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In reply to the discussion: You know, Obama has disappointed a lot of people..... [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)150. If you have to ask, you don't need an answer. It wouldn't satisfy you. We WON for them
in 2008. We TOLD them why we worked so hard to get them elected.
As soon as they won, they forgot who they were working for.
We don't have big bags of money to offer them, only votes.
They bailed out Wall St Criminals, told us were going to 'look forward' from War Crimes, just in case we had any hopes of restoring the rule of law in this country.
What we wanted, what we pushed them to do, went right over their heads.
Now what do you suggest we do next?
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I am embarrassed that I was so naive to fall for his BS. I wont be fooled by The Turd WAy again.
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#3
That was exactly it for me too. Although I held my nose and worked on his campaign the 2nd time too
Katashi_itto
Aug 2013
#152
What have you done to push Congress, the electorate, or the President in the right direction?
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#4
I asked a question. But very many people, whom I have met, seem to believe that merely expressing
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#41
And it's not uncommon for posters on political boards simply to whine and jeez
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#66
My cook is just fine thank you very much, it's everyone else's damn cooks that's the problem
Fumesucker
Aug 2013
#84
I think it's a great story, once properly understood: organize to create the political pressure
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#65
If you have to ask, you don't need an answer. It wouldn't satisfy you. We WON for them
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#150
of course...the inevitable peanut gallery chimes in to support a derogatory remark
Sheepshank
Aug 2013
#122
You don't have shit else to do but "research" an anonymous poster on a web site?
Number23
Aug 2013
#13
Well said. When all one has is "Oh yeah. Well you're a paid shill," it means either
pampango
Aug 2013
#73
But the person accused of being part of an invasion has been a DUer for years...
Violet_Crumble
Aug 2013
#178
I know. I felt like a total idiot afterword. Especially when it came out 3-3
arely staircase
Aug 2013
#157
bull. a majority of americans support the flagship liberal programs, social security & medicare;
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#27
Not disappointed, but still doomed. Nothing done to make college more affordable.
reformist2
Aug 2013
#120
I don't use the word disappointed because I knew that he was the largest recipient of Wall Street
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#52
I would hate to see what would happen the way he bends over to appease the Conservative
IncessantPerfidy
Aug 2013
#59
He gets the blame because he does not fight for what the MAJORITY wants when he does fight he fights
IncessantPerfidy
Aug 2013
#62
correct me if my memory is wrong (l am getting old) but wasn't there a Democratic majority in both
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#61
That's cut right from one of Romney's stump speeches--in case you didn't realize it.
MADem
Aug 2013
#74
The Republicans would argue that Democrats pulled things had never done before...
Hippo_Tron
Aug 2013
#158
as long as he got rid of all those old Goldman Sachs Wall Street insider types - as long as he made
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#82
It's a long shot. I hope we keep the damn Senate, because we don't come out on the off years as
MADem
Aug 2013
#90
I agree that there are no quick fixes....but Confucius taught us that the journey of a thousand mile
MADem
Aug 2013
#186
When i take on something that is hard to win at i try take notes for the next attempt.
nolabels
Aug 2013
#187
As Is The Ready Dismissal Of Facts - www.dlc.org - Which You Appear To Have Mastered
cantbeserious
Aug 2013
#104
Ah - That Some Are Too Ignorant To Understand Our Government Argument - Heard It Before
cantbeserious
Aug 2013
#110
Replace the DLCers in Democratic "packed" by Republican redistricted districts with progressives!
cascadiance
Aug 2013
#97
a good ol' purge of the bad Obama supporters in, of all places, the Democratic Party
arely staircase
Aug 2013
#117
the Democratic Party's lurch rightward has alienated a lot of their own party.
PowerToThePeople
Aug 2013
#136
42 recs from the usual suspects for a PPR'd troll. You Better Believe It! nt
msanthrope
Aug 2013
#188