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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:28 AM Original message |
Bill Maher on Obama's Drilling Policy: "I hope there's a flip-flop I could believe in." |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maher has always been an idiot. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. even idiots get it right every once-in-a-while |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. His misogyny is blatant and offensive ... |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. I love Bill Maher, but when did he become a policy expert? |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. when he stops using any oil or oil-based products |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. You forgot to end your post with "drill, baby, drill!" |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. oh that's hysterical |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well, I've pretty much said the same thing. To me him |
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Baalath (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. still should he be called a flip flopper because he learned and grew? |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Hell no I don't think he should be called a flip flopper. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yeah, because people are so ignorant and |
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denimgirly (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. He's right -- Obama gave into the right again and got screwed...Time ot listen to your base Obama |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. Riiiight...because if Obama were AGAINST opening some places for drilling, this catastrophe |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Obama's policy on future drilling exploration would not have prevented this event either way. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. +1 |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. If Obama doesn't react by distancing himself from this accident, |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. I agree and he was great on the show. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You support anyone that attacks this president. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Nonsense. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I must say... |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. And thank you for it. |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. I'm sorry, he can't say that Obama "owns" this spill. He just can't. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. He got associated with it by supporting offshore drilling expansion. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. So what? That's tangential at best. Maher said Obama "owns this spill" which is wrong because... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Calling someone that changes policy in order ro reflect a new reality a 'flip-flopper' |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I read it as Maher saying sometimes a change in policy is an |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. The phrase "flip-flop" is a pejorative and a cheap shot at a laugh line. Any "change in policy"... |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. He was turning the cliche on its head. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. No, he was going for a cheap laugh. BTW, I watched the show twice in the past 24 hours. n/t |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. You completely missed the irony then. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Uh huh. Sure I did. And the term "flip-flop" was an endearment, I suppose? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. If you have ever watched his show... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. You can spin Maher's cheap shot all you want, but I never did like lipstick on a pig. n/t |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Bingo |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. He was using the term ironically. |
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Howler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Completely agree Freddie Mertz n/t |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. +1 |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. Maher is a comic who thinks he's a pundit |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. That's a cheap shot. Maher is wrong. Obama's energy policy has got nothing to do w/the oil spill... |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. So BP changed the way they operated oil wells because of O's announcement on offshore drilling? |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. We must make sure he maintains the moratorium PERMANANTLY nt |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. Obama didn't cause it but he supports it. He gets some of the blame. |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. How exactly he gets the blame for something he had nothing to do with? |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Because he think off shore drilling is a good idea. Thus more chances for accidents. Duh! |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Um, I think marriage is a good idea so am I to blame for divorces and domestic violence? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. You miss the point. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. KansasVoter's point is easy to miss, because it makes no sense. I was similarly nonsensical. n/t |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. And if wheat fails due to a drought this year? |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Really dumb logic! How can anyone promote something that causes a drought. LOL. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Hugo Chavez gets some of the blame, too |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Talk about "dumb logic"! Exactly how is President Obama to "blame" for BP's fuck-up? n/t |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Because the more oil wells you allow the more chances of fuck ups! |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Huh? That's like saying you're to blame for car accidents if you favor driving cars because... |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. False analogy. nt. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. NSS. It's as false an analogy as KansasVoter's. n/t |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Whatever. Have a good night... |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. Bill Maher is a jerk. Obama "owns" this spill????!!!! Idiot. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. Kind of amazing watching Bush stooge Matt Dowd this morning tell us we need more government... |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
54. This is the result of shurb deregulation... |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
59. I thought he was great on that show. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
61. Obama owns everything |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Wrong. President Obama has rightly put the blame where it belongs: BP. n/t |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. He owns it. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Subjective semantics aside, the fact is Pres. Obama has laid the blame squarely on BP. n/t |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. As it should (nt) |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
64. I'd like to see a flip flop too |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
67. He nailed that one, anyway. nt |
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The Damned (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
68. Unfortunately, |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
69. I knew that the M$M were going to use Maher's illogical words against Obama. |
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