Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 10:47 AM
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I guess I'm the last to post this, but I've made a hard decision about Obama.
There is an on-going trend at DU: We have been buried in announcements that, despite hundreds of thousands of hours tireless campaigning for Obama, and as a direct consequence of Obama executing the agenda on which he campaigned, just about every DUer has decided to give up on Obama.
I have discussed this with everyone I know -- my ultraconservative in-laws, my ultraconservative family, my uber liberal colleagues, and my politically diverse children. So it is with a heavy heart that I will walk away from clearly defined ideals of the Democratic Underground (sic) and continue to support Obama.
I make this decision not lightly and not without great internal confusion. Obama remains everything he promised to be, and why I cannot join the DU trend of rejecting him is a mystery. Admittedly, we're all disappointed with the way the health care reform is going, but it's been a bloody fight. Congress wrote their own bills, compromised among themselves endlessly, allowed themselves to be hijacked by Blue Dogs and Joe Lieberman, and we all know this is Obama's fault entirely. I mean, he's still in the Senate, he's also in the House, he chairs all the committees, he's the Party Whip, and the Democratic Majority Leader in both houses. (<== for the mentally weak, that last sentence was pure sarcasm)
So there it is. I guess I'll be all alone here supporting our Democratic President.
By the way -- when will DU be changing its name to something more appropriate? I have some suggestions, but I'll save them for another thread.
mike_c (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 10:49 AM
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1. aww, that was PRECIOUS....
You're so CLEVER.
closeupready (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 10:50 AM
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2. And coming from YOU, this is a surprise because .... ?
Your DLC sympathies are well-known on this board, and so I daresay this is actually a very predictable ho-hum announcement.
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 10:52 AM
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8. You can do better than that. Can't you at least call me a "corporatist asshole"?
It will be a cold day in hell when I apologize for any of my positions.
closeupready (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 10:59 AM
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26. Wait - who do you think DLC represents?
I mean, tomato, tomahto.
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 11:00 AM
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29. Ah. That's better.
Thanks.
LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 10:59 AM
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22. EPIC THREAD!
UTUSN (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 11:12 AM
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49. K&R to attempt to undo the UnReKKK, but to no avail
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 11:16 AM
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55. This thread may set a new record for unrecs.
joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 12:07 PM
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83. Aw, did we hurt your feelings by calling crap crap?
Sorry, but I don't want a pony, I just don't want their pony to shit on me.
Mat-O (16 posts) Tue Dec-22-09 12:16 PM:mental:
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85. Your not alone your surrounded.
You need check a dictionary of word; WITH !
I am with you, veseses I am behind you, or I support you, I am with you. Behind you I can get you WITH friendly fire, WHOOPS MY BAD ! If I support you, if you is to heavy my brother, I may drop you.
But if I'm with you, I'll be there till the end. If I'n verses you, I wish too see your end to exspose it for all to see, thou with you, may happen also.
The power of with is secret to being undercover operator as we get laid exsposeing lies.
MERRY FREAKING XMAS, my oils still burning.
rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 11:16 AMOh! So powerful!
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54. Given the popularity of this site
and the media-changing power it does wield, we of course do have the paid goons from the other side who sow crap and dismay with half truths and help feed the anxiety and distrust.
the paid goons from the other side who sow crap and dismay with half truths and help feed the anxiety and distrust.
The power of with is secret to being undercover operator as we get laid exsposeing lies.
newtothegame (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 11:10 AM
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45. What exactly leads you to believe he'll deliver?
His 700 days in the Senate? His 130 "present" votes during that time? Or just a "feeling?"
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 11:13 AM
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50. Oh, my. Reliving the campaign are we?
How sad.
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 11:16 AM
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52. That's a real question. Your belief that he'll deliver is based on what? A voting record?
Or is he just that darn inspiring and beautiful to look at?
I wish Karl would send out our Disruptor Checks to us a little early this month for once, y'know it is Christmas and all...
Someone didn't get his message decoded! :uhsure:
Someone didn't get his message decoded! :uhsure:
:tongue: :tongue: :tongue:
Buzz Clik
It will be a cold day in hell when I apologize for any of my positions.
Sounds like someones prostate massager ran out of batteries.
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 11:13 AM
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50. Oh, my. Reliving the campaign are we?
How sad.
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The guy is the PERFECT representative for the Ass party.
Obama hasn't left the campaign, I don't know why anyone else should have to. I bet the big0 set a record for the most broken promises in the shortest amount of time in the history of the country. I'm sure he thought he could just slide on by with just the power of his personality and pretty words said with the same "realism" as any Hollywood actor playing president on TeeVee. When you elect someone you know nothing about who has spent his entire life pretending a life and playing dress-up I don't see how you can possibly be surprised when he turns out to have no substance. The guy is the PERFECT representative for the Ass party.
Cindie