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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:18 AM Original message |
Okay, are there going to be only conservative Dems and Repubs in Obama's staff and cabinet? |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. The President and Vice President are pretty liberal. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yep, and the cast of thousands are all conservative. Nice. nt |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Only two cabinet positions are even being floated right now.. SoS and AG. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. So you know Obama's full cabinet? Cause I kinda missed the annoucements. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Of course not, but of all the names "floated" I have yet to hear of someone who isn't conservative |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. Can you list those that you do have? The conservatives you are mentioning? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. Obama's no Kucinich |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I read it, but I had no idea he was going to only consider right winger Dems and Repubs nt |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Like who? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Like the cast of Clinton people, who were all right wing Dems nt |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Sorry but that is not true. Many were moderates and some were considered and looked down |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. If I had wanted moderate-to-right wing, I'd have voted for Hillary Clinton. nt |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 04:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
51. and if you really wanted progressive... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. Oh so you're saying both Obama and Hillary Clinton are the same then? nt |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 02:11 AM Response to Reply #62 |
69. No. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. That's pretty vague. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Um, Hillary is not a conservative dem. Her voting record is moderate |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The DLC is hardly lib. If I had wanted someone who voted in a fiscally right wing fashion.... |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
53. All that means is that you aren't getting what you want. This is not a hard concept. n/t |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Huh? No. I merely said that if I had wanted the DLC, I'd have voted differently. Look..... |
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PFunk (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. IF this is going to be the case then he's going to lose the dems progressive base quickly |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I agree. Obama's base are NOT right wing Dems or Repubs |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 06:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
54. Oh, you will eventually come around. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
60. LOL, yea the Dem progressive base will turn around and vote for the Repubs... |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
14. its bs |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. :( nt |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. OMG...how old are some of you guys? Do you know anything about politics? |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. whats wrong with wanting to be included in this "unity" |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I know that no one I met at my campaign headquarters was conservative.... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. LOL...I voted for Obama in the primaries too but Bill Cinton got his ass handed to him by Sam Nunn |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
46. I am 52 and have followed politics for a long time |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
19. Let me know when he gets someone to the left of his moderate self. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yep, wake me up when he picks a lib. nt |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I'm not really all that distressed about it, though. I have confidence in both... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Well, all I can say is that some of us who campaigned for him were shocked that he's looking through |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. (shrug) I addressed that. But yes, I can definitely see how one would worry about that. |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
21. A lot of prominent and experience Democrats happen to be moderate.. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I don't think anybody but you is talking about a cabinet of ALL liberals... |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. But Hillary, Emanuel, etc. aren't conservative either. So the title of this thread is misleading. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. They're all more conservative than he is. That's enough for the OPs point to be made... |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I didn't realize the spectrum of politics used Obama as the center point. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You should have. It's only been posted here like 10 brazillion times..... |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. By that chart, Obama would also be right-wing. Only Nader and Kucinich. are on the left. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. (facepalm) Those are only presidential candidates, genius. |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Who else do you have in mind, who might actually be qualified for SoS or AG? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. What's an antiderivative of gamma(x)? |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Why is it irrelevant? If you're unhappy with the current choices, you gotta give some alternatives. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Absolute bullshit. I have no idea what 346556 *3465475 is, but I know it's not -2... |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. That made no sense but whatever. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. lolol! 'Nuff said. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 06:32 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Usually, people who whine but can't come up with their own solutions are ignored. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Yeah, it's a way tilted chart. It was obviously drawn up in a way |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
66. The last thing I want is to find that once again, we're a middle-to-right wing party nt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. Eric Holder, Rahm Emanuel, and Hillary Clinton are NOT conservative... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I need a drink. Some of them have lost their minds. Hillary a blue dog? Wake me up when its over. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Clinton is a die hard DLCer... |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
47. the PE is NOT a liberal |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. And he is not a Republican either- yet he is open to appointing them. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
49. My crystal ball says yes. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
50. Just to piss you off of course |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
56. Yes. Isn't that the way this party works? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. To do what? Strive to be right wing? nt |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
57. who does he have so far? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
58. Go to freeperville or any right wing publication |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. You know why that doesn't work for me? Because in the U.S..... |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
59. You are confusing the term 'moderate' with the term 'conservative' |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. No. I'm equating the DLC with Republicans. nt |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. on a board full of liberals, you can only get two recommends for your ignorant OP? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
67. Rahm Emanuel 4% rating from American Conservative Union |
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