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trailmonkee

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6. remember Mcconnell: 'my most important goal is to make sure Obama is not relected'?

Reply to noamnety (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:11 PM

Nov 2012

that was one of the most powerful parts of the narative that, from the very beggining, the GOP refused to cooporate...

this is the same friggin thing..

and frankly, I would take a call from the president no matter who he was, if I was an elected official ITS THEIR JOB!!! If they had any respect for President Obama, they would have taken the call - period

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When I first heard this, I could not beleive It.... [View all] trailmonkee Nov 2012 OP

I don't really care about the token symbolic shit. noamnety Nov 2012 #1

I couldn't agree more SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #4

remember Mcconnell: 'my most important goal is to make sure Obama is not relected'? trailmonkee Nov 2012 #6

Didn't he call around 11pm? liberalmuse Nov 2012 #9

thank you, i din't see the time, but it wasn't 3 am? jeesh trailmonkee Nov 2012 #12

nyt article said right after speech trailmonkee Nov 2012 #14

The flip side is also true noamnety Nov 2012 #21

Boehner is probably too sloshed at 11 p.m. to take a phone call. Maybe McConnell, too... CTyankee Nov 2012 #27

not everything is 'symbolic' when we use that word it sometimes waters down the action... trailmonkee Nov 2012 #18

and then they complain that he doesn't reach out, but opts to leave country. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #2

most of us expect the Boner was drunk as a skunk by then NMDemDist2 Nov 2012 #3

Actually nat taking the call might have been a good thing vlyons Nov 2012 #5

more proof that we are not dealing with adults who take their job seriously trailmonkee Nov 2012 #10

In Boehner's defense tritsofme Nov 2012 #7

Thiere's always a double standard for them. BigDemVoter Nov 2012 #8

+1,000 nt JanT Nov 2012 #25

Probably weeping bitterly into their whiskey LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #11

yes, it is outrageous grasswire Nov 2012 #13

+1 trailmonkee Nov 2012 #15

If I were the president and they did this to me I would remember for a LOOONG time. mysuzuki2 Nov 2012 #16

i remember all those who play me... i dont hate them, just never take them seriously again trailmonkee Nov 2012 #17

Thats some childish shit uponit7771 Nov 2012 #19

my thoughts exactly, I thought who would do this??? a fucking kid would! not an adult trailmonkee Nov 2012 #20

kick grantcart Nov 2012 #22

They both have good excuses PD Turk Nov 2012 #23

I shared this with a Republican friend who doubts Obama will "cooperate." Shanti Mama Nov 2012 #24

once again. BO is the adult in the room. nt JanT Nov 2012 #26