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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 11:56 AM Original message |
We elected a symbol, an idea and we got a figurehead, a golden calf |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. My vote for President Obama was actually a vote against McCain/Palin. nt |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Beware of anyone who wants you to chant simple slogans. |
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Palmer Eldritch (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Like, "Give Peace a Chance" and "Power to the People"? |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Gee, I never thought of John Lennon as a politician. |
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Palmer Eldritch (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
69. He was a Leader... who used simple phrases to reach millions. |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. Help, it's the attack of the Rovian Concern Trolls Again!!!! n/t |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
76. Well, other than his insufferable anti-Semitism.... |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. 2010 Election was a disaster. The House is full of irrational ill-informed ideologues |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. He was given a triumphal hero's welcome to Washington DC |
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Palmer Eldritch (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Now Obama is some heathen Idol? Step back from the edge if you haven't already gone over. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Agreed. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. The people created him out of their hopes |
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Palmer Eldritch (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. You have fallen into the abyss of abstraction, detached from actual meaning |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. And cliches are always more powerful than thoughtful ideas |
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Palmer Eldritch (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
68. Come back when you're a little deeper. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Come back? From where? |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. A Trojan horse? n/t |
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Palmer Eldritch (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. A Two-Term President. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. That's what I think. |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. Without a doubt. |
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montanacowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh the unrec's are out |
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Palmer Eldritch (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. not all of us have gone completely insane. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Not necessarily |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. Seems like we are powerless to see through our own conditioning |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. Not so fast there...Obama and his ilk hope you leave the public forum |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. Obama's "messianic need" |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
53. Apparently the UnRec crybabies are out too. |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. What we got was a DLC, triangulatin' republican wannabe. n/t |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Maybe so many on the left shouldn't have stayed home in 2010 afterall.. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. Funny that most Progressive democrats held their seats |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Funny that you should mention Howard Dean because |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Me too, but maybe he is The Platinum Calf. Lol |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Unrecc. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I made it 0 lol. n/t |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. My post made you have an orgasm? n/t |
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kstewart33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here we go again. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. "but if we don't call Obama a heathen idol now, it will be too late" |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. When you do see the 'deal' |
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kstewart33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Nonsense. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, it's the cult of personality. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Actually you said it much better than I could |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. He's been in the WH for 4 years already? News to me. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. The perils of DU Hyberbole, I guess. A lot of noise at DU these days, not much signal |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. Maybe YOU only elected "a symbol, an idea," but many of us did not. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. I did not expect Obama to embrace the policies of the rightwing |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. We've gotten a hell of a lot more than "fancy ass speeches" (whatever that means). |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. I drew a line in the sand many years ago stating the positions from which I would never budge |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
60. judging by their posts, many do seem to believe we have withdrawn from the Muslim world, |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. We have let down the American people and I am ashamed |
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mckara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. Obama was the LEAST Tainted by Corporate Influence |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. What makes you say that? |
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mckara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Of the Other Candidates... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. Yeah, I'm saying that's how it looked at the time, so that's what we all based our decisions on |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. great analysis Generic. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. Disagreed with the OP more and more as it went on. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. That makes them scammers then who deliberately fooled us |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. In a word, yes. nt |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. nvm re read your post. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. "that our own savior is guiding us ever further..." |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I agree |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. Feet of clay. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
44. The best campaigner does not necessarily make the best leader. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Do you have examples? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I'm just thinking in general terms... |
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Roy Ellefson (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
50. Vote Democratic |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. My father got the crap beat out of him for voting for FDR |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
56. with the price of gold i wish i got a golden calf |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. LOL |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. They took our money to make the thing instead of doing the job... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
57. "We" is not all of us. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. People with deep misgivings were shushed very effectively |
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kstewart33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
70. How do you feel about him now, Generic? |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I don't think he's leading the fight to protect anything I hold dear |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
71. And the republicans will get the same. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
74. I voted for a politician, not a religious leader. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I am not the one who created the myth and I never much believed in it |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
77. White Knight syndrome- we on the left have it |
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