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In reply to the discussion: Cenk Uygur a sell-out? 4 million little reasons [View all]progressoid
(49,999 posts)127. I shall lose a lot of sleep over this.
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You need to get out more. Buddy Roemer ran for President last time as a one issue candidate.
Dustlawyer
Oct 2014
#4
I know how he ran. But he has many other positions that are completely opposed to progressive goals.
pnwmom
Oct 2014
#5
Oh, that's okay, doncha know.. But, mustn't expose Cenk or that is attacked with the trite
Cha
Oct 2014
#150
Oh poor poor little Cenk.. leave him alone! He's the one spewing shit and he gets called on it.
Cha
Oct 2014
#148
Cenk Uygar gets in bed with Roehmer, sorta like Hamsher getting in bed with Boortz.
MohRokTah
Oct 2014
#8
Exactly, Moh.. the $$$$$$ they make from ODS is obscene. President Obama is a one man
Cha
Oct 2014
#151
Smells like a hit piece on Cenk to me also. I assume because he is not a BO cheerleader and calls it
GoneFishin
Oct 2014
#14
Is that what they are actually saying they are? Or is that the assessment of some DUers?
merrily
Oct 2014
#41
Not really. Usually, I don't call people names just because they disagree with me about
merrily
Oct 2014
#98
Moore is so libertarian he supports a government sponsored single payer health care system.
Maven
Oct 2014
#163
Yes--in the sense that to the anti's, "libertarian" is a synonym for "asshole"
beerandjesus
Oct 2014
#42
Did Moore and West actually say they were assholes, or is that the assessment of some DUers?
merrily
Oct 2014
#45
I believe it. Wiki has a page on a lot of things. That does not mean that Moore or West are
merrily
Oct 2014
#77
Yes, and you were the one who decided my comment meant where Moore is willing to hang out.
merrily
Oct 2014
#101
Many of us here are left libertarians. We generally are just amused by the antics of the BOG in the
Warren Stupidity
Oct 2014
#195
However there are those in the thread that deny such a thing as "left libertarian". nt
BumRushDaShow
Oct 2014
#196
Roemer was also a Democrat and ended as a candidate, knowing he'd lose, but fighting $$ in politics.
merrily
Oct 2014
#30
He left the Democrats in 1991 -- 23 years ago. He's a typical Rethug on most issues. n/t
pnwmom
Oct 2014
#78
Doesn't necessarily mean he is a bad business partner either. In truth, you don't know, one way or
merrily
Oct 2014
#96
He also fought pollution. Whether that was purely political or not, I don't know.
merrily
Oct 2014
#104
Meh, I think if selling out was a motivation for Cenk he'd have stayed on at MSMBS. He was told by
Erose999
Oct 2014
#44
Lousy sell-out. Anything for money, even dirty money, even if it's a few bucks.
LawDeeDah
Oct 2014
#51
You're damned straight, I'd vote for him. Cenk's returned to his "Republican" roots, & that's okay.
Tarheel_Dem
Oct 2014
#118
I know, Cenk has an awfully tough job. I mean, his job is MUCH harder than the President's.
Tarheel_Dem
Oct 2014
#138
Cenk: "I am the One Percent dammit, and I get paid for spreadin' haterade!!!!"
Tarheel_Dem
Oct 2014
#146
Yup. Can't wait to grow up & be rich like Uncle Cenk. I just hope I'm more discriminating.
Tarheel_Dem
Oct 2014
#173
unless you call posting a picture of a kid in diapers sitting on a pile of money
neverforget
Oct 2014
#178
Can you imagine the poo flingin' if "3rd way, corporatist, Muslin, Kenyan, used car salesman..."
Tarheel_Dem
Oct 2014
#182
But I don't think it's a coincidence that he took substantial money from Roemer in April
pnwmom
Oct 2014
#113
That isn't a problem. The SOTU speech is where a President is supposed to lay out his agenda.
pnwmom
Oct 2014
#116
Excellent observation. Cenk swings with public opinion. "Hate Bush? So do I." Ca-Ching.
Tarheel_Dem
Oct 2014
#114
Don't watch or listen to Cenk. Then they won't give him money to BE a sellout.
TheNutcracker
Oct 2014
#102
Cenk has alway been a profiteering whiny pos.. Oh, and he stupidly blamed the WH for losing his job
Cha
Oct 2014
#147
It's not because he called Obama on something, it's because he falsely said Obama had no agenda.
pnwmom
Oct 2014
#160
Spouting off that the president has "no goals" is so transparently decietful
cheapdate
Oct 2014
#161
Arriviste millionaire buys McMansion, joins country club, backs Rand Paul . . .
ucrdem
Oct 2014
#165
I don't give a flying fishstick about Cenk and have never understood why anyone of moderate
Number23
Oct 2014
#190