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Lol avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #1
I know...it's so ludicrous! joeybee12 Aug 2013 #84
This is one hell of a stretch The_Casual_Observer Aug 2013 #2
Thats for sure! LOLOLOLZ! /nt workinclasszero Aug 2013 #105
I think you mean "Syria" not "Egypt". CJCRANE Aug 2013 #3
FDR/Obama would not have gotten hung up on semantics. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #7
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? CJCRANE Aug 2013 #10
Forget it, the OP's rolling... n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #33
Semantics...I love it. DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #61
Yeah, it's all the fault of those dirty rotten Semantics! Fozzledick Aug 2013 #72
It took me a few posts to understand that Doctor F was just having fun with us, TWM-style DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #73
I don't think anti-Semantic posts are allowed here FiveGoodMen Aug 2013 #81
Are you telling me you're anti-semantic? I thought that violated DU's ToS :) - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #89
Wow, openly anti-semantic. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #96
I had constipation for 5 days. No more! Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #118
This message was self-deleted by its author JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2013 #79
This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science Aug 2013 #4
Umm. enlightenment Aug 2013 #5
I am happy to ride off a cliff as long as FDR and Obama are in the car with me. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #11
You can't see me, enlightenment Aug 2013 #16
I'm glad to embarass myself it means that Freedom will ring. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #26
Damn. enlightenment Aug 2013 #39
Freedom wil reign! R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2013 #49
The "Far Left" (EEK!) believes that public servants should be held accountable. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #6
Um...what? cyberswede Aug 2013 #8
Those assholes. SomethingFishy Aug 2013 #9
STOP IT SOMETHINGFISHY Skittles Aug 2013 #45
And if the Germans bombed it. n/t n2doc Aug 2013 #101
Hehe.. Forget it he's rolling... SomethingFishy Aug 2013 #104
You will of course expound on this premise...? LanternWaste Aug 2013 #12
No problem, The point is that FDR and Obama both knew a just war when they saw it. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #15
Egypt attacked Pearl Harbor MNBrewer Aug 2013 #19
Fine. People with funny hats then. That should cover it all.You wont fools me with semantics tricks. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #24
I don't think the far left has lost the "Obama should be more like FDR" argument at all. cyberswede Aug 2013 #50
Well, he is in fact imitating FDR on this. Will you support his FDR style stance? Dr Fate Aug 2013 #52
I don't get it. cyberswede Aug 2013 #58
I accept your concession. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #59
Stop, you're killing me dreamnightwind Aug 2013 #78
Plus there is also the problem that I am sure the writer of the OP truedelphi Sep 2013 #117
So much Fail WilliamPitt Aug 2013 #13
To be honest I think Obama made a reasonable and measured statement CJCRANE Aug 2013 #14
And when he does not bomb Syria, the far left will look like fools for saying he was gonna do it. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #21
you forgot something MNBrewer Aug 2013 #17
This somehow got recs whatchamacallit Aug 2013 #18
From 0 to Godwin in 1 post! reformist2 Aug 2013 #20
The first thing Hitler did when he was elected LearningCurve Aug 2013 #62
Beat Garlits & Muldowney both in the quarter mile! Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #119
Manny does it better tkmorris Aug 2013 #22
Ah...I get it now. CJCRANE Aug 2013 #27
Manny disagrees with me in the very thread. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #29
no, Dr Fate is way better at it than Manny. dionysus Aug 2013 #44
LOL Hissyspit Aug 2013 #55
I had to scroll up and check Mnpaul Aug 2013 #106
One of us needs to read more history MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #23
So get reading then. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #28
OK, let's take those one at a time: speeches "tinged by racism" MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #34
You read and posted on all the old FDR vs. Obama posts that were on DU. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #37
Perhaps I'm getting old and senile MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #71
Ah. Got me! MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #74
Is this an "Onion" post?......... socialist_n_TN Aug 2013 #25
Go back and read the old Obama vs. FDR posts on DU. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #31
I......er.......what is this? Skittles Aug 2013 #30
We need a LiberalAndProud Aug 2013 #32
FDR gave us social security -- Obama is NO FDR nt daa Aug 2013 #35
He is on the issue of bombing the Hilters of the world. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #42
Spending social security and Medicare on missles is stupid daa Aug 2013 #51
I think that if FDR were alive today, he would agree with me & Obama, not you. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #56
Nice try daa Aug 2013 #68
Go read up on the Social Security that FDR gave "us". Social Security as you know it was bluestate10 Aug 2013 #88
The Far left? mick063 Aug 2013 #36
Another contender... Fozzledick Aug 2013 #76
Some wit (Mark Twain or Ambrose Bierce) quipped that war is HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #38
Moderates dont care if it is Egypt or Syria. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #47
A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #87
Damn, you had me. Union Scribe Sep 2013 #111
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." Ambrose Bierce Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #67
Great post! dennis4868 Aug 2013 #40
Fixed it for you ... blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #41
I am drunk too! n-t Logical Aug 2013 #43
At least we dont have to boy-cott French wine this time around. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #48
Ermehgerd!!! bobclark86 Aug 2013 #91
It's never too early to start drinking on a Friday, I guess. Vashta Nerada Aug 2013 #46
'far left'? there goes your credibility....take a hike. bowens43 Aug 2013 #53
I'll glady take a "Freedom Hike"- with FDR and Obama as my guides. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #54
I is confused. Hissyspit Aug 2013 #57
get back to me when Obama gets rid of Race to the Top and actually starts funding schools. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #60
I think he will fund schools in Syria. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #63
Whose law is that again? woo me with science Aug 2013 #64
Poe's Law. This thread is satire--but it has Colberted a lot of DUers! nt tblue37 Aug 2013 #86
Thank you. woo me with science Sep 2013 #109
Oh dear god... progressoid Aug 2013 #65
That poor man must have ingested chemical weapons! Dr Fate Aug 2013 #66
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #69
Too subtle for some. bvar22 Aug 2013 #70
LOL RainDog Aug 2013 #75
That's some funny shit! Rex Aug 2013 #77
FREEDOM KICK!!!!! Dr Fate Aug 2013 #80
What's with the hippie punching today? nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #82
Of course, if Obama were like FDR and bombed a city like Dresden ProSense Aug 2013 #83
And with that you get the Margaret DuMont Award. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #98
FDR was a WAR CRIMINAL! (But I hope Obama does not imitate that part) Dr Fate Sep 2013 #114
The real thing will never measure up to a fantasy. FDR, by no means was perfect, not even bluestate10 Aug 2013 #85
Well the REAL "far left" now AND in the 30s..... socialist_n_TN Aug 2013 #92
This is what they are complaining nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #94
+1 Which means Obama really is a lot like FDR leftstreet Aug 2013 #95
That's quite true. The thing is that MineralMan Sep 2013 #112
Lets just keep our fingers crossed RobertEarl Aug 2013 #90
. LWolf Aug 2013 #93
This is a joke, right? polichick Aug 2013 #97
What is really is is parody. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #99
Yes, that's the word for it. polichick Aug 2013 #100
Going to war with Syria would be ultra-leftist and Bolshevist. David__77 Aug 2013 #102
I'm on the far left and I don't think I have ever attacked Obama. kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #103
"Far Left" AgingAmerican Aug 2013 #107
FREEDOM KICK!!!!! Dr Fate Sep 2013 #108
This message was self-deleted by its author Union Scribe Sep 2013 #110
Shove that far left shit where the sun don't shine. mick063 Sep 2013 #113
You are just mad that centrism is working. nt Dr Fate Sep 2013 #115
FDR was really a far right austerian corporatist fascist who hated the idea of a social Zorra Sep 2013 #116
It's a good thing Obama does not imitate him on anything else. Dr Fate Sep 2013 #120
WTF did I just read? nt Demo_Chris Sep 2013 #121
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