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135. GOP doesn't have to hope that the working people do anything... They already have the

Tue Jun 11, 2013, 12:53 PM

Jun 2013

expressed cooperation of a congress that is too busy with insider trading that they sign what ever they are asked to sign... Cut food share- check

provide visas to pay workers lower wages-check

Bail out banks who won't rewrite underwater mortgages-check

put cameras everywhere and listen in on everyone-check

closing public schools in the city and making vouchers an alternative to education at private institutions... Naturally using tax dollars for private ventures... I think this is one of the greatest tricks they have pulled...

Seems these attacks on our Government have been a sorry compromise of inadequacy....on both sides of the isle....

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I took off my Obama stickers yesterday [View all] FirstLight Jun 2013 OP

I call it "outrage fatigue...." mike_c Jun 2013 #1

Yeah, we forget that most of this stuff is all bullshit. So, we go ahead and believe it. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #90

Yeah, we should just shut up and watch reality tv and not worry what that clicking on our telephone sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #245

Did you damage the finish of your car peeling off your stickers? Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #260

I have friends and family members who are, quite literally, too depressed to discuss dgibby Jun 2013 #122

That's how I feel right now... haven't been paying attention budkin Jun 2013 #166

+1000 FirstLight Jun 2013 #171

That's what the GOP hopes you and others will do. JoePhilly Jun 2013 #2

+1 Historic NY Jun 2013 #5

x2 Gus Lammas Jun 2013 #132

Yep, it is definitely a tactic the GOP employs and quite skillfully. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2013 #9

How can people not see this? madokie Jun 2013 #56

Sadly, I think your last sentence sums it all up, they hate the black man RKP5637 Jun 2013 #91

Blinded by hate madokie Jun 2013 #113

And a Dem in that order. WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2013 #165

DOUBLE BINGO!!! kelliekat44 Jun 2013 #199

Scott Walker celebrating AnotherWyoDemocrat Jun 2013 #137

So Republicans are forcing Obama and the Dems to NOT do these things? dbackjon Jun 2013 #31

Not what I said. JoePhilly Jun 2013 #52

Yep Andy823 Jun 2013 #115

Agree! JoePhilly Jun 2013 #117

Wisconsin is in a free fall, sadly. SomeGuyInEagan Jun 2013 #191

I think there are several states that are having similar problems davidpdx Jun 2013 #235

And won't the tea party have fun with the NSA? Good thing for them Autumn Jun 2013 #119

Obvious...right? Sheepshank Jun 2013 #133

I don't hate the government but... CincyDem Jun 2013 #60

What did he do wrong here? JoePhilly Jun 2013 #72

I'm not sure he did anything technically "wrong" but it's like so many other things... CincyDem Jun 2013 #83

Wait ... its not "different" enough. JoePhilly Jun 2013 #97

I know he's not God CincyDem Jun 2013 #102

Exactly: spine. levp Jun 2013 #147

+ 1 Mil darkangel218 Jun 2013 #150

you nailed it in your first sentence FirstLight Jun 2013 #174

Overseen by the FISA Court & congress... marions ghost Jun 2013 #88

FISA court was created under Carter. You know that right? JoePhilly Jun 2013 #98

If there was nothing wrong with FISA courts why marions ghost Jun 2013 #106

Let's take a look at two quotes from what you posted ... JoePhilly Jun 2013 #158

Mamma Mia marions ghost Jun 2013 #170

May I point out that the first paragraph you truedelphi Jun 2013 #247

I think I already explained this to you but I'll try again. THEY CHANGED THE FISA BILL sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #246

He didn't stop the program. He could have done this with a pen. He still can. DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #96

Stop doing what exactly? JoePhilly Jun 2013 #99

Spying on millions of Americans. DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #116

Be more specific. Spying could mean many things. JoePhilly Jun 2013 #120

Have you watched the news at all? darkangel218 Jun 2013 #134

Yes ... and the media is all over the map. JoePhilly Jun 2013 #144

Pretty much. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #148

Um, no. Not even close to the same thing. JoePhilly Jun 2013 #160

"There is no one monitoring my calls" darkangel218 Jun 2013 #172

How do you know? tblue Jun 2013 #175

Prove to me there are no Unicorns. JoePhilly Jun 2013 #197

Why did the elephant paint his toenails red? To hide in cherry trees. Wednesdays Jun 2013 #210

And even if it turns out to be truedelphi Jun 2013 #244

How ridiculous treestar Jun 2013 #224

Not stopping spying with an executive order is ridiculous? DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #226

The President is not spying on everyone treestar Jun 2013 #230

I'm not all that fucking stupid, you know. An executive order stopping tyranny is tyranny? DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #232

You really are all that treestar Jun 2013 #234

Post removed Post removed Jun 2013 #236

It could be done with a stroke of his pen. You can stamp your feet Marr Jun 2013 #231

Check the part of the Constitution that describes the processes treestar Jun 2013 #233

That isn't the law. Marr Jun 2013 #240

Ssh! Too many here are in denial about that truedelphi Jun 2013 #243

Sounds like something the Democratic Party might want to do something about, doesn't it? Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #124

What they tend to do is ... JoePhilly Jun 2013 #126

Right... 2006, 2008. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #128

Blame who for what? JoePhilly Jun 2013 #130

Please try to keep up... Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #131

GOP doesn't have to hope that the working people do anything... They already have the midnight Jun 2013 #135

So let's stay home and accelerate the process!!! JoePhilly Jun 2013 #146

+ 3x kiranon Jun 2013 #140

It's the entire point of Scandalmania. MjolnirTime Jun 2013 #152

This is not about hating the government. The OP's list totodeinhere Jun 2013 #173

Obama isn't running again, and he isn't planning to do anything significant BlueStreak Jun 2013 #186

One is as bad as the other now, but there is another way........ Th1onein Jun 2013 #213

please tell me the difference between the two parties again..... bowens43 Jun 2013 #254

Do you think Mitt Romney would have made you happy, really. Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #3

Where the fuck dd the OP say that? Wow, reading hard for you? n-t Logical Jun 2013 #8

The OP didn't say that Aerows Jun 2013 #20

Read this very slowly, if Obama had not been re-elected in 2012 who would be president today? Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #23

So it is ok then that Obama is screwing us dbackjon Jun 2013 #35

No it's not OK riqster Jun 2013 #45

Welcome to democracy Drale Jun 2013 #46

In which fashion do you feel so screwed? Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #78

Coddling Wall Street dbackjon Jun 2013 #143

+ a brazillion! FirstLight Jun 2013 #177

Read this slowly: LWolf Jun 2013 #69

gee, another condescending n00b.. frylock Jun 2013 #161

But Obama WAS reelected, and the issues listed in the OP DO exist, hence the bike man Jun 2013 #162

That's not the point. Obama did happen to be reelected and now those of us who voted totodeinhere Jun 2013 #180

It's not really necessary to be that nasty. blue neen Jun 2013 #65

... SammyWinstonJack Jun 2013 #70

Playing right into their hands liberal N proud Jun 2013 #4

I'm considering something completely new... Javaman Jun 2013 #6

Good description Aerows Jun 2013 #14

My tipping point came after reading the book "Methland" Javaman Jun 2013 #39

Unfortunately Aerows Jun 2013 #44

"politicians are the only actors that don't care about the audience or their fans." Well said! AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #107

Who was it that said that "Politicians are the folks that truedelphi Jun 2013 #242

+1000! FirstLight Jun 2013 #37

+1 LWolf Jun 2013 #53

... Melinda Jun 2013 #7

This? Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #18

Naw, the darn thing's too happy for the kind of hug I'd like to share with the OP. Melinda Jun 2013 #24

not many at all, but if it comforts you, you go ahead and take it. n/t Whisp Jun 2013 #22

Thanks for the permission. Melinda Jun 2013 #27

you are welcome. Whisp Jun 2013 #62

Lmao!! darkangel218 Jun 2013 #187

Take a rest for awhile lunatica Jun 2013 #10

You never loved him Aerows Jun 2013 #11

That you put them on was your first mistake. bigwillq Jun 2013 #12

The "true believers" haven't given up hope Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #13

Is your paint faded around where the sticker was snooper2 Jun 2013 #15

LOL Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #21

Nothing about historic obstruction from Republicans? JaneyVee Jun 2013 #16

Does, "Give him more time" still work as an excuse? Or, "McCain would be worse"? Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #17

omg hahaha!! Whisp Jun 2013 #19

Not cool. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #38

not cool is right. Whisp Jun 2013 #75

!!! Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #73

Can we count on you to withhold your Dem votes in 2014 too? CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #25

So, shaming is an acceptable tactic in GOTV? JW2020 Jun 2013 #92

I don't need to rethink anything. If people are too butthurt to vote against the GOP CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #154

The dems have earned it. morningfog Jun 2013 #104

You mean the politicians who have way more money and assets than their constituents? CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #155

I never said shit about 2014 FirstLight Jun 2013 #183

Not big on the big picture, eh? CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #190

I'm not talking about punishment. morningfog Jun 2013 #214

Earned what?? nt babylonsister Jun 2013 #228

GOP wins warrior1 Jun 2013 #26

So we're supposed to support crooked policies just to support the Dems and POTUS?? darkangel218 Jun 2013 #85

Because the Dems are so weak and pathetic. morningfog Jun 2013 #105

Gave up on waiting for that pony huh? lpbk2713 Jun 2013 #28

Did you take off your "I heart congress" ones also? Damn Obama for not being a dictator uppityperson Jun 2013 #29

I never apply bumper stickers Celldweller Jun 2013 #30

I think this is accurate: LWolf Jun 2013 #32

exactly FirstLight Jun 2013 #43

"Hopey-Changey," coined by Progressive thinker, Sarah Palin! emulatorloo Jun 2013 #51

She's pathetic. LWolf Jun 2013 #64

But we need your help getting Obama re-elected!!!! JaneyVee Jun 2013 #67

You ARE joking, right? derby378 Jun 2013 #217

I took em off a long time ago. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #33

Oh the drama! HappyMe Jun 2013 #34

I feel your pain...chin up. nt clarice Jun 2013 #36

Check back here when the GOP fully takes over this country. DCBob Jun 2013 #40

...it's already ugly for many of us FirstLight Jun 2013 #47

yes, I know but think of it in orders of magnitude higher. DCBob Jun 2013 #58

Yes, it's ugly nobodyspecial Jun 2013 #76

Yep. Send us a report with your chisel and stone tablet. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2013 #50

Partly because of such actions, Ohio is now a one-party Reep state riqster Jun 2013 #59

All you have to do is wait 4 to 8 years and the Dems will be back in control. JW2020 Jun 2013 #95

Healthy disagreement at DU is not going to facilitate the GOP taking over. totodeinhere Jun 2013 #184

Never said it would and Im not just talking about DU.. DCBob Jun 2013 #201

You said ... totodeinhere Jun 2013 #212

If enough Democrats leave the party over this bogus issue the GOP will take over. DCBob Jun 2013 #216

No need to insult my intelligence. I understand complicated issues quite well. totodeinhere Jun 2013 #241

Sorry didnt mean to do that. DCBob Jun 2013 #257

Thanks Bob. Actually I agree that people should not bolt the party over this. totodeinhere Jun 2013 #265

ofercrissake get over yourself. lamp_shade Jun 2013 #41

No, you.do that. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #48

You fell for the GOP's "throw shit at the wall and hopes some sticks" machine. They demosincebirth Jun 2013 #42

It amazes me Bobbie Jo Jun 2013 #101

It also depends how commited one is to their party. No party is perfect as you know, but what demosincebirth Jun 2013 #225

Ooh, you took your bumperstickers off. Fight the power! w00t!!! nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #49

ya well, it isn't about the stickers FirstLight Jun 2013 #54

Every politician ever born has disappointed everyone that's supported geek tragedy Jun 2013 #61

How dare you even suggest that! nobodyspecial Jun 2013 #79

Now youre telling the OP that is not about their feelings?? darkangel218 Jun 2013 #80

Even more shocking, it's not about your feelings. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #84

Oh ok. You and i are just puppets with no say? is that it?? darkangel218 Jun 2013 #86

So is "it" about ANYTHING? sibelian Jun 2013 #252

You said a mouth full. One issue voters like many 2nd ammenders are part of voters who always demosincebirth Jun 2013 #227

Don't give up emulatorloo Jun 2013 #66

The conductor does not make the band. The members do. Gregorian Jun 2013 #55

I'm taking my Christmas decorations down as well, TheCowsCameHome Jun 2013 #57

Good thinking! emulatorloo Jun 2013 #71

... Floyd_Gondolli Jun 2013 #63

Good Looking Kid. Yours? HangOnKids Jun 2013 #121

lmao!!!! darkangel218 Jun 2013 #127

I would have, too. Quantess Jun 2013 #68

There are many who agree with you, and some who refuse to admit there is anything bike man Jun 2013 #74

I've read the replies. Savannahmann Jun 2013 #77

That means it's working! n/t savalez Jun 2013 #81

When are you going to start reading the newspapers? Kolesar Jun 2013 #82

Are you refering to yourself perheps? darkangel218 Jun 2013 #87

I am quite well read Kolesar Jun 2013 #94

What do my hidden posts have to do with what you said to the OP? darkangel218 Jun 2013 #100

Its a fact that POTUS has let down a lot of people darkangel218 Jun 2013 #103

LOL! Geez. I'm sorry. But this is just too funny. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #89

Histrionics 'R Us Floyd_Gondolli Jun 2013 #179

Chained CPI! Kolesar Jun 2013 #200

Oh yes, how could I forget that Floyd_Gondolli Jun 2013 #204

Mission Accomplished. Signed GOP n/t SalviaBlue Jun 2013 #93

Good...Stay Home and enjoy maxrandb Jun 2013 #108

I'll alert the media arely staircase Jun 2013 #109

democracy is hard so I'm giving up Progressive dog Jun 2013 #110

Well said. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #111

You must feel morally righteous by removing car stickers. n/t cynatnite Jun 2013 #112

Strange, strange. And just think about all of the real problems in the world that need bluestate10 Jun 2013 #238

Yep. Shot in the face or stabbed in the back, your choice. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #114

I understand the burnout, been there, done that life long demo Jun 2013 #118

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Jun 2013 #123

TeamThink Red Knight Jun 2013 #125

+1million. Thank you for your post darkangel218 Jun 2013 #129

Some posters here have a moral compass and policy preferences that are whatever the party tells them Dragonfli Jun 2013 #178

well said! FirstLight Jun 2013 #261

With Too Many Years Under My Belt, I Am With You - Tired Of This BS cantbeserious Jun 2013 #136

I don't put stickers on my car, but I understand where you're coming from. Autumn Jun 2013 #138

Then you and everyone who recc'd.... zentrum Jun 2013 #139

+ 1 kiranon Jun 2013 #142

You're wasting logical thought on the same ilk that sat at home in 2010 and gave republicans bluestate10 Jun 2013 #239

You're in Cali? Replace it with one of these: ucrdem Jun 2013 #141

Your choice, bye still_one Jun 2013 #145

Thats all it takes to tell someone goodbye on here?? lol darkangel218 Jun 2013 #149

No problem, change does not happen overnight, and I do not care for people who throw there arms up still_one Jun 2013 #205

All hail the lame ship Poutrage! MjolnirTime Jun 2013 #151

"Wall St still in business" Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #153

Obama has actually accomplished a lot. Billy Pilgrim Jun 2013 #156

That's what the ones who give up, dwell on .. the negatives. Cha Jun 2013 #221

Good for you. Both parties are screwing us. Let's revolt right now. limpyhobbler Jun 2013 #157

Please pay attention to your local races G_j Jun 2013 #159

I did that in the first term after he caved to the GOP on the extension of the Bush tax cuts budkin Jun 2013 #163

Also... Billy Pilgrim Jun 2013 #164

President Palin President Romney! AWWWK! JoeyT Jun 2013 #167

Perhaps you noticed alot of the stickers were magnetic olddots Jun 2013 #168

Me too. I replaced mine with a "Greenwald for Pulitzer Prize 2013" sticker. great white snark Jun 2013 #169

Sorry, but people like you are the reason we got St. Ronnie instead of Jimmy Carter II. Zen Democrat Jun 2013 #176

I more than agree with this statement! redstatebluegirl Jun 2013 #181

Nope. A bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis is what gave us Reagan. totodeinhere Jun 2013 #188

stop boo hooo....i took off my stickers rtracey Jun 2013 #182

You stop "moaning and groaning" darkangel218 Jun 2013 #185

Weak. Quantess Jun 2013 #196

see rtracey Jun 2013 #203

Yes, but that's the same discussion we've been having for months, now. Quantess Jun 2013 #248

Clinton fatigue deja vu tularetom Jun 2013 #189

Congratulations...? Arkana Jun 2013 #192

I love how so many here think I am saying this because I am POUTING FirstLight Jun 2013 #193

since this got lost in the shuffle FirstLight Jun 2013 #262

I altered the name Obama on my running cap. Peregrine Took Jun 2013 #194

Mine remains on my vehicle n/t Just Saying Jun 2013 #195

On the contrary...Obama has been the MOST SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENT IN US HISTORY!! BanTheGOP Jun 2013 #198

... FirstLight Jun 2013 #202

I do not waste time with folks that give up so easily. I say let em give up, there are plenty of still_one Jun 2013 #207

We've had enough help from California and Illinois, thank you very much derby378 Jun 2013 #219

Boo fucking hoo LuvLoogie Jun 2013 #206

Ain't that the truth still_one Jun 2013 #208

"This place is loaded with punks." CO-SIGN!! Number23 Jun 2013 #222

You never really loved him!! QC Jun 2013 #209

A lot of people feel the same and are getting on with their lives Corruption Inc Jun 2013 #211

THANKS FirstLight Jun 2013 #220

So much butthurt over the truth, here... Daemonaquila Jun 2013 #215

I don't do bumper stickers, political or otherwise. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #218

Yawn treestar Jun 2013 #223

Good for you, I think old political bumper stickers look tacky. tritsofme Jun 2013 #229

I am never get emotionally attached to a politician enough to put that person's sticker on my car. bluestate10 Jun 2013 #237

I found some my old Obama stickers and plastered them on my car. I am having one made that says, mfcorey1 Jun 2013 #249

I never had one to begin with. too right wing for me. nt boilerbabe Jun 2013 #250

Oh, good fucking grief. aquart Jun 2013 #251

you true believers really crack me up. This guy has been a complete disaster. bowens43 Jun 2013 #255

I'm sure Rand Paul will protect your freedoms. aquart Jun 2013 #256

what utter non-sense. DCBob Jun 2013 #258

I removed mine right after the last election..... bowens43 Jun 2013 #253

ya, FirstLight Jun 2013 #266

I Was Gonna Take Mine Off... JimGinPA Jun 2013 #259

Yet here we are, two days later, and he STILL has not resigned from office! 11 Bravo Jun 2013 #263

OMG! I just realized that Obama is doing all of this illegal shit on purpose!! Major Hogwash Jun 2013 #267

wow...so much vitriol... let's reinterate FirstLight Jun 2013 #264