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DisgustipatedinCA

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6. So you're like the rest of us: you know nothing, but make assumptions

Reply to WonderGrunion (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 10:19 PM

Dec 2012

Unless someone on DU is actually negotiating with the President, none of us has firsthand knowledge. We are left to depend on any journalism we opt to trust, while you're left to browbeat people for interpreting the tea leaves in a way that disagrees with your preconceived notions. What qualifies you for this station?

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So Huffington Post, which has been wrong about President Obama [View all] WonderGrunion Dec 2012 OP

Uhhhh, that's the Washington Post BlueStreak Dec 2012 #1

I've just seen the huffPost articles linked in all the bloviating WonderGrunion Dec 2012 #3

The White House leaked the latest proposal democrattotheend Dec 2012 #2

Obama has leaked stuff he knows won't pass before to make the Pubs look bad WonderGrunion Dec 2012 #4

When has he done that before? democrattotheend Dec 2012 #5

Bowles Simpson WonderGrunion Dec 2012 #7

So you're like the rest of us: you know nothing, but make assumptions DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #6

My preconceived notions have been right for the last 4 years WonderGrunion Dec 2012 #8

You have no idea what my preconceived notions are DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #11

All politicians do this. Don't need a degree in Poli Sci to figure that out. libdem4life Dec 2012 #9

Leaks are made by a lot of people for a lot of reasons DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #13

That is true. But then again, we can't rely on what many of them actually say, either. libdem4life Dec 2012 #15

Do you gave a specific distrust issue with Ezra Klein? DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #16

Or maybe he leaked it to provoke enough outrage that the Republicans HAVE to listen? Matariki Dec 2012 #18

I believe it's been inconveniently pointed out to you DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #10

Almost all the links I've seen on DU have been to HuffPost puff pieces WonderGrunion Dec 2012 #12

Well, Jay Carney, the Presidents spokeperson, has admitted that chained CPI is in Obama's Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #14

The "Obama GOP trojan will destroy the country" crowd CakeGrrl Dec 2012 #17