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Zalatix

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20. It is indeed the whole GUTS thing

Reply to bvar22 (Reply #18)

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 09:59 PM

Dec 2011

Teddy had the guts to do a lot of things that pissed off the Plutocracy at the time. He knew how to throw his weight around.

Today, though, that task falls to us. We need to start throwing our numbers around. OWS is the proverbial "first into battle". We should be backing them up... enthusiastically. Raucously, no less.

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Supporters and critics of Obama, please lend me an ear. Or a pair of eyes, maybe? [View all] Zalatix Dec 2011 OP

I support President Obama. FarPoint Dec 2011 #1

why not? mdmc Dec 2011 #2

Sounds like a load to me. If the President can order drones to ... Scuba Dec 2011 #3

Yes, Obama would send drones nobodyspecial Dec 2011 #4

The plutocrats have the support CJCRANE Dec 2011 #5

"zapping the plutocrats" ?? annabanana Dec 2011 #9

Sure he could. Zalatix Dec 2011 #14

President Obama is a centrist. dawg Dec 2011 #6

I think you are right to a great extent. sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #7

Occam's Razor: Obama is a centrist who supports privately the positions he puts forward publically. Romulox Dec 2011 #8

I am NOT an Obama "denouncer". bvar22 Dec 2011 #10

^I wish I had said that.^ 99Forever Dec 2011 #11

Can one also say "Teddy Roosevelt" Democrat? Zalatix Dec 2011 #15

I would vote FOR Teddy Roosevelt in a heartbeat today! bvar22 Dec 2011 #18

It is indeed the whole GUTS thing Zalatix Dec 2011 #20

What bvar22 said, in spades. n/t Scuba Dec 2011 #19

When Bush was elected a 2nd term he got even worse than the first term for a reason.. LynneSin Dec 2011 #12

Barney Frank was in Congress for what, 30 years? Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #13

Done. n/t Zalatix Dec 2011 #16

History Has Been Very Kind to Jimmy Carter, for the Most Part NashVegas Dec 2011 #17

But what power has Jimmy Carter had to change events? Zalatix Dec 2011 #21