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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:41 PM Original message |
"“Excuse me, but this sounds more like a cult than a political campaign." |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Barack Obama's org is NOT a cult!!! Stop saying that!!! |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. LOL "Stop saying that!!!" |
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jasmine621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's going to be hard to campaign against a "movement." |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I'm more interested in the Cult of War. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. kick |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Save your money: |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Obama does remind me of Anthony Robbins! |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Ahh, Joel Osteen to me, but Tony Robbins is fair. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Actually, I agree that Obama is very much like an Osteen with darker edge |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. ROFL |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. As a secularist I've been repulsed about this aspect of the "Obama movement" |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. You cannot oppose us. |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. If it walks like a cult and quacks like a cult.... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. Did you ever see this? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Oh my Lord. nt |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
56. Eeeeeeeooooouuuuuu!!!!!! |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. you're an idiot |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. And you are an asshole. |
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tandem5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. so... I take you guys don't want to hug it out? |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Standard response by Barack's followers is to insult the intelligence of Barack's detractors. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Really, I have been insulted in better places than this :) |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. No sh*t. This is nothing compared to the family dinner table. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
49. What the fuck is a "wide open struggle?" |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Sounds more like crybabies to me n/t |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. How about: 'intensely devoted'? |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's a pretty damned sad commentary on the current state of the Democratic |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. STOP saying it's a CULT!!! It's not a cult! |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. For CRYING OUT LOUD BlueBear! That was written by a Hillbot, Pamela Leavey who also wrote this: |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Kathleen Geier is Pamela Leavey?! Astonishing. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. What are you talking about. BlueBear's link and both my links point to articles written by Leavey. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. The phrase Kathleen Geier complains about, |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Wrong. It's what Kathleen Geier SAID: |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 07:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. My point is that Kathleen Geier was offended by something a reporter wrote, |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. Why are Hillary supporters spinning everything? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:16 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Why are Obama supporters spinning everything? |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
30. my thoughts exactly; he's like a televangelist or one of those 'motivational speakers.' nt |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
31. Goggle: Results 1 - 10 of about 403,000 for Obama cult. (0.07 seconds) |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Google: Results 1 - 10 of about 421,000 for Obama cult. (.05 seconds) |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 07:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Results 1 - 10 of about 606,000 for Hillary cult. (0.04 seconds) n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 07:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Pam Leavey is lying Hillary shill Taylor Marsh's buddy, but I understand the desperation |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Results 1 - 10 of about 606,000 for Hillary cult. (0.19 seconds) |
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CyberPieHole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
32. The Cult of the Obama worshipers is just beginning to be exposed...the man is "charismatic"... |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Jim Jones started out as a community activist, too, with the black community. |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. I think this is going a little too far. |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. that's really awful. shame on you. nt |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
35. This is just the most orweillian thing I've ever experienced. |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:23 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Spend five minutes with a Bushbot. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:37 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. So were those who heard MLK. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Except MLK gave them more then words. He was "invested in the fights of 60s and 70s |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
43. All charasmatic candidates have this element in their campaigns |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Comment? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. That is germaine to this discussion how? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. "So you're backing a non-charismatic candidate" - John Edwards? |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
50. Yes, let's be uninspired demotivated and call one another cults.Hope at it's best. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
52. It's a Penn thing... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
54. dupe X 50... geez you guys must have gotten the talking points early... |
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