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1ProudAtheist

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Reply to Karmadillo (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 07:36 PM

Feb 2012

We cannot afford to lose an election just to make a point.

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Robert Reich: The Sad Spectacle of Obama�s Super PAC [View all] Karmadillo Feb 2012 OP

Unforthunately 1ProudAtheist Feb 2012 #1

yes indeed flamingdem Feb 2012 #15

Complete bullsh*t bowens43 Feb 2012 #2

Best ProSense Feb 2012 #3

thanks for posting that here! JNelson6563 Feb 2012 #18

K & R! lonestarnot Feb 2012 #43

! AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #50

Brilliant post. The people who support the OP are nuts. vaberella Feb 2012 #54

"But would refusing to be corrupted this way really amount to unilateral disarmament?" Yes. Duh. TheWraith Feb 2012 #4

I trust Robert Reich Obama3_16 Feb 2012 #5

Yeah, um, right BeyondGeography Feb 2012 #6

fighting fire with fire warrior1 Feb 2012 #7

Kahuna: The sad saga of Robert Reich's continuous whining... Kahuna Feb 2012 #8

"Does anything make him happy?" Not unless there's a Clinton in the WH. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2012 #51

Exactly! He's a sad little PUMA. Kahuna Feb 2012 #52

I hear ad hominem attacks on internet message boards make him happy, LOL just1voice Feb 2012 #69

Did President Obama have to officially endorse the Super Pac? bvar22 Feb 2012 #9

Obama didn't endorse the "new normal" as you call it. SCOTUS Kahuna Feb 2012 #10

Dramatic much? Robert Reich's fortune telling ability aside, refusing to take PAC money when renie408 Feb 2012 #11

that's what I don't get about the whiners. Whisp Feb 2012 #28

I don't think he wants Obama to be President. n/t vaberella Feb 2012 #55

BINGO!! nt Kahuna Feb 2012 #58

And you are obviously very confused, bvar22 Feb 2012 #67

loyal to what? I am supposing you are talking about Reich Whisp Feb 2012 #68

Actually I think you're the one confused. vaberella Feb 2012 #71

I wonder which moneyed interests will get to be highest bidder? Dragonfli Feb 2012 #61

great! we can spend our money on liberal/progressive candidates lower down ballot instead of O nt msongs Feb 2012 #12

You were going to do that anyway, weren't you?... SidDithers Feb 2012 #17

*snort Whisp Feb 2012 #29

the koch brothers will spend their fortunes to destroy Obama, he'd be a fool not to have an s/pac spanone Feb 2012 #13

Reich needs to get a clue. bluestate10 Feb 2012 #14

Easy for Reich to write that... SidDithers Feb 2012 #16

Yep, and if the winger won the WH JNelson6563 Feb 2012 #20

Yes ... Obama should disarm himself so that after GOP Super PACs win the election ... JoePhilly Feb 2012 #19

fuck the 'bring a knife to a gun fight' crowd grantcart Feb 2012 #21

Damn right... SidDithers Feb 2012 #23

lol grantcart Feb 2012 #70

+1!! renie408 Feb 2012 #24

45 state victory Obama3_16 Feb 2012 #25

There is ProSense Feb 2012 #32

x10000000000 boxman15 Feb 2012 #42

Amen!! uponit7771 Feb 2012 #37

HOLLER! Kahuna Feb 2012 #53

Sorry guy, Presidential elections are life and death decisions anymore. TwilightGardener Feb 2012 #22

"They do it, so we do it" is a piss poor excuse for corruption. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #26

I agree, the oposite is a piss poor excuse to lose to the bastards who are in the GOP now uponit7771 Feb 2012 #38

Two corporate parties rudycantfail Feb 2012 #27

I think what has become of America is Whisp Feb 2012 #30

I want you to feel free rudycantfail Feb 2012 #31

This is why I am sitting this one out alarimer Feb 2012 #35

Obama wants to have it both ways. hay rick Feb 2012 #33

Obama WANTED all the SP money? Link and quote? thx uponit7771 Feb 2012 #40

WANTED...reluctantly agreed...the bottom line is the same. hay rick Feb 2012 #46

You know who you can thank for this new stratagem, don't you? Major Hogwash Feb 2012 #65

Are Super PACs still a threat to democracy? Karmadillo Feb 2012 #34

Why are you responding to yourself?...nt SidDithers Feb 2012 #39

Why are you responding to me? Karmadillo Feb 2012 #45

No, they are a great Democratic weapon now! They are good now, Obama said so. Dragonfli Feb 2012 #62

Complete balony, Obama had to adapt to the new political reality ShadowLiberal Feb 2012 #36

The devil made me do it. rudycantfail Feb 2012 #44

Reich is wrong here. boxman15 Feb 2012 #41

It's just too difficult a task rudycantfail Feb 2012 #47

Reich wants Obama to prove a point,but lose an election? Swede Feb 2012 #48

Will he get a LOGO jacket from pack supporters like in NASCAR? Dragonfli Feb 2012 #49

This strikes me as faith-based rather than evidence-based. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2012 #56

How dare he mmonk Feb 2012 #57

What good does it do to stand on principle when the other guy is standing on... renie408 Feb 2012 #59

Reich is right, MadHound Feb 2012 #60

Vox Populi...The "People" Don't Mind The Money... KharmaTrain Feb 2012 #63

In his heart, he believes in the power of money kentuck Feb 2012 #64

Unrec. You want Obama to enter the race with one leg tied behind his back? FSogol Feb 2012 #66