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Radical Activist
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Fri Dec-31-10 07:52 PM Original message |
Frank Schaeffer: Obama's Critics Owe Him a New Years (Fact-Based) Apology |
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Hello_Kitty
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Fri Dec-31-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Krugman is the left of the left? |
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Radical Activist
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It bothers me that the chronic Obama haters are being called the left. |
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Go2Peace
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. But it doesn't bother you when people attempt to intimidate others |
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Sat Jan-01-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
47. lovely straw man you set up there. |
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vaberella
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
51. Who's intimidating who? I don't hear any intimidation. |
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mkultra
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
55. you mean like when a small minority of liberals |
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Hello_Kitty
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
73. But I keep hearing how irrelevant we are so what does it matter? eom |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
61. If someone is intimidated by what I wrote on an anonymous message board |
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Sun Jan-02-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #61 |
147. And by contrast, those that throw full throated support behind Obama, even in the face of |
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Sun Jan-02-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #147 |
174. Yeah, no shit. |
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #174 |
176. "knee-jerk reactions" are in the eye of the beholder. I've seen it from both sides, IMHO. I see |
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Radical Activist
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Mon Jan-03-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #176 |
189. Could you name some pundits who have been silenced for criticizing Obama? |
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Sun Jan-02-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
168. It bothers me that you would call yourself "left" or "progressive," too, |
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Tue Jan-04-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
221. Um, liberals are not the Left. |
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Tue Jan-04-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
223. it bugs me that the constant obama worshipers conflate criticism with hatred |
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polmaven
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Well.... |
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WiffenPoof
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. I Understand The Article... |
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Radical Activist
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. We can "hold his feet to the fire" without being irrational cranks. |
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I'll second that emotion, H_K |
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Hello_Kitty
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Thanks! You too. eom |
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. That little paraphrase can go both ways. |
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. BRAVO!!!!!!!!! |
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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Fri Dec-31-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Are you 90% supportive of Obama, then? |
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I'm Proud Of The Fact.... |
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Go2Peace
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. And we can also disagree with others without being irrational cranks right? |
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Caretha
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Fri Dec-31-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Why is the mid-term election |
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Hello_Kitty
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
74. We suddenly become relevant and powerful when they need a scapegoat. |
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olegramps
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Thu Jan-06-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #74 |
225. It is analogous to the Dems support of unions. |
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DCBob
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Sun Jan-02-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
149. Exactly.. |
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chervilant
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Sun Jan-02-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
166. We can |
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Fri Dec-31-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Give it a rest! |
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
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namahage
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Like Arianna Huffington, Cenk Uygur, and Ed Schultz? |
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paulk
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I did say "some" |
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namahage
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Fine. Here you go, then: |
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Go2Peace
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Fri Dec-31-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. I am not sure Ed Schultz was a rabid Republican? |
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vaberella
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #29 |
52. Nah...all three were rather rabid Repubs. |
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Capn Sunshine
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
92. Every one of those pundits is in it for the money. |
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vaberella
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Sun Jan-02-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #92 |
151. Agreed. n/t |
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paulk
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Fri Dec-31-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. a former Republican whose conservative values |
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Mon Jan-03-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
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Hello_Kitty
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
94. The people you cite dramatically changed their political views over time. |
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Radical Activist
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I can only think of this one. |
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Hello_Kitty
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Andrew Sullivan. |
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Nice Post - Response n/t |
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Fri Dec-31-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
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Go2Peace
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Fri Dec-31-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. I am glad he is offerring evangelicals an alternative voice, but |
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jaxx
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. K&R a well written article. |
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Fri Dec-31-10 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. The "left of the left" isn't part of the reality based community? |
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Fri Dec-31-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
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MrModerate
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Fri Dec-31-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. Schaeffer clearly hasn't yet joined the "reality-based community" himself . . . |
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mtnsnake
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Fri Dec-31-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. One of the most sensible, realistic posts in recent days |
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MrModerate
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Fri Dec-31-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Thanks. Things are going to get very interesting later this month. |
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Warren Stupidity
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Sat Jan-01-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
56. Excellent well reasoned response. Thank you. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
96. Down the road, the can has been kicked... |
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MrModerate
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #96 |
106. Agreed. Wealth disparity is the 800-pound gorilla with a ticking bomb in its arms. |
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DCBob
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Sun Jan-02-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #56 |
150. I agree..which is precisely why this recovery (if its real) will take a long long time.. |
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HCE SuiGeneris
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Sat Jan-01-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
69. Another 'thumbs-up' from me as well. |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
79. Waiting for Republicans to screw up is a lazy strategy. |
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Hello_Kitty
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
95. The left blogosphere was not pressuring Congress? WTF? |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #95 |
124. What do you suppose the ratio is |
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MrModerate
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #79 |
107. While no one can control everything, Obama's limited success in jawboning . . . |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #107 |
123. And the left's limited success in jawboning Congress |
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dflprincess
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #123 |
130. I think "the left" put a lot of pressure on Congress & Obama |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. Obama never ignored the left on health care. |
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dflprincess
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Sat Jan-01-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Obama made it clear that single payer would not even be discussed |
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Radical Activist
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Sun Jan-02-11 03:54 AM Response to Reply #135 |
144. You switched from writing about the public option to single payer. |
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dflprincess
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Sun Jan-02-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #144 |
170. Now millions of people are required to pay for "coverage" |
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Radical Activist
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Sun Jan-02-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. Now millions of people who couldn't afford health care will have it. |
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dflprincess
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #171 |
179. Health insurance does not equal access to health care |
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Mon Jan-03-11 02:49 AM Response to Reply #179 |
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Mon Jan-03-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #179 |
205. Tell that to someone facing cancer or diabetes or any other chronic illness. |
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dflprincess
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Mon Jan-03-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #205 |
210. The people with cancer, diabetes or any other chronic illness |
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Egnever
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Tue Jan-04-11 02:42 AM Response to Reply #210 |
213. Holy cow do you just pull this stuff from your butt? |
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Tue Jan-04-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #213 |
215. I had the same reaction to the post. I'll check back later to see if you got a reply. |
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dflprincess
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Tue Jan-04-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #213 |
216. Show me any part of the law that says premiums must be reasonable |
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Egnever
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Tue Jan-04-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #216 |
217. Wow well if negativity is all you seek I guess you can find it. |
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dflprincess
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Tue Jan-04-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #217 |
222. You're assuming, of course, that someone has the money to cover the deductibles |
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Thu Jan-06-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #222 |
224. You are assuming people don't |
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dflprincess
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Thu Jan-06-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #224 |
228. Wellness visits are defined as check ups and more often than not include screening tests |
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Thu Jan-06-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #133 |
226. I will respectfully disagree. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #79 |
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #108 |
126. Does change come from a President or the people? |
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Sat Jan-01-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #126 |
136. Wow... |
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:13 AM Response to Reply #136 |
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Sun Jan-02-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #145 |
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Mon Jan-03-11 02:54 AM Response to Reply #145 |
191. What facts? |
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Mon Jan-03-11 04:22 AM Response to Reply #145 |
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Mon Jan-03-11 02:58 AM Response to Reply #136 |
192. Oh, so now you've changed your message. |
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Mon Jan-03-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #192 |
208. Its the thoughtful support of those groups you mention that got me off the fence on this. |
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chervilant
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Sun Jan-02-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #79 |
159. hmm... |
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
98. You win the thread, though I haven't got the impression he's a crypto-Republican |
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
104. Unfortunately, whatever positve economic effects: |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #104 |
125. And many left bloggers will help the Republicans take credit |
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Fri Dec-31-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. I appreciate that Krugman has kept his criticisms constructive and without demagoguery |
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chervilant
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Sun Jan-02-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
158. hmm... |
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Fri Dec-31-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. K&R! |
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Fri Dec-31-10 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. Unrec. I call "False Connection" on statements made in the excerpt. |
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Radical Activist
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Fri Dec-31-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. huh. You could try reading the whole thing. |
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Fri Dec-31-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Oh. You're right. That made it COMPLETELY different. |
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Fri Dec-31-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
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Sat Jan-01-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Is this some sort of conspiracy theory? n/t |
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Fri Dec-31-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
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Sat Jan-01-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
62. The best line in the editorial. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
43. Let's refight the primaries! |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
66. Too many are. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
44. Damn. Schaeffer BREAKS IT DOWN |
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Sat Jan-01-11 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
45. If this post was an opinion post on DU, it'd be seen as FLAMEBAIT! Then locked. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
48. K&R. Since election day, I have shared Schaeffer's view of Krugman. It has always |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
65. Hillary's base in the primary was the DC and NYC press corp. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Please, the media was creaming in their pants for Obama. |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. Yes, the NYC-based SNL did adopt Hilary's victimization narrative about the media. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #86 |
109. Yeah, right. |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #109 |
129. Anything and everything is said abour every candidate! |
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Sun Jan-02-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #129 |
155. I beg to differ. |
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Sun Jan-02-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #155 |
163. A candidate who could have never dealt with any military leaders was a better candidate? |
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #163 |
180. What are you talking about???? |
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Mon Jan-03-11 07:22 AM Response to Reply #180 |
198. After the much publicized lie about Tuzia was made public, you want to seriously |
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Mon Jan-03-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #198 |
204. Believe whatever you want, but talk to the brass and you'll hear the contrary. |
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Mon Jan-03-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #204 |
209. Lying about coming in under fire to people who have faced combat is a "minor blip on the radar"? |
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Sun Jan-02-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #155 |
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Sat Jan-01-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
115. You ever consider that Krugman MIGHT have 'forgiven' him for winning |
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Sun Jan-02-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #48 |
142. I never understood why Krugman, someone who proudly proclaims to be a liberal, |
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Sun Jan-02-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
161. What the hell. Let's give this another kick. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
49. Ad hominem flamebait. Attack the critics rather than argue the issues. Cult of personality stuff - |
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Wouldn't he be a critic himself? It's not a poster on DU...n/t |
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Reposting an article that is flamebait w/out criticizing it is endorsement = lockable flamebait |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. When a major media pundit has obvious personal biases against Obama |
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #64 |
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Sat Jan-01-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. i guess the article struck a nerve, huh... |
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
70. What rule? One pundit attacking another in an article - that article |
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Sat Jan-01-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #70 |
120. Sorry, Krugman is NOT a pundit. He is a prize winning economist |
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Sun Jan-02-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #120 |
156. One public figure attacking another then |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. I'm looking for any fact-based response to the post and I'm not seeing one. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. The OP is subjective, as are the responses it's going to get. |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. It's more about criticism that isn't based on objective reality. |
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Hello_Kitty
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Who died and made you the arbiter of objectivity? |
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
97. I agree. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
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Sat Jan-01-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
57. fuck you, too. nt |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Sat Jan-01-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
58. I've never seen "the economy is all better now" posts written by anyone unemployed. n/t |
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Sat Jan-01-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
59. Sounds like someone.... |
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Hello_Kitty
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
75. Ya think? eom |
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hulka38
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Sat Jan-01-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
60. Stating that Frank Schaeffer comes from a long line of Charlatans |
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Sat Jan-01-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
67. K&R |
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
77. Oh, I see, now Krugman never got over Obama winning? |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Do you feel his pain? |
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Beacool
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #80 |
110. No, just laughing at the usual people. |
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Egnever
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Tue Jan-04-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #110 |
218. NO FAULTS !!!1!! |
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MannyGoldstein
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
78. FDR was an amateur |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Obama stabalized the economy faster than FDR. |
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Hello_Kitty
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. You know it's a depression for a lot of us now. |
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MannyGoldstein
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. You won't apologize to Obama? |
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Sat Jan-01-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #85 |
116. No, it is not. Pick up a history book or watch documentaries to see |
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Sat Jan-01-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. Oh great. Let's play Poverty Olympics. |
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Sun Jan-02-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #117 |
152. Even during economics golden ages, people still lose their jobs and their homes. |
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Mon Jan-03-11 04:25 AM Response to Reply #117 |
197. Try to stick to the topic at hand. The FACT is, the country is NOT |
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. You are totally, utterly, exquisitely, staggeringly |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. You still aren't in the reality based community. |
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MannyGoldstein
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Holy cow! Next you'll tell us Germany won WWII |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #91 |
128. Did you know that the WPA didn't happen until two years after FDR took office? |
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MannyGoldstein
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Sat Jan-01-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #128 |
134. You can't be serious. There were many other programs before the WPA |
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Radical Activist
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Sun Jan-02-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #134 |
175. You'll need to provide links to your false assertions. |
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Egnever
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Mon Jan-03-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #175 |
206. And of course you get no reply. |
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Mon Jan-03-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #175 |
211. Rad, you need to make this an OP. It probably won't do anything for the faithful |
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Tue Jan-04-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #134 |
220. Two days later and you cant support any of that can you? |
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Thu Jan-06-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #87 |
227. Thanks, you saved me the trouble. Revisionist History is a bitch. |
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chervilant
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #82 |
113. hmm... |
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. Don't forget "reforming" public education! |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Obama forced right to work states like Tennessee to work with teacher's unions. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. The Race to the Top thing is asinine to begin with |
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
99. Bullshit |
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #99 |
105. TOTALLY on point nt |
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #99 |
114. Deleted message |
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #114 |
132. Deleted message |
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Sun Jan-02-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #132 |
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Radical Activist
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #99 |
131. Republicans and conservative Democrats blocked half of Obama's agenda and you blame Obama. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
100. Obama is a sellout...... |
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
101. Mr President, I hereby apologize for criticizing you for extending Bush's tax cuts for the rich |
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
102. I see the President Obama critics can dish it out, but they can't take it |
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
103. Frank who? n/t |
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #103 |
112. Some Obama apologist............ |
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #112 |
127. Yeah well he's full of shit. |
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #127 |
181. Good response. |
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Mon Jan-03-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #127 |
207. Deleted message |
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Tue Jan-04-11 02:55 AM Response to Reply #127 |
214. So you would be happier if more were unemployed |
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
111. Never mind that Krugman never opposed what Obama is doing in general - |
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Sat Jan-01-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #111 |
118. Never mind that what Krugman wanted was unrealistic. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. How about, then, going for a SMALLER stimulus |
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Sat Jan-01-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #121 |
137. There were no tax cuts for the wealthy in the original stimulus |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Sun Jan-02-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #137 |
140. When your 'middle class and small business' reaches 350k incomes, |
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JamesA1102
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Sun Jan-02-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #140 |
141. It is still disingenous to say they were geared to the wealthy |
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Sun Jan-02-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #141 |
169. This graph does not mean what you think it means. [n/t] |
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JamesA1102
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #169 |
178. So you are so arrogant you claim to know what I think? |
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #178 |
182. I think it's a safe assumption to say you think it somehow proves the point that the tax cuts |
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Mon Jan-03-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #182 |
183. It's never safe to assume. |
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Sun Jan-02-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #140 |
153. Tax cuts for the poor and middle class ARE stimulative. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
119. Be Right With You, Schaeffer. In The Meantime, Hold Your Breath. (n/t) |
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Sat Jan-01-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
122. Frank Schaeffer? |
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DCBob
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Sun Jan-02-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #122 |
154. So, no comment on the content.. just attempt to trash the author... |
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chervilant
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. Gosh... |
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DCBob
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Sun Jan-02-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #157 |
162. Just expecting people to admit they were wrong is not "slavish devotion".. |
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chervilant
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Sun Jan-02-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #162 |
165. Insanity |
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Radical Activist
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Mon Jan-03-11 03:20 AM Response to Reply #165 |
194. Good point. |
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Mon Jan-03-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #194 |
200. hmm... |
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Radical Activist
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Mon Jan-03-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #200 |
201. I read Shock Doctrine over a year ago. |
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Sun Jan-02-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
139. Deleted message |
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Sun Jan-02-11 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
143. I liked this better when Chris Crocker did it. |
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Sun Jan-02-11 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
146. Krugman is a good progressive economist, but he needs to start understanding what can PASS. |
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Sun Jan-02-11 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
148. Krugman's negative attitude has been bugging me for a long time.. |
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Sun Jan-02-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
164. Here's a hard truth. |
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Sun Jan-02-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #164 |
173. Obama introduced a strongly progressive agenda. |
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mmonk
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Mon Jan-03-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #173 |
199. Obama is by no stretch of the imagination, progressive. |
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Radical Activist
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Mon Jan-03-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #199 |
202. Clean energy, health care reform, more regulation of business, consumer protection, |
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Egnever
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Tue Jan-04-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #202 |
219. Well said! |
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Sun Jan-02-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
167. RIDICULOUS |
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Mon Jan-03-11 03:20 AM Response to Reply #167 |
195. Very well argued point. n/t |
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
177. This deserves an unrec based on a "HUGH" factual error fail - |
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Mon Jan-03-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #177 |
193. Why would a liberal support the Edwards, the moderate DLC Senate caucus leader |
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Mon Jan-03-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #193 |
212. Like him or not, Edwards DID spend a great deal of time during his |
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Mon Jan-03-11 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
184. Schaeffer is the kind of guy |
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Mon Jan-03-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #184 |
186. oooooooooooooohhhhh.... |
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Mon Jan-03-11 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
187. When did the jobless numbers go down? |
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Mon Jan-03-11 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
188. I honestly thought this was going to be satire |
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Mon Jan-03-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
203. Very interesting article. The points made has got me thinking |
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