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VanillaRhapsody

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61. He has never been more than a Moderate Liberal....duh...I knew that going in....

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 10:41 PM

Feb 2014

but he was further left than Bill Clinton, so I looked upon that as progress...some expected far too much. (by the way...at that time...before the primary....I supported Hillary Clinton specifically, because she was more liberal than Obama...). Some here seem to be surprised by this President. I haven't been. I don't understand why people don't see getting even a Moderate Liberal in office (particularly a Black man) was a feat in itself. The thing is....you ARE NOT going to get this country to suddenly LURCH to the Left. It's like a big ol Cruise ship and it takes "40 acres to turn this rig around"....Next step....get a Democratic Congress while holding on to the Senate. THEN you put in someone a little more left of Obama. I am a realist....change takes time.

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Sarah Palin: Obama "shielded your children" from reading “Nineteen Eight-Four” in school. [View all] Miles Archer Feb 2014 OP

What the fuck is she even talking about? warrior1 Feb 2014 #1

This ^^^ one_voice Feb 2014 #4

That's the first... 3catwoman3 Feb 2014 #35

idiot. everyone knows it's "one ninety-eight four". sheesh! unblock Feb 2014 #2

That's think Feb 2014 #25

and he also sunk my battleship!!!! CatWoman Feb 2014 #3

Thanks, Obama... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #69

Oh, and he put chocolate... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #70

Post removed Post removed Feb 2014 #5

I heard Wasilla is the meth capitol of Alaska lpbk2713 Feb 2014 #6

Grammar and punctuation are so over rated. Botany Feb 2014 #46

I think the woman is hypomanic. Warpy Feb 2014 #57

You might be right but ...... Botany Feb 2014 #60

No, I don't have the brain cells to spare on reading much of anything Warpy Feb 2014 #62

I've always had this nagging little feeling about Todd Palin flying loads of meth out in his private Ghost in the Machine Feb 2014 #55

Squirrel! -- nt procon Feb 2014 #7

"...George W. Bush, the demonized Emmanuel Goldstein of our era..." frylock Feb 2014 #8

As I have stated before, the tea party were Bush's top supporters. Dawson Leery Feb 2014 #10

to be fair, we're seeing that here with a democrat in the WH.. frylock Feb 2014 #12

To be REALLY fair, OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #19

true on all counts frylock Feb 2014 #20

0666 Palin S! Turn your telescreen back on at once! KamaAina Feb 2014 #9

lol Cha Feb 2014 #34

Ten-Four, Good Buddy! WinkyDink Feb 2014 #11

*DUzy* Kurovski Feb 2014 #16

If anyone is shielding kids from reading 1984 and Animal Farm, you can bet it's rightwing nutjobs. tanyev Feb 2014 #13

No, now see...that's where you're incorrect. It's "Nineteen-Eight-Four" Kurovski Feb 2014 #15

Do as does Sarah, and read nothing at all! Kurovski Feb 2014 #14

What is wrong with her? shenmue Feb 2014 #17

She does realize Orwell was a socialist? sarge43 Feb 2014 #18

"Please explain this article to your children" OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #21

... Miles Archer Feb 2014 #28

Huxley was more prescient I think. RadiationTherapy Feb 2014 #22

+1000 Tom Ripley Feb 2014 #43

we have a blending of both... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #71

I guess she doesn't understand that Animal Farm basically satarizes justiceischeap Feb 2014 #23

I think she thinks cui bono Feb 2014 #63

fuck you again, john mccain spanone Feb 2014 #24

This phrase crosses my lips every time... 3catwoman3 Feb 2014 #38

she is such a fucking idiot! gopiscrap Feb 2014 #26

Didn't Palin try and ban books in libraries at Wasilla Public Library when she was acting as Mayor? HipChick Feb 2014 #27

Hmmm... blames Obama for everything. Uses the term "Orwellian' and has no freaking clue Number23 Feb 2014 #29

Have the guts to say what you mean DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2014 #40

He has never been more than a Moderate Liberal....duh...I knew that going in.... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #61

+1 cui bono Feb 2014 #64

Since YOU seem to have decided you know what I mean without having to even ask Number23 Feb 2014 #65

son is reading it right now in school. other son did years ago. and animal farm. so??? nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #30

She is completely insane Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2014 #31

She must be using her bong again SummerSnow Feb 2014 #32

If only... SalviaBlue Feb 2014 #44

The Doors of Perception Kurovski Feb 2014 #50

She hasn't read 3 books in her life. Fuck her fuckery stupidity. SummerSnow Feb 2014 #33

Any bets... 3catwoman3 Feb 2014 #36

All of my kids have read 1984 rbrnmw Feb 2014 #37

And take a pick at any of the movies. Kurovski Feb 2014 #51

My liberal San Francisco-living English teacher did NOT shield us from reading that book. alp227 Feb 2014 #39

And the Pledge of Allegiance was also written by a socialist--and didn't include any reference tblue37 Feb 2014 #59

wELL MAybe we Should rEAD 1983 first. undeterred Feb 2014 #41

"Word Salad" strikes again. nt madinmaryland Feb 2014 #42

She's such a very stupid woman Tom Ripley Feb 2014 #45

There's a lot of Orwellian crap going on. woo me with science Feb 2014 #47

Then this is very good. Kurovski Feb 2014 #56

Oh this is just too good. I'm recc'ing it. Kurovski Feb 2014 #48

Here's my daughter starring in a high school English "1984 project" in 2012 riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #49

Okay - who gave her the crack pipe as a 50th birthday present? bullwinkle428 Feb 2014 #52

I'll reserve judgement until Ms Palin actually reads those books. Iggo Feb 2014 #53

I wonder how many Republican counties BadgerKid Feb 2014 #54

I live in Randy Hultgren's district, a major Teabagger. Its not banned and taught in school nt riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #58

Doubleplus dumb. n/t justgamma Feb 2014 #66

She didn't, actually, write the linked opinion piece. Too much work, one imagines. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #67

Conservative sense of entitlement... JHB Feb 2014 #68

19-8-4 Contrary1 Feb 2014 #72