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Maedhros

(10,007 posts)
35. Yes, it would take a President with political courage.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:39 AM
Nov 2014

I think we should find and elect someone like that!

Agree completely. truebluegreen Nov 2014 #1
anyone who says my "tribalism" has overcome my "moral compass" has pretty much lost my attention arely staircase Nov 2014 #2
No prob. Appreciate your honesty!! RiverLover Nov 2014 #3
thanks arely staircase Nov 2014 #4
Really? Can You Be Any More Disingenuous? billhicks76 Nov 2014 #33
Ahem......" fuck this guy" is aimed at the journo , not the poster...hence no " Flag" option. Nt pkdu Nov 2014 #51
+1 eom. 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #101
What a freaking surprise AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #131
What are you talking about? eom. 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #136
+1. freshwest Nov 2014 #21
Post removed Post removed Nov 2014 #32
No, he and I disagree with the assessment. We have no reason to be ashamed. Nt stevenleser Nov 2014 #41
LMFAO L0oniX Nov 2014 #44
You should delete that before the jury seats. L0oniX Nov 2014 #43
Me too! sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #98
It doesn't bother me because it doesn't apply to me. If someone I love is doing something wrong sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #37
"moral compass" is a critical issue.. truth2power Nov 2014 #80
You are wrong TshaiRedhair Nov 2014 #56
It's very telling that if Bush was doing these, all of us would be up in arms. alarimer Nov 2014 #5
+1 840high Nov 2014 #24
They Are Blind To The Fact billhicks76 Nov 2014 #38
the hypocrisy displayed by many DUers is utterly DISGUSTING Skittles Nov 2014 #62
Can you kindly provide ... NanceGreggs Nov 2014 #70
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #89
Items 1, 2 and 5 LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #96
Yes, yes, of course. NanceGreggs Nov 2014 #142
You asked for, and I provided, examples LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #163
Look, it's simple. NanceGreggs Nov 2014 #165
Glad you approve of torture AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #133
Despite your user name ... NanceGreggs Nov 2014 #140
You can respond however you want AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #147
Like I said ... NanceGreggs Nov 2014 #150
hear hear nt arely staircase Nov 2014 #148
This is what it all comes down to right here LittleBlue Nov 2014 #130
When reports emerged earlier this year that the CIA had spied upon the KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #6
At least Watergate was perpetrated by Nixon's personal cabal, not the aparatus of the state. nt Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #12
One of the principal charges laid to Nixon, though, was that he used the CIA KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #13
"The only reason the Republicans haven't made hay over it is... Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #14
I've voted Dem in every election since 1980 (including this past Tuesday), but KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #15
Exactly....And Read The Nation Article. billhicks76 Nov 2014 #42
Did the Atlantic write the same stuff about Bush when he did the Nay Nov 2014 #7
The Atlantic is a weird bird, too sane to hew to the NeoCon line religiously but KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #8
Many. Here's my favorite~ "Classify This" RiverLover Nov 2014 #9
Here are 20 more articles under "The George Bush Years" RiverLover Nov 2014 #10
Then I give them a pass. They're consistent! Nay Nov 2014 #11
as are the liberals at du. unlike the fan club Doctor_J Nov 2014 #25
Many did not dare speak up at that time. People were getting booted off of tv for speaking truth. L0oniX Nov 2014 #46
K and R bigwillq Nov 2014 #16
The article title is misleading; this is simply the individual opinion of this author. kwassa Nov 2014 #17
Mahalo kwassa.. Please check out my post if you care to. :) Cha Nov 2014 #20
"Holder's Legacy: Steering Away From the Drug War" and It's not all bad.. but, I understand there Cha Nov 2014 #18
Yeah, Obama and Holder deserve probably a "B" on drug war issues. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2014 #27
I would give them a b+ maybe a- on the drug war arely staircase Nov 2014 #99
Each point made in the OP can be refuted as well as you do on the Holder legacy .... kwassa Nov 2014 #30
Excellent post, Cha... Spazito Nov 2014 #143
I tend to agree. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #19
Fuck the Atlantic mwrguy Nov 2014 #22
It is a complete distortion still_one Nov 2014 #103
I'm thinking that... OilemFirchen Nov 2014 #23
+1!! Cha Nov 2014 #29
Mahola Cha! OilemFirchen Nov 2014 #31
Hey, Sweetie.. It's Mahalo! During the campaign I was always writing.. "Dakato" as in South Dakota! Cha Nov 2014 #34
It's my Ohio accent. OilemFirchen Nov 2014 #39
Have I told you this week that I love you? Number23 Nov 2014 #64
Finally! OilemFirchen Nov 2014 #83
+1 treestar Nov 2014 #85
Exactly... SidDithers Nov 2014 #144
Valid, but I can't imagine a viable candidate who would have done otherwise bhikkhu Nov 2014 #26
Yes, it would take a President with political courage. Maedhros Nov 2014 #35
No, it would take someone with zero courage stevenleser Nov 2014 #45
So we should tolerate government misdeeds to avoid problems. Got it. Scuba Nov 2014 #100
Just as performing surgery in stages ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #107
Huh? So tolerating government misdeeds is actually not tolerating them? WTF? Scuba Nov 2014 #111
That's not what I said ... Read it again ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #119
If that's supposed to be a defense of the President, it's a pretty lame one. Scuba Nov 2014 #123
Lame? Maybe ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #127
Cool story, bro. Scuba Nov 2014 #128
Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #129
+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #104
And then there's Mitt.... defacto7 Nov 2014 #28
If Romney were elected and had done the exact same things, Maedhros Nov 2014 #36
The shrugging and ignoring defacto7 Nov 2014 #49
I stand by my statement. Maedhros Nov 2014 #57
At least defacto7 Nov 2014 #63
"He's better than{fill in the Republican}" . . . markpkessinger Nov 2014 #153
Lol. Good thing assholes like this won't write the history books. nt Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #40
And look at some of the expressions of support from some folks. I said a few days ago stevenleser Nov 2014 #48
Who reads the Atlantic? redstateblues Nov 2014 #47
Better question: OilemFirchen Nov 2014 #53
Looks like a large number of people read The Atlantic, probably because it's a quality publication. Maedhros Nov 2014 #105
That American citizen who was killed "without due process" cheapdate Nov 2014 #50
Mahalo cheapdate..exactly. Conor Friedersdorf looks like an idiot up on his high horse pontificating Cha Nov 2014 #71
Is that the guy whose son got killed too? nt julio_maracas Nov 2014 #74
Yes. The son was in Yemen reportedly looking for his father. cheapdate Nov 2014 #88
If it's so cut and dry, why not have due process? Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #79
Anwar Al Awlaki pushes the argument for due process to the very limit. cheapdate Nov 2014 #91
All of the allegations you claim in your post are unproven and were fed to you by the Pentagon Maedhros Nov 2014 #108
That's consistent, at least. cheapdate Nov 2014 #132
"spied on every American" zappaman Nov 2014 #52
You should see the dossier he has on my four-month-old great-niece. OilemFirchen Nov 2014 #54
Makes Santa and God look like underachievers zappaman Nov 2014 #55
Yep, according to the OP.. Pres Obama is right up there with God and Santa Claus! LOLOLOLOL Cha Nov 2014 #59
Mahalo Cha! zappaman Nov 2014 #60
Rolf.. this sounds like it was written by Edward freakin Snowden. Cha Nov 2014 #58
It looks like he did. Here's ACLU's take on it~ RiverLover Nov 2014 #72
When it comes to that issue, exaggeration is essential treestar Nov 2014 #86
Yes. LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #97
I do hope he meant sarcasm DonCoquixote Nov 2014 #61
I think you misread. grasswire Nov 2014 #68
My response? The things on that list were ecstatic Nov 2014 #65
Attitudes like yours are disgusting. Maedhros Nov 2014 #112
which amendments are you referring to? ecstatic Nov 2014 #154
Misses the mark completely on turd way financial complicity, failure to prosecute war crimes. on point Nov 2014 #66
yes, I noticed that no financial criminals were mentioned. nt grasswire Nov 2014 #67
Totally agree ~nt RiverLover Nov 2014 #73
well, now you'll be getting more of your alternative. Get back to me in a year world wide wally Nov 2014 #69
Conor Friedersdorf. LOL...nt SidDithers Nov 2014 #75
He's not a civil libertarian President Depaysement Nov 2014 #76
They'd be carving his face on mt Rushmore JoePhilly Nov 2014 #78
Killing bin Laden alone would have done the trick... Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2014 #92
YUP. JoePhilly Nov 2014 #94
Who needs civil liberties anyway, amirite? Maedhros Nov 2014 #115
Another hit piece and and another group of Dems agree - No wonder the Republicans won the elections liberal N proud Nov 2014 #77
So you're in favor of those actions? Savannahmann Nov 2014 #81
I've found, with almost no deviation, the more one's user name Maedhros Nov 2014 #117
Those same Dems didn't blink an eye regarding the astrocities that Bill Clinton Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2014 #93
The author of this piece is an apologist for homophobes if not a homophobe himself.... Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #82
He is a right wing shrill. Look it up on wiki still_one Nov 2014 #110
7 false overgeneralized accusations treestar Nov 2014 #84
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Lord Acton Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #87
We are a united oligarchy, not a gridlocked democracy. woo me with science Nov 2014 #90
Excellent, if depressing summary, woo. k&r, nt appal_jack Nov 2014 #124
1: It was written before Election Day Old Nick Nov 2014 #95
Connor friedersdor is a right wing shrill. still_one Nov 2014 #109
Obama lost me when he shoved Romneycare down our throats. grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #102
It would have been better to have nothing right? So children and uninsured got covered, and still_one Nov 2014 #106
First, he could have done it with reconcilliation. Second, Leiberman has a price-tag, obviously, grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #114
First ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #125
You can always express your distaste by foregoing the evil that is the ACA. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #113
That's not what I said. It was a marginal step forward, thanks to Sen Sanders, but the opportunity grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #121
Now, 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #126
Oh yes, he lost me with the marginal step forward. Why? grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #151
Okay. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #152
It was much more than a marginal step. Susan Collins, the so-called moderate republican voted still_one Nov 2014 #134
The reason he had the brief window was BECAUSE of the Crapsurance law he passed! grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #168
They weren't going to get that. The blue dogs would NOT have voted for it, and neither would still_one Nov 2014 #169
Then pay him more! Simple math. grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #170
would not have worked, it was more than lieberman. We just disagree that's all still_one Nov 2014 #171
Yes. I firmly believe that anyone who can be bought and sold, can be bought and sold! grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #172
ok still_one Nov 2014 #173
Damned hard to disagree. hifiguy Nov 2014 #116
What does Obama stand for, if not for the items on that list? BlueStreak Nov 2014 #118
" If we weren't going to get any Republican votes, then why not do something that Democrats actually grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #122
Tell us how you really feel..come on, you're holding back... RiverLover Nov 2014 #156
That's the same list the BOG has for why the are in love with Obama. DesMoinesDem Nov 2014 #120
I don't know if you are from Iowa or Wisconsin, but in either case the midterms sure indicated still_one Nov 2014 #137
Mahalo still_one.. some just can't wrap their heads around the fact that the President has Cha Nov 2014 #145
.Mahalo right back at you Cha. Your points are right on still_one Nov 2014 #149
Classic selective evaluation gmb92 Nov 2014 #135
Exactly still_one Nov 2014 #139
Why would anyone give this person, the writer of the opinion, a nanosecond of attention... Spazito Nov 2014 #138
The writer is a right winger. still_one Nov 2014 #155
Yep, a Paulite it seems... Spazito Nov 2014 #157
He admitted freely to his right wing leanings in an interview related on Wiki still_one Nov 2014 #159
Jeez, attack the messenger. He wrote this also "British Liberty is Under Threat" RiverLover Nov 2014 #158
He admits it himself he leans to the right, and votes libertarian. So yes, he is a right winger. still_one Nov 2014 #160
OK ~nt RiverLover Nov 2014 #161
Perhaps my phrasing right winger is a big strong, but leaning to the right, a libertarian, and a still_one Nov 2014 #162
A bit too simplistic Babel_17 Nov 2014 #141
I think it's utterly insane. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #146
The "Seattle Police Department" has Drones easychoice Nov 2014 #164
Sorry, I didn't read the full article Catherine Vincent Nov 2014 #166
kick woo me with science Nov 2014 #167
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