http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1871313Oh my.
truedelphi (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-03-11 06:20 PM
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For everyone here saying "I judge by what someone does, and not by what they say"
What are you really saying?
Where and when and by whom do you feel betrayed?
All explanations welcome.
This is what makes franksolich an excellent judge of character. As franksolich can't hear what people say, he has to base his assessment of others on what they do.
Which should go a long ways in explaining why franksolich is a life-long Republican.
Rex (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-03-11 06:21 PM
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1. Well, not really me, but I think it goes like this
'Actions speak louder then words.'
pipi_k (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-03-11 06:35 PM
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3. Who knows, but my take on it all is that people seem to have judged Obama by what he said in 2008. Or what they thought he said.
They voted for him based on what he said...or what they thought he said.
Now that he doesn't seem to be doing what he said...or what they thought he said...they're judging him based on his actions.
Because actions speak louder than words. Except when people hear what they want to hear in someone's words...
ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-03-11 06:54 PM
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4. Which is why his numbers have tanked.
That strange indie "middle" finds that he is no leader, but a hands off observer and conciliator. Fatal, when strong leadership is sought and hoped for.
Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-03-11 07:28 PM
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8. If I'm hungry and malnourished I don't give a shit if somebody promises to buy me lunch. Talk is cheap.
I think the guy is deceptive if he expects me to contribute toward the cost of the meal - or if he tries to pay the tab in a foreign currency (or using an expired credit card) - and then blames the resturant for refusing his payment.
And I think the guy is a smarmy SOB if he chooses to dine on steak and lobster while plying me with dollar menu discards.
And Democrats, liberals, and primitives do a lot of talk.
It for example doesn't cost them anything being generous.....with other people's money.
And then they reap the reputation of being "generous."
The Teddy Kennedy phenomenon.
Lorien (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-03-11 09:47 PM
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23. How is the concept confusing?
"Actions speak louder than words." "Ye shall know them by their works". It's really not complicated at all.
Yep.
Again, a big reason why franksolich is a life-long Republican.
Actions speak louder than words.
Talk is cheap; doing is expensive.
You shall know them by their works.
Judge a man not by what he says, but by what he does.
&c., &c., &c.
Which makes franksolich an excellent judge of character.....and a life-long Republican.
