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graham4anything

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91. I do. I trust the opposition to be looking to cull votes whilst 2 senate seats are now being decided

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 05:20 AM

Jun 2013

I look to see who benefits, and I see the repubs picking up 2 senate seats.

Therefore I trust Kerry, Biden, Rice and the President and Bill Clinton to be smarter than me.
How the hell do I know what is going on there? I trust the people I hired (Obama, Kerry, Rice, Biden) in the same way
when a plug is down, I trust my electrician to fix it. How the hell would I know how to fix it.

I trust whom I hire, otherwise, I wouldn't have hired them
(note-voters hire someone to do their jobs. I hire politicans when I vote for them.)

Why else would anyone vote?

And 100% I trust John Kerry and Joe Biden and Susan Rice to tell me what their expertise says.
Because I sure have no idea about the nuances involved. But they do.

And I 100% trust the opposition to the people I hired, do NOT have my interests in mind.

No?

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I wash my hands of Obama if he tries to overthrow the government of any more countries. [View all] Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author graham4anything Jun 2013 #1

I dunno. You tell me. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #2

I trust Kerry& Biden & Susan Rice on Syria and will agree to whatever he tells the President. graham4anything Jun 2013 #5

Susan Rice backed Bush's invasion of Iraq. So did Biden. Trust, indeed. Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #6

Do you trust Biden and Kerry? graham4anything Jun 2013 #13

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2013 #31

On Iraq? Fuck no. I trusted Leahy and Jeffords. THEY WERE FUCKING RIGHT. cali Jun 2013 #94

Democratic supporters know what John Kerry said, that Bush distorted. I'll go with Kerry/Rice/Biden/ graham4anything Jun 2013 #99

Sorry, I don't worship people just because they have a (D) after their names. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #8

Jeeeeeez dude, premium Jun 2013 #9

Are government shill brown coats becoming more plentifully on DU? L0oniX Jun 2013 #21

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Sure seems that way. nt. premium Jun 2013 #36

Plentiful but they seem to be fewer than libertarian isolationists. aquart Jun 2013 #58

Spot on madokie Jun 2013 #102

Yes. Look at it this way: cali Jun 2013 #95

That's your problem. Trusting politicians. nt LWolf Jun 2013 #12

TRUST? sibelian Jun 2013 #90

I do. I trust the opposition to be looking to cull votes whilst 2 senate seats are now being decided graham4anything Jun 2013 #91

"...I trust my electrician..." randome Jun 2013 #92

Well I might trust my electrician to fix my electrics... sibelian Jun 2013 #97

No. sibelian Jun 2013 #96

so people like sabbat hunter Jun 2013 #3

What if, like the last time, pipoman Jun 2013 #4

They have proof there was gas used. Tx4obama Jun 2013 #10

Are these the same guys who had "proof" of Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons? Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #15

Yep.. pipoman Jun 2013 #17

Of course ...and they have gotten much better at it since then. L0oniX Jun 2013 #24

Those other guys were in the other administration. randome Jun 2013 #41

Righties are claiming that Saddam... BlueDemKev Jun 2013 #63

Why can't it be ignored? magellan Jun 2013 #18

They'll put us in another war but won't enact national gun purchase background checks. L0oniX Jun 2013 #26

+1000 magellan Jun 2013 #59

Or worse yet (imho) dying of hunger. nt snappyturtle Jun 2013 #34

No doubt about that. magellan Jun 2013 #64

The same questions could be asked of you when you are injured in a car wreck. randome Jun 2013 #42

Oh please magellan Jun 2013 #56

Our foreign policy is not consistent. We behave with hypocrisy sometimes. No argument there. randome Jun 2013 #75

Why is that OUR responsibility? magellan Jun 2013 #81

No, it's something for the Arab countries to do something about. area51 Jun 2013 #89

Unfortunately it appears we ARE the world's policeman. randome Jun 2013 #93

Yeah, like China after Tiannamen Square BlueDemKev Jun 2013 #66

I'm not sure what anyone thinks we could have done there magellan Jun 2013 #67

The insurgents used it in Aleppo. David__77 Jun 2013 #54

Yet going to war with Syria would probably kill even more. Just look at Iraq, hundreds of thousands nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #78

I feel differently about that. Laelth Jun 2013 #7

Are you regularly led around by the nose? Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #11

+1000. premium Jun 2013 #16

Yea, we shouldn't have started it in the first place. Eddie Haskell Jun 2013 #53

Those 'Alawis have been a religious minority heading the country for decades. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #33

im sorry, but daniel pipes is not a good source of info for anything Monkie Jun 2013 #43

Pipes notwithstanding, that's essentially correct. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #49

pipes is a racist but not stupid enough to make mistakes on which population is in the majority Monkie Jun 2013 #55

Thakns for that info. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #79

I'm 100% against any intervention in Syria, premium Jun 2013 #14

PBO had to do it...Post here said Bill Clinton called him a WUSS and KoKo Jun 2013 #71

We should hook him up with Monstanto. L0oniX Jun 2013 #22

oh man... SomethingFishy Jun 2013 #27

- L0oniX Jun 2013 #30

But sometimes we have situations where there is no good option to be done. totodeinhere Jun 2013 #44

Thank you. Number23 Jun 2013 #45

Believe that, and they'll have a pile of WMD's to sell ya. Eddie Haskell Jun 2013 #48

Assad should not be allowed to gas his people. But avebury Jun 2013 #69

As long as it's only bullets, knives, rockets, and bats, then it's no our problem. nt Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #86

Well... sibelian Jun 2013 #104

feel free to turn off your computers and go to syria to fight for the side you support :-) nt msongs Jun 2013 #19

I'll be in DC Eddie Haskell Jun 2013 #50

I don't have a dog in this fight. I wish that were US policy. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #51

Oh noes! They'll be sitting shiva in the White House! PCIntern Jun 2013 #20

Yeah, you do that, again. Cha Jun 2013 #23

Yep. The latest stroke of outrage. But Obama outrage is predictable from some DU members. nt bluestate10 Jun 2013 #38

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Would have denied Roosevelt WWII? liberal N proud Jun 2013 #28

So the appropriate response is to hand weapons and money to...? Scootaloo Jun 2013 #85

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The farm bills are about to cut billions from food assistance but we have snappyturtle Jun 2013 #35

Weren't you one of those recently washing your car of Obama bumper-stickers? bluestate10 Jun 2013 #37

No, that wasn't Grumpy.. well, it was grumpy but not Grumpy. Cha Jun 2013 #39

I love the bumper sticker posts arely staircase Jun 2013 #40

You've apparently mistaken my for someone even grumpier. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #46

Perhaps he's trying to win a second Nobel Peace Prize. n/t Psephos Jun 2013 #83

If he was really gung-ho about doing this , I think we would have been over there a while ago. octoberlib Jun 2013 #47

At the very minimum, Obama is going to give CONSIDERABLE thought to this. randome Jun 2013 #52

Agree. If we go to war , it won't be because he lied us into it. It'll be reluctantly. nt octoberlib Jun 2013 #62

While I strongly oppose any U.S. intervention in Syria... BlueDemKev Jun 2013 #57

Any? Feeding refugees is not cheap. aquart Jun 2013 #65

Okay, maybe some humanitarian aid. BlueDemKev Jun 2013 #70

What's the tab when it's one million for breakfast? aquart Jun 2013 #77

Exactly. Anything else will not only not do any good, but be needlessly destructive. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #80

We are already down that road, though. KoKo Jun 2013 #72

I strongly differ. The plans were drawn up long ago. Catherina Jun 2013 #76

I Agree yellowwoodII Jun 2013 #101

So you'll stay home in 2014, then? dogknob Jun 2013 #60

Agreed. BlueDemKev Jun 2013 #68

I don't think Obama's the problem except for that part about proudly wearing the mantle Catherina Jun 2013 #61

+1 octoberlib Jun 2013 #73

So he doesn't have your vote in 2016? nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #74

I won't vote for him again either! He campaigned as a moderate Democrat and then the SOB Rowdyboy Jun 2013 #84

I have already made my mind up, I will not vote for him for another term still_one Jun 2013 #82

You'll have to include the government of the United States of America on that list Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #87

Also, note that Syria are an Iranian ally, so is the US doing Israel wants to somehow, any way they Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #88

Which governments of which countries did Obama overthrow? DCBob Jun 2013 #98

It hasn't stopped since the Platt amendment or the Monroe Doctrine malaise Jun 2013 #100

And that is the problem Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #103

No the entire political system has to change malaise Jun 2013 #105