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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:18 AM Original message |
Obama is losing a battle he doesn't know he's in - Guardian UK |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is utter crap. Obama is not president yet. Speaking out means |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Horse Pucky. If Obama's views are different than bu$h's then why not say so. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. No... he couldn't win |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. This has been going on for 60 years |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. He is the first black president you know |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. AMEN! |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Obama's between Iraq and a hard place. |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. well put. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm going to defend Obama on this issue... |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. At this point Obama is still a junior senator from Illinois |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. No, he's not |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. "I don't think they understand who they're dealing with." |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. Boy, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. why do people write something as dumb as "in a battle he doesn't know he's in"? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Good Catch, Cali |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. because it makes the writer appear so much more wise. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. why all this talk about Obama saying something, Bush |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
9. The idea that Obama "doesn't know he's in" this "battle" is ridiculous. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. Holy sad shit, he's not even the goddamned president yet! |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. He's known he's going to be for a couple of months, though. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. We should have impeached Bush & Cheney when we had the chance... |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. This shows the lack of understanding of the writer at the Guardian. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. Bushitler bullshit. |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. If you listened to Democracy Now they really laid into him last week. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. uh, hate to break this to you, but there's a substantial difference |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Not sour grapes |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. I completely agree with you. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. "He wasn't hired to manage a grocery store." Spot on |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. "Show me pictures of a guy in Hawaii with a set of golf clubs..." |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. I see no reason he should not go golfing |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. for 2 years Obama ran |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. B U L L S H I T |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. He is just letting Bush take one final lump for everything |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. The writer has it bucking fackward. Obama's silence *probably* implies a *break* with chimpy. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. I love when foreigners and some Americans show their complete and utter |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. This "...just a private citizen with no power..." has accesses to a microphone |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Because, he can't push policy until he's PRESIDENT. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Why not? It would be his policy. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. No, he can't establish policy, but he can make his views known. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Gee, just today I heard that Obama is up on Capital Hill, pushing his policy, |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. yet, it has no intrinsic value only psychological. he can't do anything until sworn in. he said it..... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. He can speak out as a "private citizen". |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. Sure he can, but he has no power to change a thing until sworn in. nt |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. The only thing that bugs me right now, is that I have no idea how my president feels about this... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Your President is Bush. Your President Elect will be sworn in on Jan20th |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
54. Bush was never MY president... just wanted to make that clear... LOL |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. I agree that he should be speaking out. NOW. |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. Yes, the world is waiting for his response |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. The "key Arab and Muslim audiences" he's losing, he couldn't have relied on anyway |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. Could the influence of the Christian Right be part of the problem? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. Well sorry, we have our inaugurations on Jan. 20 after the election |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. What a useless response. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. If Obama were Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed all rolled into one... |
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PuraVidaDreamin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 04:09 AM Response to Original message |
55. "It's time to get down to the people's business." Obama quote from yesterday |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
56. One President at a time |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
57. Speaking out . . . |
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