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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:43 PM Original message |
This is why you don't make a deal with the devil, |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you. I think we've all seen the results of too many deals with the devil. nt |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Ain't that the truth. nt |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
163. I'm tired of deals with the devil |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Only one correction |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
70. I'm sorry. We ALLOW them to block our legislation with 41 votes. If we were willing to play |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:57 AM Response to Reply #70 |
171. Well, Sen. Reid would like to gently remind his Republican friends that... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #171 |
185. Maybe the deal was...Harry would survive as Senator if he made sure |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #185 |
190. The Dem candidates wont start running two years before the national election |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #171 |
186. Maybe the deal was...Harry would survive as Senator if he made sure |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. You said it, MadHound. |
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benlurkin (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. I would like to know |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Because DADT is a military policy and Obama is CIC of the military. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. DADT allows him to do it |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Yes, he could. Easily. |
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meowomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
188. He has shown himself to weak on this issue. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. As CinC, Obama could issue an EO that would do away with DADT for the duration of his term |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
192. Yes. Here: |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. DLC got exactly what they wanted today |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. No. Truer. Words. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Neo-liberals "Good Cop" - Neo-conservatives "Bad Cop" |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. more like good GOP, bad GOP |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. +1. "See? We tried! Shucks, now our hands are tied." |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. That's the DLC dog and pony show in a nutshell |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
200. It's not my first Triangulation Dance. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 02:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
158. What are you talking about? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. K&R |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well, you know....work with the Senate you have and all that.... |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
69. So its not Obama's problem |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:01 AM Response to Reply #69 |
164. It's not an excuse to me.... |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #164 |
189. Sorry, i misread the sarcasm |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #189 |
191. Exactly. |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #191 |
193. Yeah, it sure is |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. And the fact that this impacts people's LIVES is totally lost on |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. An EO striking down DADT from "fierce advocate"? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. The President can't issue and EO to strike down a law |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. In this case, Yes He Can |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
197. An EO can be used to place limits upon enforcement of said law. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. K&R...n/t |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. Kinda like their 9/11 responders fiasco vote |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. Burned indeed. How the hell many more lives have to be ruined? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why do you feel the need to spin this to blame the Democrats, while you give the |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Republican obstruction is expected. Democratic obstruction is not. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Trash is expected to smell, that doesn't mean you don't take it out |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
202. We did take out the trash in 08 - but it still stinks in here. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Because Obama could have, and should have signed an EO suspending DADT months ago |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. The lunacy of this entire debate is that it seems extremely likely, |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Yes, what a sad and ironic statement that it is a bunch of Republicans taking the lead on this one |
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kratos12 (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. Again obama gets blamed when |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. This is about Obama. If had signed the EO - we would AT LEAST have that. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. "If this were about race - you would sing our tune." |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Obama could sign an executive order in less than 5 seconds. |
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kratos12 (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yes he could |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. And if Obama had suspended DADT when he entered office, |
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kratos12 (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. based on your rationale I guess your voting repig |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Does that lame argument *EVER* work? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. Hey, everybody's got to go through Intertubes Debating 101 |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
80. What usually works is that 3rd party voters meet the reality of a Republican government. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. Wow, do you see third party conspiracies in every post? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Sorry, I meant "Republican." Post 40. n/t |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #88 |
100. Umm, now you're simply not making sense, sorry. n/t |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:30 AM Response to Reply #80 |
166. Which recent congressional election was decided by third party voters? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
73. LOL! |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 02:58 AM Response to Reply #40 |
159. He made the deal since he took office because |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:38 AM Response to Reply #159 |
168. Oh, I recognize that, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:15 AM Response to Reply #40 |
165. i think i would say yea, the issue is forerfront, not just with congress, the pres, supreme |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:00 AM Response to Reply #165 |
172. Not saying that the Log Cabins are our heroes, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #172 |
175. i hear ya. bu i dont think that is a bad thing. and i think the last couple of years |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:40 AM Response to Reply #175 |
178. True that, a powerful image, a powerful thread n/t |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
57. Obama needs to take a stand. So what if he is reversed? At least he would stand for SOMETHING!!! |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:01 AM Response to Reply #57 |
160. He did take a stand. |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:34 AM Response to Reply #160 |
167. +100000 |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:46 AM Response to Reply #160 |
169. First of all, the president could have prevented the destruction of lives of many good soldiers |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 02:52 AM Response to Reply #35 |
156. SO FUCKING WHAT? |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:39 AM Response to Reply #35 |
177. Who's the boss? |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
52. Just like he would have gotten CREDIT if the repeal had passed. See how it works? |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. An EO would be challenged by the Repukes as unconstitutional. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Umm, if you read DADT you'll find |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Where? What part of DADT allows a Presidential EO to countermand it? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Look up Stop-Loss, educate yourself then get back to me. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
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kratos12 (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. You keep on saying obama is gutless |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Words are cheap, it is actions that truly mean something |
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kratos12 (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. A broke clock is right once a day |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I'm not giving the 'Pugs a pass, despite your all caps shouting, |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. Obama says a lot of pretty things. But he often doesn't act on them. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. Only in your head has the Obama Admin "made a deal with the devil" |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Biden admitted it on the Maddow show last week! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 02:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
154. Are you saying Biden was lying? |
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Democat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
198. Everything is Obama's fault with some people! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. HUGE K & R !!! |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
48. K&R. Good question. I think we already know the answer though. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
51. What "devil"? Our constitutional form of governance? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 02:31 AM Response to Reply #51 |
155. Maybe you should ask Biden. It was his description. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. Recommended. From Rick Warren to this is no surprise n/t |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
55. I am familiar with EO not having the authority to reverse laws passed by Congress |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. There is none. If it was that simple, then the previous Repuke Presidents could have just issued EO |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
58. I'm totally convince Obama is not learning these lessons as he should |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
61. EO! |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. No EO has ever overriden, or even weakened any established law. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Oh horseshit! That is why they are separate but equal branches of government. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Instead of using profanity, how about supplying one, just one, example where a Presidential EO ever |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. He is the Commander in Chief and this is federal established law, unconstitutional I might add, that |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. How is it unconstitutional? No court ruling has ever said that. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Again, you ignore the Commander in Chief issue. EO and 2/3's to override. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Just because you say "neener neener neener" doesn't mean anything you are saying is actually true. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
85. And you are the authority I presume. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Actually, believe it or not, most fifth graders would know enough to declare your post bullshit. n/t |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Oh really, is that your idea of redneckers smarter than a 5th grader, yeefuckinghaw, githerdone? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. The fact that a fifth grader would know more than you is a statement about you, not the fifth grader |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #92 |
97. By all means you can step right up and splain all you know about it. Should I donate an apple? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. All I need to do is state that an EO cannot override established law. The fact that you think it can |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #99 |
105. Ok. Now you are advocating for what kind of education? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #105 |
113. Perhaps one that explains the basic functions of each of three branches? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #113 |
122. Oh geez, there is no point in talking with you, |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #122 |
125. "federal law that has created military policy, unconstitutional, that is the President's job" |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #125 |
132. I'm not talking about lonestarnot said, I'm talking about what Biden said |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #132 |
139. I was talking to lonestarnot, not you. See subthread. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #139 |
143. But you were replying to MY POST! Hello, McFly! |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #143 |
147. You are ridiculous. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. Say the one who is passing off third party nonsense as somehow being about 'Pugs |
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #113 |
195. You don't know what the hell you're talking about. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #68 |
79. It's not just military policy law. By Congress and President Clinton passing DADT, it became |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. What I am saying is, the Commander in Chief can issue an EO. And the SCOTUS will not |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. It won't be the Supreme Court. A lower court will stay the order. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Not necessarily. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. Under the same grain, a Republican President executive order aboloshing Medicare might not be stayed |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #96 |
110. Again, you ignore the issue and for whom the policy is created and who is the Commander in Chief. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #110 |
116. You are pretending that the "Commander in Chief" title is at all relevant to this conversation. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #110 |
119. Once again, what power does an executive order have to override established law. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #119 |
124. Again, not "override", suspend |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #124 |
129. Again, President Obama can suspend DADT dismissals but on a case-by-case basis. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #129 |
136. As they say, you have a right to your opinion, but you don't have a right to the facts |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #136 |
142. Uh, no he can't. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #142 |
144. Tell you what then sport, |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #68 |
194. I cannot find ANYWHERE where EO can be used by CIC to change a law |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #67 |
81. Read the fucking Constitution 14th Ammendment.. And don't forget the Declaration of Independence |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #81 |
95. How does that apply to strike down DADT? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #95 |
114. so "protections" apply only to a few. And my reference to the Declaration of Independence |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #95 |
118. Again, federal law that has created military policy, unconstitutional, that is the President's job |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #118 |
126. Once again, how is DADT unconstitutional? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. To be fair, the Supreme Court has read the 14th amendment as applying to the federal government |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #131 |
137. That is true. Furthermore, the EPC begins by explicitly limiting the states' powers. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #137 |
141. The Supreme Court has basically added the word "federal," and that is binding law. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #141 |
145. Well, I'm pretty sure that the supporters of DADT would cite that to |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #145 |
148. The USSC would have to decide whether equal protection applies to sexual orientation and not just |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #148 |
150. Yeah. I hope it stays that way, but as long as we have those obvious Repukes on the USSC |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #126 |
180. According to the judge who recently ruled against it, |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #95 |
121. Due Process, 14th Ammendment! |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #121 |
133. Once again, the 14th Amendment only applies in limiting what the states can do. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #133 |
203. So you are saying that the federal government has no duty to comply with the due process clause of |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #95 |
130. Equal Protection Clause. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #130 |
135. Once again, the Equal Protection Clause only prevents the STATES from abridging the rights of |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #135 |
204. So you are saying that the federal government has no duty to comply with the equal prot. clause of |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #67 |
138. A federal judge just ruled it unconstitutional three weeks ago |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Thank you! |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #138 |
146. And yet that judge said that full repeal must still happen by Congress. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #62 |
82. Again, look up stop loss, |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #82 |
104. "stop loss" I think I get what you are getting at. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #104 |
115. Need to think a little harder, do a little more research |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #104 |
184. EO for group stop loss are issued all the time. My daughter, |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
65. I have never met anyone as unteachable as Obama on this topic |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
83. Or perhaps he simply disagrees with you on what is equivalent to sticking his fingers in an outlet |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #83 |
94. Sticking his finger in an outlet? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #94 |
101. What are you talking about? When did I mention politics? n/t |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #101 |
109. Playing coy tonight, eh. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #109 |
123. This post has nothing to do with politics or "political equivalents." |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #123 |
127. Yeah, right, just like you were really talking about "Republicans" upthread |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #83 |
152. Yeah, 67% of Republicans support the repeal of DADT and it's "a finger in an outlet" |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:18 AM Response to Reply #83 |
176. True. It is much more dangerous to take on Boner than me |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
71. K & R You understand the game that is being played MadHound |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
72. "The Dems could force this to a real, live, talk all night, pee in a bottle filibuster" |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Do you feel this procedure is correct? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #77 |
106. I would change the whole system the first chance I got. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:12 PM Original message |
Ok, thanks for your answer. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #72 |
87. Yeah, you're right, |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #87 |
103. People talk all day on the floor of the Senate. You actually think anyone cares? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #103 |
112. No, what people care about is what Obama and the Dems would say outside the floor of the Senate |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #72 |
98. Senator Dick Durbin: Make the Republicans filibuster on the Senate floor! |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. Democrats can force an all-night session where a Republican asks for a quorum call every so often |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
78. What was the deal? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #78 |
107. The deal was this |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:03 AM Response to Reply #107 |
161. Exactly. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #161 |
170. But he could have issued the EO in the interim, |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #78 |
108. I don't think it will be addressed by Congress. Republicans will simply vote down the defense bill |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. Don't agree. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #111 |
120. Even if we retain the House, we are not going to have enough votes to pass DADT again. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #120 |
128. The vote comes up before this Congress ends. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #128 |
134. You have much more faith in Congressional Republicans than I. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:07 AM Response to Reply #78 |
162. I think the deal included all of the above. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
117. Sat-an! |
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Iwillnevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
151. Today, hands down the most agonizingly annoying person |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
153. Big, giant, engorged K&R. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
157. He probably will. He probably thought he had Collins and McCain on this. |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
173. This post assumes the Obama himself isn't the "devil". He hasn't shown ANY initiative on LGBT issues |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
174. You not only get burned, you lose your soul. n/t |
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liberalla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
179. How can they make a deal with the devil, and expect any |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #179 |
183. Charlie Brown, Lucy, Football. |
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h9socialist (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
181. The Obama Administration should simply agree with the court decision against DADT and end it that wa |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:21 AM Response to Reply #181 |
182. That would be one way of repealing DADT |
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h9socialist (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:31 AM Response to Reply #182 |
187. That makes the point, BUT . . . |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
196. k&r |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
199. "...or will he continue to let down the LGBT community and let good soldiers to twist in the wind?" |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
201. American politics is getting more and more stupid every day as we grapple with issues that obviously |
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