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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:17 PM Original message |
You're the President. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I would have gone very public |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. So you believe just calling out Republicans for blocking stuff |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. It would have been a huge start. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Not calling out the Republicans |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That didn't happen |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. They were allowed to control the message |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Obama did that. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. +1 |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ahh, didn't he campaign for Lincoln? So it seems to me |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. "he got exactly want he wanted. This crap don't fly with me." |
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de novo (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. I would have owned the frame, worked fast and forced the blue dogs |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. "I would have owned the frame, worked fast and forced the blue dogs in the Senate to play ball." |
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de novo (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Horse trade and play hardball. In private and in public. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You know what happened? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Horse trading happened. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Platitudes |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Exposed members of my own party for who they were |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. So you would have portrayed Democrats as the obstructionists? |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. SPECIFIC members of the party |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. The President spending time calling out members of his own party |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. To some extent he would have used surrogates |
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displacedvermoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. I would have done all this while simultaneously |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. Geithner, Summers and Holder |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. +1 |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. When does your campaign start? Great post. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. OK |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Why You Use The "BULLY PULPIT!!!!!" Of Course!! |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. Give me $400,000 and Air Force One and I'll tell you. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. People can't handle reality. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Deleted message |
Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Knocking down the Cenk-style |
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displacedvermoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Who is the worst of the boogey people? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. If a pundit can accept big bucks for easy work |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Hillary works for Obama. |
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displacedvermoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Just asking which journalists of different stripes that I read |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. +1 |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. People also conveniently forget that the MSM works against a Democratic President |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Exactly. |
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displacedvermoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Corporate press like Mother Jones and the Nation? |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Yes, because opinion based on information reported by the MSM is so much more valuable |
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de novo (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. So we should only listen to WH press releases? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. We need left pundits to counter the corproate press |
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displacedvermoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Toadies, you mean? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. That's part of the problem. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. Use the CIA, NSA and the Media to put massive FEAR in to |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. So you wanted a Democratic Bush. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. We got shock doctrined into this mess and we will need to be shock |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
60. why "no thanks"? |
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GoldMedals4U (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
45. It's about persuasion |
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cyr330 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. Even if I hadn't won, I would have fought. . . |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. So you rather stand on principle than do things to help people |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Deleted message |
JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. But that would be the result |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
47. I would get myself a propaganda machine |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
48. You forgot that the other side has FAUX News |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
52. Use reconsciliation(sp?) if I couldn't go out to their states and shame them into supporting me. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
54. I would have claimed a huge progressive victory and pushed the agenda hard. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Exactly, that's what should've happened. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
55. Dear Senate: Pass the House Bills. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
59. I wouldn't have wasted time trying to get the Republicans on board |
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