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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 01:18 PM Original message |
Bill Greider lays the stomp on President Obama |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Greider's been correct at least since 11/25/08 |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Obama was right |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 06:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Not about the thing you say. |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. Still trying to blame just the banks |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. ACORN?! |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Yes, ACORN |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Well, Michelle Bachman has someone who agrees with her... |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. They aggressively marketed |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yesterday when Obama came on the TV I deftly used the remote to get away from |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. +1 my sentiments exactly. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I'm lovin' your user ID. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. he was no illusion to anyone who was paying attention |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. He Was NEVER My First Choice, Nor Was Hillary... But I "Thought" We Were |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
72. he talked a good game |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
78. +1 |
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MsLeopard (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. K&R your post.... (if only) |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Ouch, you just described how I feel |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. I'm doing the same thing . . . it's an aversion to lies . . . |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
66. Love this post! |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Both of these articles by Greider are very good, n/t |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. We have to face the truth... |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. He speaks to the pure, and then we have Congress, turf wars and ideology. If Obama could get better |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yes the refining of the rules and regs will come easier as time goes |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. However legit the gripe, how do we get the regs we and Obama know we need to pass Congress? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. He's the friggin' President, in case some here have not noticed |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Some of us have noticed |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It's worse than enough if they give regulatory power to those that should be regulated. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yeah, remember when FDR took office and changed the world in five months? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. FDR did not offer up the banksters trillions of bucks |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. He diversified the power to make economic decisions. nt |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I was puzzled by your answer but now think |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes. FDR created new federal agencies to organize workers and dispense aid - in addition to Hoover's |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Obama has put the thieves in charge of new policy . . .Summers/Geithner . . . |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. He changed the GOVERNMENT in five months. The world would take a while longer. nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. FDR and the New Deal |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Correct . . . by regulating capitalism, he saved capitalism . . . this time it's over--!!!! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
70. It revolutionized the way people thought about government and brought it into their lives |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. good. We are subhuman monkees |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. Grieder has been on the ball from day one |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. 'Still, I am thrilled to observe a nascent rebellion gathering strength in Congress. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Me too. nt |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. That is good news. n/t |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Hope it continues to grow |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. Thanks for the excellent article. I discovered a similar one yesterday |
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pjt7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Greider is |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
48. Anyone Who Watched C-Span This Am Might Have Heard Kevin Baker |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. William Greider is dead center every time I read him. Obama is a |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
50. I Hear You... I Hear You & So Do So Many Of My Other POLITICAL Friends! |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. k n r x 1000 |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. The emperor has no clothes |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. Willam Greider is dead to me! |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 03:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. At first I thought he was playing nice |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. Excellent thread. Keep those cards and emails coming, folks. To our reps that is. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. Haven't read all of this yet, but bless Greider -- I adore the man . . . |
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pjt7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 05:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Has Keith Olberman or Chris Matthews brought up |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #43 |
57. I don't watch Matthews - and only part of Olbermann ... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
44. Deleted message |
Rebel Scum (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
46. "Those of us who expected more were duped, not so much by Obama but by our own wishful thinking." |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. So we should have voted for McCain, then? |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Wrong Question... Do You REALLY Think That's A Good Response?? |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #51 |
67. All of the other viable alternatives were MUCH worse. |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I Guess As A Liberal & A One Time Hippie... Satisfaction Is Hard For Me To See! |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. That's where HOPE got us this time.... |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Ah, But There's The Rub For Me! I No Longer Use The Word HOPE... I Stopped |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I have often thought that the American people will NOT... |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
52. As long as we continue to pretend Tweedledum and Tweedledee are our only choices, |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Yeah... For Sure... But Give Me Some Answers... Lead The Way Out Of The Abyss! |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Follow my keyboard to the barricades! |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. What You Said SURE Sums It Up!!! Stop Blaming "The Left" I Say AND |
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pjt7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Let's see Bill Greider get a full coverage media |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #52 |
80. The trick is to make the choice be between Tweedledee and Genghis Khan. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
56. Excellent article. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
58. Where are Obama/Democrats on RE-REGULATION of capitalism??? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
59. Thanks for posting that |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
60. Congress gettintg "outraged?" BWAH-hah-hahhh! |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Unfortunately The Days When His Kind Of Activism Existed Are LONG GONE!!! n/t |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:02 AM Response to Reply #60 |
75. One person who did really have a tough time and |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
63. Those of us who weren't expecting the second coming with Obama are not surprised. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
73. K & R |
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