hope" |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Wrong!!!!! |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. And more PEOPLE voted for Obama. That's whats called winning the popular vote. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. and if frogs had wings and ate mud and had a body temp of 300 degrees |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Exactly. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. I commend your attempt at logic... |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I'm trying, but it just seems like this place is overrun by these Pissed off Concern Trolls. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yup..... the attack of the concern trolls...... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. No, actually it's overrun with a bunch of pissed off progressives and liberals |
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Windy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Who exactly are you people looking for? Give out some names! I'm just curious |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Oh puhleeze Vulcan, this isn't freeper country, you can cut out the macho braggidicio bullshit |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No, pretty much all of the hardcore Obama supporters from the beginning here arent acting like you |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. And here is the sum total of national opinion? |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
40. Obama is choosing people with knowledge and expertise |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. There are plenty of experienced liberal and progressives out there |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. Actually, it confirms the fact that the 'pissed off progressives and liberals' |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Gee, following your logic we should have all supported McCain |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. Then let's draw the names from a hat and get it over with |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Whatever the significance of the appointment, it looks like Hillary will get SOS. |
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bcoylepa (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. He's earned the right |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. That is the goal but sometimes people go rogue ala Sarah Palin. |
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dccrossman (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
15. Thanks for saying it |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. 'Get stuff done' means going with experienced gov't managers; trustest idea people different. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
22. I get pissed off when Hillary and Rahm get called "centrists," they are good liberals. |
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Alter Ego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I'm getting that sense as well. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
26. "The pleasure of the president" - Where have I heard that before?... |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. You know where I heard it first? |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Both fictional characters... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
32. Yes, I thought that is what a president does. Why so little confidence in Obama's |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
44. OK....do you have a point? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
49. What? He expects his Cabinet members to service him? |
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