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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:21 PM Original message |
Krugman: What went wrong |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. "......we do know that it didn’t try" |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. +6.02x10e23 |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
49. Followed by, "I have no inside information." |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Posted about that earlier. |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm not sure tripling the stimulus |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. For the policy to be effective- it had come much closer to bridging the output gap |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. some of us note all the time |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Do you ever have anything substantive to add? |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. solve for me the problem of 60 votes and we will talk |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Nuclear option |
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Knight Hawk (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
58. No fighter |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 03:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Not this sorry excuse again- the administrations didn't even put up a fight |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Stop already. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Try dealing in realpolitik -and stop making excuses for poor public policy |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Stop making false assumptions. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Not a false assumption at all- it's how the politcal dynamics work- and would have worked |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Deleted message |
depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Responsible and effective public policy is always enough for me- as it should be for anyone |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Visciously attacking Democrats after the fact |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. LOL "viciously attacking?" |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #43 |
59. I call it as I see it |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. I think many things. |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #43 |
67. as a Dean supporter in 2004 and major supporter of his years at the DNC |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Run for office then, if you know so much about how it should be done |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
68. Deleted message |
HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. 'would have worked' THAT'S A FALSE ASSUMPTION! |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
63. I really enjoyed his cameo in "Get him to the Greek" |
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Knight Hawk (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
61. YES,Imagine |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:27 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. The 'looking back' logic can be bizzare at times huh? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Let's say I have a car to sell |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
83. He should have camped out in Maine at every single, solitary business that laid off workers |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
65. I'm sorry, but it will never look like a fight to you |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 07:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Yes, because accepting the status quo has worked so well for us in the past |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. I agree. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #23 |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
79. Use the method that was used effectively for eight years-EVEN WITH AN OPPOSITION CONGRESS |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. ok I'll get on the phone with Joe Lieberman right now |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 02:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. pwnage. i like it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 03:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. It's blindingly obvious |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 01:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. More a matter of how the stimulus was far less productive than it could have been |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
51. Slashing 40 billion in aid to the states- when triple that was needed was insane |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Krugman is right that the GOP will try and create a myth that stimulus doesn't work in a recession |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Silver platter for the Repubs |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 04:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. They're getting a good start in Texas with the history books |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. & all too many on the left appear ready to help the Republicans with that meme |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
80. Now there's an up is down, black is white statement if I ever heard one! |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. one things for sure it was Pres Obama that picked this horrible economic team! |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
12. I lay the problem squarely in the lap of the Obama administration's policies of relying |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. This exactly was what was needed. Now we are left to wonder |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
21. Tragically, Krugman's conclusion of where we are economically is even more depressing. |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
22. Oh please... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Krugman has been predicting this for a long time. |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Not so fast. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
55. I'm no economist (had one course in grad school, ugh) but I am thinking |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Job numbers are not getting better, they are dismal! |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Stop already |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Stop peddling that drug that induces delusions that things are getting better |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. fuck that shit. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I am not the one that said anything about Max Baucus to you |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Not accurate. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
81. Link? Unemployment and underemployment are increasing in the real world. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
84. Perhaps he knows because he owns a television and reads papers |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
95. Why are you calling us "haters? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
32. Just add two percentage points to the left side of graph and its bascially correct.. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
34. A different type of fear mongering |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. We are in the Great Recession, and they are about to gut Social Security |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Ya, and Baucus wanted a public option and Obama stopped him. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Strawman argument |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. That was an example |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #46 |
60. Simply wrong |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 06:22 AM Response to Reply #60 |
86. Yep, every word. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
45. What went wrong started long before Obama came in office |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. The Republicans are not the only ones cheering for failure, unfortunately. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
48. The key phrase . . . |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
64. Deleted message |
johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
66. A couple of important items, one you glossed over and another |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Exactly, |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. "we should be out there pushing for another stimulus and jobs package." |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
70. Is Krugman good or bad this week? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. No one is all good or all bad...... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Personally, I've been a fan of his for a long time. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Next time they complain about a link to FireDogLake maybe? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. What? They would never kill the messenger!!! |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
74. The Bold Audacity of "Incrementalism". |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Why do you hate America? |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 03:47 AM Response to Original message |
85. Krugman wanted a stimulus package somewhere in the 3-4 trillion range |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 06:25 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Deleted message |
paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. you forgot the sarcasm tag |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Well, the FACT that his predictions proved correct lend some credibility. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. No one can predict the future |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. I reject your premise. |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
92. Depa |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
93. Obama is a weak president |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:06 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. What's weak is the constant overt anti Obama sentiment on this board. You guys would have more |
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