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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:17 PM Original message |
The American people are NOT "yearning for bipartisanship"; they're yearning for GOOD LEADERSHIP |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Being a good leader does not preculude being bipartisan. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. How exactly does a leader govern a country that is split down the middle? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. It's not split down the middle |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well said. The slave seeks to throw off the yoke of the master, not work together in a |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's right. K&R |
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chefgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Know what I find funny? |
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Reciprocity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Exactly, you only hear bipartisanship on the democratic side never on the republican side. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Exactly! And what about all those years when liberals were called traitors?? |
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Reciprocity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I don't know, maybe it's because I'm a C-SPAN junkie..... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. I can't imagine presuming to speak for the American people |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well, why not? Obama certainly presumes to be speaking for the American people |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Granted that is treading treacherous ground, but I'd question the stability of... |
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old guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bipartisanship; Wonderful concept! |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Democrats just keep getting fucked by their counterparts in the GOP, and then they ask for more. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. Getting the job done requires bipartisanship at times... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Which people are you willing to work with? |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Was there something in my post that indicated... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Yes, if you're supporting Obama's version of bipartisanship |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Oh... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Nope, I expect that he's planning to do what he says until he says otherwise |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Do you have a link to that? n/t |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Yes, you've lost the argument. Now go find your own links. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. You made the claim he said it... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Asking for a link: the DU equivalent of throwing the gun once you've run out of bullets |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. Excellent point... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. I wholly agree: |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. Why is it everytime it looks like WE could be the winners |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Agreed. Where is the republican cry for bipartisanship? /nt |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. totally. Look at Congress. I'd say they are being bipartisan. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'll be damned if I'm going to meet a rightwing nutjob halfway |
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Snarkoleptic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Repukes are very willing to reach across the aisle. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. So you'll rather have division..... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. We don't need spineless Dems in the WH |
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Reciprocity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. Good one!LOL n/t |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm yearning for bipartisanship |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. I sure don't want bipartisanship. Not when Republicans want to see the middle class bleed. |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Fuck bipartisanship. These people will slit your throat in a second |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. When the Republican party changes and returns to its roots of civil liberties, |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. Kerry never did get it.. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. Bipartisanship only works if both parties are playing. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
41. K&R n/t |
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