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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:41 PM Original message |
My apologies to the readers of this forum who attacked Obama . . . you were right. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. like somebody else said, we GLBTers were the canary in the |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yup. Who knew that a guy who sounded so liberal could be so DLC? nt |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. the immediate adulation for somebody new on the scene |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I didn't 'get' it then and I don't 'get' it now. nt |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. The speeches always seemed very contrived to me. n/y |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. i never really thought they were all that either but others do. I |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. His speaking style always seemed very affected to me. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. oh i am sure he got that preacher style at YALE. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Oh, it's the preacher deal that made people get all swoony. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I rarely listen to his speechs , especially during the primary. |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
63. I think he's a great speaker... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. You didn't have them on loud enough |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. Well, that and I had not partaken of the sacrement before listening. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Its not even DLC |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Believe nothing that you hear and only |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. i completely agree with what you say in your subject line. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I dunno... a lot of unionized teachers were chirping too. nt |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I am glad. they should be chirping considering what he wants |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. They are. The Education forum is the only place on this entire site.... |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. i should look at the forum. I made one mild comment in the |
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racaulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thank you for this. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Is never fun to realize you've been played. I rec'd for you nt |
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racaulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Agreed, and thank you. |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. Rec |
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queerart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. REC (nt) |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. That was the knock on Obama before he was nominated. Political |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thank you |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. The brazen, cynical triangulation of the McClurkin fiasco tipped me off |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. that's when I learned how virulently nasty many of his hardcore |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. That was the ugliest time I have seen in eight years on this site. |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. FIGHT |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. it seems pretty bad now with the apologists vs the critics. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. We are now seeing a backlash against more than two years of incessant bullying. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. the backlash is an interesting thing to behold. I love this thread. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. It's funny, but now that people are once again free to say what they have been thinking |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. some of them are surprising me. nt |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #35 |
48. let me also add that i agree with what you said about it setting the |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. DNC |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
49. Yeah, I think I put more people on ignore that week than all of the primaries |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. I only use PM ignore so i don't get hate mail. I am too nosey |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. There are haters here who don't deserve an apology. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. So...In Order To Deserve an Apology, You Can't Have Posted Previously What Everyone's Posting NOW |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. Steel yourself for the inevitable |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. I hear you, but those folks are deluding themselves to think O can win re-election. nt |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. It will all come down to the state of the economy |
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Betty Karlson (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
50. I respectfully diagree. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Agreed, his heart is not in the right place |
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Betty Karlson (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Maybe Mrs Clinton was right: |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thank you |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. As others have said |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. I saw this type of foot dancing |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
21. Shell Game |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. And two and a half wars going at the same time. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. Thanks, it wasn't fun. We lost a lot of good members |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's Different When It's An Issue YOU Care About, Isn't It? |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Well, yeah . . . in the sense that they are all important to me, but I thought that O |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. In fact, now that I think about it, repealing DADT would be a fairly easy "win" for Obama |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. You don't become a transformative President through "bi-partisanship" |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
43. I never bought the "he can't do everything at once" crap. And the "chess move" baloney |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
45. Thanks, Mister T. No hard feelings! |
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RetiredTrotskyite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
46. Absolutely... |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
47. this is a great thread to read through, glad you started it. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
51. Recommend |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
55. i dont think i have ever attacked him.i have criticized him and other dem leaders plenty |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
62. No, it's still part of the intergalactic chess game he plays in the cosmos. You'll see. n/t |
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