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In reply to the discussion: Democrat Cory Booker wants to work with LIBERTARIAN Rand Paul [View all]Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)66. So the WSJ is spinning Booker's intent to work with Paul?
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Democrat Cory Booker wants to work with LIBERTARIAN Rand Paul [View all]
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
OP
Of course he's going to expect the Libertarian to work with him on drug legislation reform.
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#1
No shit---the two paragraph selective excerpt that didn't mention drugs? Tip off that something was
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#5
From the OP: "Drug policy could be one area where he finds some success"
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#33
Tell us why you have a problem with Booker working on drug policy? "Bite" is not a direction
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#36
I've none. Unlike those who have a problem with Democratic and Liberals
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#59
You wrote "Bite on that" to DUers in an OP where you are "happy?" Holy crap-I'd hate to read what
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#62
I had expected more erudition from someone in your profession, frankly. As an avid Rude Pundit
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#71
My job as a paid assassin requires little erudition. In fact, I rarely talk at work.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#86
Really. Senators are free to associate and make alliances on specific issues...
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#17
Nothing. An I don't have anything against Democrats working with Libertarians
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#34
And citizens need as many voices as possible to exert public pressure to change policies. nt
woo me with science
Oct 2013
#38
I am sure that you support Booker's efforts to change drug policy, right? nt
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#40
Here's my succinct summary of this stale, manipulative corporate spin:
woo me with science
Oct 2013
#43
Indeed--why the OP would post ANYTHING from Murdoch's Wall Street Journal is puzzling.
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#47
Oh lordy....losing on this issue, you switch to President Obama? Are Booker and Obama fungible to
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#52
Isn't that a question you should have asked yourself BEFORE you used the Murdoch source? nt
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#72
What are you blathering on about? I never made the claim that libertarians
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#168
I can and will make a distinction between government surveillance and corporate surveillance...
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#186
No Josh, they are not the same. The outcome will be similar but the corporate
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#198
there would be no point going to the Senate is one isn't willing to try to get votes to pass
JI7
Oct 2013
#2
I think every single newly elected Democrat should barricade themselves in their office, and
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#4
Booker is "paling around" with Rand Paul. Did you hear? Imagine! A Senator-elect making
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#14
I am shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you, that he'd make good on a campaign promise by joining the
MADem
Oct 2013
#26
You should read the attempts to rehabilitate this OP in this thread---apparently, we've
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#54
We need a new avatar. "Bite on That!" It's right up there with "Yes, We Can!"
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#58
Oh I have. DUers who have clearly stated that they are against NSA excesses
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#98
You know, Skinner, in his infinite wisdom, gave posters the option to stop digging with self-delete.
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#76
he is a good example of how fucked up some of this is, didn't want to report a pedophile ring
JI7
Oct 2013
#220
Well, I'd say "Unbelievable!" but since I see what I see with my own lying eyes, I guess I'd just
MADem
Oct 2013
#276
I'd appreciate it if you quote me correctly. It is not "Bite me," but rather
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#293
But liberal activists are suspect when they form strange alliances on the odd occasion.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#94
Not too subtle, is he? But hey, Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal is just a nifty source, there,
MADem
Oct 2013
#31
If he wants to work with him on ending the $60 Billion a year drug war, that's great.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#12
If this is supposed to be a smear against Sen-Elect Booker, it is a failure. nt
BluegrassStateBlues
Oct 2013
#15
Epic fail--which is why I copied the OP into a post as a hedge against self-delete. nt
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#19
This is in my Hall of Fame of epic fails---you might find it amusing...Check the recs.
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#28
I think it's a great post. If you can't tell the substantive difference between
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#197
Yep. Great post that has now been self-deleted and the OP also deleted his/her comments.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#217
But, what happened to the sentiment you shared just recently in this thread:
Oilwellian
Oct 2013
#95
You stand by your thread that you deleted. And you deleted your comments.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#219
Excellent. Thank you for highlighting the absurdity of the divide and conquer/
woo me with science
Oct 2013
#42
Booker isn't getting together with Rand Paul to protest Obama and hold up Obama with hitler
JI7
Oct 2013
#44
"Bite on that" as an exhortation to DUers was not written by those you call "the corporate crew."
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#53
The notable attempt at division during the shutdown crisis came from michigandem58
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2013
#249
23 DUers rec'd that OP blaming liberals for the shutdown Republicans caused. Many of them
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#258
Why are you asking me what you should do? I made my point, you pretended not to get it
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#309
The OP told Duers to "Bite on that" in reference to the comity that Mr. Booker espouses. So I
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#46
Yep. And not in the spirit of bipartisanship the article was trying to promote. nt
BluegrassStateBlues
Oct 2013
#48
I wouldn't be surprised at all if Grayson associates himself with this particular bill to amend drug
MADem
Oct 2013
#284
Thankfully that's a situation we'll see right after the devil dons ice skates
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#160
You are comparing a pundit with a Democratic Senator? Greenwald colludes with Libertarians to
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#84
Yes. The gullibility of the fringes should surprise no one. I mean, that anyone would think
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#114
Disparage Dems for not being liberal or progressive enough, but embrace far-right loons.
BluegrassStateBlues
Oct 2013
#123
Far right loons who tell you they are 'liberal' so therefore, they must be. And when you look at
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#139
And taped his clients without their permission, but now claims to be a privacy advocate.
BluegrassStateBlues
Oct 2013
#142
Worse--he taped a witness. But that caused him to lose the case for his client,
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#158
It's good advice. I hope Cory Booker uses the fuck out of Rand Paul. Think he's not smart
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#154
I wouldn't get any traction if some of it didn't resonate with a larger audience
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#188
I haven't insulted anyone. Trying to pretend I did, like you are doing, is BAD FORM.
MADem
Oct 2013
#298
" You couldn't possibly be more willfully obtuse in those comments of yours if you tried. "
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#299
Nice try, but no cigar. I was right on point, and your weak effort to flip is a fail.
MADem
Oct 2013
#301
I am not talking about your "perceived personal shortcomings," but if you want to make
MADem
Oct 2013
#325
You couldn't possibly be more willfully obtuse in those comments of yours if you tried.
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#326
Someone had to take over for HiPointDem--they HATED Cory Booker, but since their shit-
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#104
Yep. That said, somehow, I don't expect the future "Fuck Rand Paul!" posts to have the addition
quinnox
Oct 2013
#115
Kind of like Obama's political appointments that gets everyone's jimmies rustled.
BluegrassStateBlues
Oct 2013
#140
No, you 'self deleted' that OP which is the opposite of standing by it, it is hiding it from view
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#260
So you imagine that Cory Booker is only going to vote on a Libertarian generated
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#195
I make the distinction of championing bi-partisan when doing so advances
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#207
Actually you self deleted that thread and shut down the discussion. Opposite of standing by it.
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#261
Yes but the kind of difference some of them want to make essentially destroys lives.
gtar100
Oct 2013
#112
I have no problem with Booker making an alliance over a specific issue...
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#119
I stand by that thread and still regard anyone in attendance a foolish tool. nt
BluegrassStateBlues
Oct 2013
#124
Definitely, you aren't the one who needs to self-delete in this thread. On the other hand, the spin-
quinnox
Oct 2013
#141
I can attest our local nut was not from the Lyndon LaRouche organization
nadinbrzezinski
Oct 2013
#334
From what I gather, many American laws are created and sponsored by people from both parties
LeftishBrit
Oct 2013
#192
This thread is a good example of how the "swarm" attacks can sometimes turn into epic fails
quinnox
Oct 2013
#200
Scrubbing Bubbles does most of the work, anyway. Stay up late and live a little. nt
BluegrassStateBlues
Oct 2013
#212
there is a big difference between trying to get a current Senator's vote and working with Teabaggers
JI7
Oct 2013
#226
So you are saying it's OK to agree with Libertarians sometimes on some issues?
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#235
He will learn the hard way the same as Obama did. Some people can't be worked with.
appleannie1
Oct 2013
#232
I agree. And I also agree that it is a good thing for liberals to unite with
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#242
Really an amazing thread, it has it all, hypocrisy, a nattering centrist self deleting and yet
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#263
What, josh, you didn't read this thread? Your personal attack aside, I expect you to at least
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#307
I commend you on the first reply in which you stay on topic and don't play the victim.
BluegrassStateBlues
Oct 2013
#311
Is this before or after Paul tries to overturn the Civil Rights Act of 1964??
Blue_Tires
Oct 2013
#271
VA-Gov: Rand Paul (R. KY) Coming To Virginia To Beg Libertarians To Back Ken Cuccinelli (R)
ProSense
Oct 2013
#274
Somehow, I have a feeling this won't end well.....Paul is NOT to be trusted.....nt
AverageJoe90
Oct 2013
#332
Good for Booker! His political job requires him to talk to all manner of batshizz crazy asshats,
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#335