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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:32 PM Original message |
Why Obama is Keeping Gates |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Presidents cannot just vote "Present" & it will be interesting to see how many decisions Obama makes |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It will. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. We debunked the Iranian supplied IED story on DU |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Ooooh, good one |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Maybe he's playing the role of Gary Sinese in the movie Ransom? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. If, after the campaign he ran, you think that Obama is not in charge |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Where does it say he's not in charge or that this is even a bad move. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. "present" votes are "no" votes.. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. If as you assert, "'Present' votes are 'no' votes" then the person should have voted "Nay". Also if |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Why is it so hard to understand? |
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Dis Pater (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Present on a bill he co-sponsored? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yeah it is, isn't it? |
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Dis Pater (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. doesn't matter |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. well..at least he didn't write it.. |
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AmyCamus (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. "present" votes are gutless cop-outs. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Are you familiar with the State Senate? |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I would bet she is familiar with the explanation.... |
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AmyCamus (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. The Illinios State Senate has a built-in Gutless Cop Out. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Where do you live? |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. It will be much more interesting to see how many you actually give him credit for. nt |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 06:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. I'm confident history will give credit where credit is due. n/t |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Interesting answer. nt |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. "Credit crisis" |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. The best thing I can say about Gates is that he wears a Bush Countdown watch. |
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lin_e65 (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Following Obama |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The good news is that Obama has made it clear the appointment is temporary. |
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trollybob (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I know it seems far-fetched to think that anyone Bush appointed |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. he is probably the least egregious of the hawks, plus it's temporary n/t |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Right, I read one year in the past couple of days. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. I sure trust Obama more than McPain and Co. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is very good news if true. |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. Excellent background, and analysis. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Well, Gate knows power. |
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AmyCamus (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. No young, smart, Democrats were available? |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. No matter how you slice it |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Keepin GITMO open, other torture, etc. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Gates is the quintessential |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Thanks for the tip |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. I just don't think the Bushies ever really had a plan to go to war with Iran |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. I agree in part but this was real |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
33. I'm recovering from surgery so I'm posting while high here. So I get these odd reads at times... |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
37. I can't tell you how encouraging that sounds to me, Miguel. I always believed |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. If we can just find it! |
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judasdisney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
42. Gates is the gatekeeper of False Flag Terrorism. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. My compliments |
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judasdisney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Robert Gates claims to have "invented" Al Qaeda |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. An argument could be made that the War on Terra is just the Contra War |
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judasdisney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. the Salvador Option |
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