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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 07:59 PM Original message |
So... I Gotta Ask... Is Al Gore The New Jane Hamsher ??? |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. he will be, for speaking the inconvenient truth about a total lack of leadership, etc. K&R |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Obama has shown leadership... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. In case you didn't notice, Gore's essay specifically applauded Obama on many issues. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. There are many who applaud a range of Obama's efforts and accomplishments while criticizing others. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. misconception. the beef obama supporters have is with the folks who make "criticism" a 24/7 smear |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. + 100.00. nt |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. The free will critique |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. My assertion doesn't disclaim either of yours. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. I just wish they would be honest and say they only accept WH press releases. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Yeah, but WE'RE the ones guilty of serial strawmanning. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why can't they each be themselves, with their own particular observations? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Taking Republican money in order to smear Obama is not a valid point of view. nt |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. So, raw story is no better than Fox. Read the editorial yourself. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. for starters, Al didn't write a FDL style hit piece, second, he even predicted he'd be take out of |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. meaning, then, you agree with him? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. obama could have put forth more of an effort on global warming, sure. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. well, heck. We agree more than we don't, in that case! |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. No, I wouldn't say that, not at all. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. He's not suggesting that anyone withhold votes from Democrats. |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. You do get that the Democratic party is not entitled to anyone's vote right? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Of course. Everyone is free to throw their votes away. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. i guess for those who don't read or ignore what Gore actually wrote |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. Not at all. They are worlds apart. Gore gives a nuanced critique of Obama, while clearly not calling |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Exactly. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. No one is on the automatic unrecommend list for mere criticism. n/t |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Bwahahahahahaha !!! |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. try harder next time willy. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. Former VP and climate change expert vs...attention-seeking blogger? No, I wouldn't equate the two. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. God no. Al Gore is so far ahead of Jane Hacksher that they |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. From what I understand he was |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. No. For one thing he doesn't associate with Grover Norquist as far as I know. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. What a ridiculous comparison. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
35. Al Gore is way better informed than Hamsher. And he is not an ideologue. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. Of course, the media's taking Gore out of context to make it look like a vitriolic attack. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. No... Jane Hamsher accepts money from the GOP, Gore does not |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. Gore was reasoned, constructive, and acknowledged political realities |
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