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In reply to the discussion: If Pres. Obama is a tool of PNAC and the MIC, why did they try so hard to keep him out of office... [View all]FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)11. They didn't - Wall St financed him
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If Pres. Obama is a tool of PNAC and the MIC, why did they try so hard to keep him out of office... [View all]
brooklynite
Sep 2013
OP
I take it you are not a student of the techniques of the confidence men
Vinnie From Indy
Sep 2013
#4
One thing the PNACers don't want to see is just what Obama did: call for a vote
kelliekat44
Sep 2013
#5
Exactly. Remember WW II when we had 2 Democratic Presidents who actually wanted to end a war?
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#43
The third party panderers want..nay..NEED to push false equivalencies.
great white snark
Sep 2013
#14
Truth is complicated, he like most modern politicians "works for" many bosses, each with a differing
Dragonfli
Sep 2013
#39
Did they? I'm not part of their circle, so I don't know that your testimony is correct.
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#21
The MIC wouldn't let anyone into the Presidency that they didn't have the goods on.
FarCenter
Sep 2013
#23
What many at DU don't understand is those with good intentions are more dangerous
geek tragedy
Sep 2013
#24
The contemporary office of the President of the United States is a tool of PNAC and MIC.....
marmar
Sep 2013
#25
I'd rather use the correct size wrench to do a job...but a pair of pliers works too.
The Link
Sep 2013
#36
False premise. If a candidate is "viable" then they are acceptable to these folks.
TheKentuckian
Sep 2013
#49
"they" ran mccain and romney. doesn't seem that "they" really put forth much effort at all..
frylock
Sep 2013
#50
Just for curiosities sake, who did you support for pres last election? ETA, FRP.
uppityperson
Sep 2013
#53