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In reply to the discussion: Progressives Plan To Challenge Obama In Iowa - RawStory [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)34. I wonder if they'll buy NOBAMA bumper stickers like my Tea Party
neighbor ... I keep asking him when he'll put a bumper sticker on his car that SUPPORTS one of the GOP candidates.
He hates it.
I'm guessing he too is "uncommitted"
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So IYO Liberals are incapable of both criticizing Obama and voting for Progressive Candidates
Bandit
Jan 2012
#81
"Of course, as we know, conservatives are just big fat liars (hypocrites)." Agreed.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2012
#104
What is 'progressive' about threatening to knee cap the Democratic Party/President??
Siwsan
Jan 2012
#5
You are not taking back control of anything without electing progressive legislators.
ncteechur
Jan 2012
#98
Was that supposed to prove your point? "Senate" Candidate Obama agreed with the premise...
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2012
#88
You need to re-read the o.p. which clearly states that Pres. Obama "promised single payer".
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2012
#96
I don't know how to make this any plainer, the first five words in my header are below.
A Simple Game
Jan 2012
#101
You directed DevonRex to post #64. WTF was the point of that? You didn't answer the.....
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2012
#103
Ah, I see. You don't lie, you just mislead. "Flip-Flop"? Nice try, but no cigar.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2012
#112
President Obama didn't promise it, but senate candidate Obama said he was a proponent for it.
A Simple Game
Jan 2012
#64
I love the prescription for Obama's ails are the same as dealing with Bush or Reagan or Nixon.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#28
Obama's advice to "hold his feet to the fire" does NOT mean lying about his positions and
jenmito
Jan 2012
#38
They're separate things. They said they're not voting for Obama and they're also not telling
jenmito
Jan 2012
#67
All of the things listed as reasons they're not voting for Obama he either didn't run on or did
jenmito
Jan 2012
#12
How is 16 or even 18 months almost exactly three years? Seems more like exactly double (or more
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#15
Yes, he was "being responsible." Trying to put training on SOFA. It was scrubbed.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#89
Actually, it took him 16 months longer than what he promised and in the end...
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#53
You are pissing in the wind in any event but it is a fair harm mitigation tactic, for now.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#20
I'm glad your state isn't controlled by Republicorp unverifiable robovoting.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#79
How dare they "work within the system" as the moderates claim they want them to?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2012
#26
Depends on their goal, it could be as simple as not wishing and unrepentent rubberstamp
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#39
Good Lawd - he didn't campaign on single payer, he got the troops out of Iraq (not fast enough? That
Pirate Smile
Jan 2012
#50
More purist nonsense. Single payer COULD NOT PASS. Just what brain disease do these fools have?
RBInMaine
Jan 2012
#62
It's The Disease Known As Being/And Believing, What It Means To Be An American..
WillyT
Jan 2012
#68