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MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts) Thu Feb 7, 2013, 12:18 AM Feb 2013

Please REC if you trust our President to do the right thing [View all]

against US citizens, without judicial meddling!

And you trust the next Republican President to do the right thing, too!

Regards,

Third-Way Manny

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Please REC if you trust our President to do the right thing [View all] MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 OP

But what about the next president? aquart Feb 2013 #1

Should have made this a poll so all could check in...yea or nay. eom Purveyor Feb 2013 #2

:crickets: XemaSab Feb 2013 #3

Scary - For future use by anyone who becomes POTUS!! lunasun Feb 2013 #4

You set up your question so that no one will rec your post. It should have been a POLL with options. Tx4obama Feb 2013 #5

why won't people rec it? MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #7

Please don't play dumb. YOU know that folks trust Pres Obama but not some unnamed GOPer. n/t Tx4obama Feb 2013 #8

But didn't the President take successors into account? nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #9

Rest assured they will be legal, ethical and wise LittleBlue Feb 2013 #29

And won't make Fox News say mean things. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #32

NDAA also? lunasun Feb 2013 #33

Is he going to take it back when his term is over?! woo me with science Feb 2013 #25

It is the very meat of the issue. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2013 #13

Seems like a Ian Iam Feb 2013 #30

Damn abelenkpe Feb 2013 #6

The only cogent argument I have heard on this came from, unsurprisingly, the Magistrate. Bonobo Feb 2013 #10

I read that and was quite surprised, Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #24

I can't REC... HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #11

Due Process is so 20th Century - n/t coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #38

Wait..... we won't always have an intelligent, thoughtful President? Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #12

I almost always rec your posts, fadedrose Feb 2013 #14

I don't think so joelz Feb 2013 #15

I miss the un-rec feature. Joe Shlabotnik Feb 2013 #16

i rec-ed for lols renegade000 Feb 2013 #17

Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #18

Can't do it n/t leftstreet Feb 2013 #19

Mitt Romney might have gained these powers. These powers must be eliminated. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #20

an untrustworthy POTUS won't care about what I think SmileyRose Feb 2013 #21

unrec (nt) bigwillq Feb 2013 #22

Dear Third-Way Manny BuelahWitch Feb 2013 #23

I am working on blind trust. Really, I am. woo me with science Feb 2013 #26

I've had this song running through my head today Oilwellian Feb 2013 #27

I love me some Leon!! lunasun Feb 2013 #34

I stopped trusting politicians a long time ago. cbrer Feb 2013 #28

KICKETY. NT xchrom Feb 2013 #31

Sometimes it's about trust, sometimes it's not alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #35

If the concept of a President Santorum and\or President Palin doesn't scare coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #39

I'm not surte how that's a response to my post alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #45

I intended it to validate and comment upon your post to which coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #47

Trust is a spectrum. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #40

It's pretty clear alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #44

I don't trust Obama with this and I don't trust Future President Autumn Feb 2013 #36

-1 from me Logical Feb 2013 #37

huh? kpete Feb 2013 #41

Premeditated murder in the name of profit is always justifiable. Zorra Feb 2013 #42

I gave it a rec..... NCTraveler Feb 2013 #43

This one sure. The next one? kudzu22 Feb 2013 #46