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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:59 PM Original message |
It's clear that Obama has surrounded himself with conservatives |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is good |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. How about paper and PEN? |
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StreetKnowledge (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Conservatism isn't hanging by a thread |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Obama was elected not by "us," whoever "us" is, but by hundreds of millions |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Who? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. By the same token, someone is not "progressive" just because they're pro-choice |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. More liberal please. BIG change: stop giving stimulus money to free (to fraud) enterprises. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Bah bahbla wabbah. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. I'm doing what? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Pst. You interfered with groupthink. No criticism of Dear Leader, not even mild criticism. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. A lot of the things you want Obama specificlly opposed during the campaign |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. This is true. No one wants to admit that though. They insist he is a liberal. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Many DUers projected thier own beliefs onto Obama rather than learning his real policy stands and |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yep. n/t |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Lieberman not sure whether Obama was a Commie or not |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. No, he is not my boy. You must be projecting your own preferences |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 05:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
44. One of the truest things I have read here... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Hey there Saracat |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Hugs to you too Horse! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. only in bizarro world or on counterpunch planet |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. My big concern--if he wants opposing views, where are the people to the LEFT who will challenge him? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Michelle. n/t |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Obama doesn't "oppose" their views. He has always been a moderate to conservative Dem. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. lol. Obama is pretty much a standard liberal leaning dem |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Perhaps with what passes for liberal these days. All I am saying is Obama |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 03:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
41. That's a gross distortion. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yeah, Obama is not exactly a Blue Dog conservative Dem |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. he's not exactly in the progressive caucus either |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. I sad but certainly not shocked. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. Another 'Obama is Far Too Clever for Us To Understand' post n/t |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. Unless people agree, media teaches, these are too large leaps. |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Not to be a nudge... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. Guns and Gays should be at the end. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. oh yeah, civil rights get to the back of the line! |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. If FDR had put Civil Rights at the front of his agenda, there would be no New Deal. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Deleted message |
QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Wow.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Quibble: there is no such thing as a "corporate conservative" |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. the people are who matters |
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Trekologer (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. In order for Obama to be successful today |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. gonna need sme Democrats too |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. then nothing means anything |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Not So Strange. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. yes |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Damn, I wish we could recommend posts, because that sums everything up perfectly. n/t |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
40. BUT THERE'S ONE BIG QUESTION: |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
42. No matter how many times people deny the existence of liberals |
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Dangerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
43. Change MY ASS! |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
45. in the long run, it won't matter . . . reality will trump conservatism of every ilk . . . |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
49. You hit *most* of the high-notes... |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
51. time to let go of the fantasy |
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