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134. Best Op-Ed In A While

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I'm going to hurl a few three letter "words" at President Obama's legacy [View all] whereisjustice May 2015 OP

K & R AzDar May 2015 #1

KIA & WIA PowerToThePeople May 2015 #2

Well said. Thanks for posting. BlueJazz May 2015 #3

Best Op-Ed In A While billhicks76 May 2015 #134

K&R CharlotteVale May 2015 #4

Thank you for posting. Those that support the status quo have no empathy for those among rhett o rick May 2015 #5

That's like sighing bernie's death warrant! juajen May 2015 #48

He has already expressed his fears for himself and family. He knows the risks he is taking. rhett o rick May 2015 #76

Can you give me a link to the Princeton study you mentioned? cui bono May 2015 #93

Sure. rhett o rick May 2015 #123

Thank you so much! cui bono May 2015 #172

We suck. Thanks for the help. nt babylonsister May 2015 #6

We don't suck? Enthusiast May 2015 #14

You can pick and choose. Enjoy! But there are babylonsister May 2015 #26

I hope babylonsister just left off a smilie or <sarcasm> tag. We have tarnished erronis May 2015 #82

Citizens are completely transparent while the government is shrouded in secrecy. Enthusiast May 2015 #83

Agreed. Cherry-picking and exaggerating to try to make not just the country stevenleser May 2015 #182

I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious May 2015 #7

Word Populist_Prole May 2015 #9

Oh yes!!!! 840high May 2015 #13

+1 AngryOldDem May 2015 #122

Is President Obama evil? tabasco May 2015 #147

You won't get an answer, ever. Agschmid May 2015 #161

+1 tjl148 May 2015 #153

If the election were between Obama and Sanders right now, Obama in a landslide. Hoyt May 2015 #8

Nice diversion Fuddnik May 2015 #11

+1 Enthusiast May 2015 #15

+2 BeanMusical May 2015 #99

+1000 nt Mojorabbit May 2015 #115

Yes. He's been a great President, regardless of the naysayers. nt babylonsister May 2015 #28

Meh. He's actually been a poor president, if you are measuring him as a Democrat, cui bono May 2015 #101

I see an awful lot of complaining.. one_voice May 2015 #162

'Apologist' and 'hater' are not on the same level. 'Apologist' is a common term used in politics. cui bono May 2015 #169

This message was self-deleted by its author one_voice May 2015 #178

Well Obamabot one_voice May 2015 #179

That's just not true. cui bono May 2015 #195

I guess we're going to have to disagree.. one_voice May 2015 #197

Yes, a discussion board. Yet you started it off with the "whining" and 'WAAA WAAA" cui bono May 2015 #198

Apologist is equal to hater when it's one_voice May 2015 #199

Authoritarian is used when people defend the NSA spying. That is an apt term for that. cui bono May 2015 #201

Yep. Nt stevenleser May 2015 #183

Truth! sheshe2 May 2015 #44

0-7 to leave. I think when the jury decision is that lopsided, they should expose the Alerter Hoyt May 2015 #60

He sure would. leftofcool May 2015 #62

Obama's secret trade deal. Enthusiast May 2015 #84

Most folks know it's ludicrous to call something that everyone knows about, secret. Hoyt May 2015 #86

It will forever be known as Obama's Secret Trade Deal. Enthusiast May 2015 #87

So if you find out I have a letter, but I won't show you its *contents*, cui bono May 2015 #94

+1 Well said. BeanMusical May 2015 #111

It IS a secret you lunk. The details are secret. The fact that we know there's a trade AikidoSoul May 2015 #96

You can get most of the specifics now, if you take the time. The whole darn thing will be Hoyt May 2015 #98

Can you give me a link to the admin's posting of the details to the public? cui bono May 2015 #102

Sure, go to the USTR.gov site, read NAFTA and Korean agreement, read sections "leaked," etc. Hoyt May 2015 #103

That's not a link. cui bono May 2015 #106

Look back at the edited post. Sorry, but you'll have to do the research you should have already Hoyt May 2015 #108

No, you are making the assertion, against common knowledge, that he has made it public. cui bono May 2015 #110

What edited post? So no linky? No public disclosure of the deets? cui bono May 2015 #196

It is one thing to know about something and another to know what it is about. zeemike May 2015 #124

Funny, plenty of people seem to know it is bad, while claiming it's secret. Hoyt May 2015 #157

Well the parts that were leaked are bad. zeemike May 2015 #158

NAFTA didn't cost a bunch of jobs, even Krugman gets that. Hoyt May 2015 #160

That is bullshit...plain and simple. zeemike May 2015 #167

I know people who lost jobs to technology, but not outsourcing. Hoyt May 2015 #170

Then why did all the factories shut down? What was all that outsourcing about? cui bono May 2015 #202

Most of the "factories" were small, too small to survive alone. Factories were Hoyt May 2015 #203

No. cui bono May 2015 #204

Things are manufactured in China because people want cheap, but good products. Hoyt May 2015 #205

Oh, so the people demanded that their jobs be outsourced. I see. cui bono May 2015 #206

They wanted cheap goods. Most American jobs haven't been outsourced. Hoyt May 2015 #207

No, don't you remember? The one Obama won was against Hillary. A Simple Game May 2015 #114

Well played! I was thinking of posting the same thing. GoneOffShore May 2015 #131

Sadly, I think Sanders would have lost to McCain. Hoyt May 2015 #132

And I think we may have been better off not fighting the Revolutionary war. A Simple Game May 2015 #133

He is one of the few Democrats who would have lost that election. Nt stevenleser May 2015 #187

LMAO, yes, just like Kucinich in 2004 and 2008. A country that just voted for a stevenleser May 2015 #186

No, Kucinich didn't beat Hillary, that was then Senator and now President Obama. A Simple Game May 2015 #188

I would not bet on that. TM99 May 2015 #156

So Obama isn't a democrat? Agschmid May 2015 #163

Obama ran as a progressive Democrat TM99 May 2015 #164

I disagree with this characterization, I just don't think people were paying that close attention. Agschmid May 2015 #165

I knew exactly who and what he was. TM99 May 2015 #166

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! senseandsensibility May 2015 #175

I tell ya one thing, Hoyt.. Whomever wins the Nom is not going to Win the GE without the Obama Cha May 2015 #208

Exactly. Some good facts in your post. Hoyt May 2015 #209

LOL ucrdem May 2015 #10

Lol~ sheshe2 May 2015 #12

This isn't true? Enthusiast May 2015 #16

Post removed Post removed May 2015 #17

Yup. sheshe2 May 2015 #42

How often do congress people put themselves at risk to getting arrested for anything! cascadiance May 2015 #79

I will never "Pipe the fuck down". Sounds like STFU to me. I'll say what I wish. Enthusiast May 2015 #65

This true? sheshe2 May 2015 #19

No one has been jailed, Enthusiast May 2015 #66

You put this in quotes. sheshe2 May 2015 #74

It's almost as if you are purposely keeping yourself uninformed cui bono May 2015 #97

"It's almost as if you are purposely keeping yourself uninformed" BeanMusical May 2015 #113

So what facts have tennstar May 2015 #142

No shit. If you are a big bank you can launder money for Al-Qa'ida and drug cartels with no jail GoneFishin May 2015 #81

+1 whereisjustice May 2015 #139

Someone couldn't handle that... Agschmid May 2015 #20

OMG ucrdem May 2015 #22

Good ole' late night DU. Agschmid May 2015 #23

I made it! sheshe2 May 2015 #36

Yep. ucrdem May 2015 #38

and. . . ucrdem May 2015 #39

yes and I am~ sheshe2 May 2015 #40

Yeah I was juror #4 mvd May 2015 #24

Same. Agschmid May 2015 #29

Thank you, mvd. sheshe2 May 2015 #32

No problem mvd May 2015 #35

Juror #1 checking in. ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #25

ScreamingMeemie! sheshe2 May 2015 #34

Thank you, someone sent it to me. sheshe2 May 2015 #27

No problem, right back at'cha... Agschmid May 2015 #30

My fav~ gif. sheshe2 May 2015 #33

ROFL Bobbie Jo May 2015 #43

You~ sheshe2 May 2015 #45

! Bobbie Jo May 2015 #73

Juror #3 NAILED it Number23 May 2015 #54

I figured you would whine about this. nt Logical May 2015 #181

Yes! Gregorian May 2015 #18

Three letter "words"? blue neen May 2015 #21

Yes. ucrdem May 2015 #31

Good one! nt betsuni May 2015 #37

GOP cui bono May 2015 #104

I've been a registered Democrat for 40 years. blue neen May 2015 #125

Excellent smack down Bobbie Jo May 2015 #168

I didn't say you *were* GOP. But if you are going to use ODS, you gotta know that's where the idea cui bono May 2015 #171

So denigrating Obama is going to win more Dems over to Bernie's camp? Blue_Tires May 2015 #41

Boom! nt sheshe2 May 2015 #46

etc. ucrdem May 2015 #47

I am tired... sheshe2 May 2015 #50

hmm ucrdem May 2015 #52

You always make me laugh. sheshe2 May 2015 #53

lol - how about this, I *post* what I *want* and you use fewer *astrisks*. Deal? whereisjustice May 2015 #49

Post removed Post removed May 2015 #144

I alerted. "motherfuckin' emoprog skull" is unacceptable and I don't respond to ultimatums. whereisjustice May 2015 #152

And the jury spoke neverforget May 2015 #154

Thanks for doing the right thing. Appreciate it. whereisjustice May 2015 #155

In what world does someone vote to leave that ugly post? cui bono May 2015 #176

No, it's not BainsBane May 2015 #56

Blah blah. This forum is tribal and static. morningfog May 2015 #63

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #70

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #72

Here's a few other acronyms you forgot to mention... Drunken Irishman May 2015 #51

Cause Facts ares like Raid to FUD uponit7771 May 2015 #58

And a few more... cascadiance May 2015 #78

Nice addition, thanks for this! whereisjustice May 2015 #90

Well Done. DURec for your post, cascadiance. bvar22 May 2015 #91

Don't forget his new best friends, the GOP. cui bono May 2015 #109

Wait...is this a serious list? Drunken Irishman May 2015 #118

Hmm... With Keystone, interesting that he waited until AFTER the Dems lost the Senate... cascadiance May 2015 #121

It's all a conspiracy! Drunken Irishman May 2015 #126

Do you REALLY think that most of America understood and supported Keystone? cascadiance May 2015 #128

Do you give Obama credit for anything? Drunken Irishman May 2015 #177

What he did ultimately with keystone was good... cascadiance May 2015 #192

I think it could pass regardless of TPP... Drunken Irishman May 2015 #210

Which is why he should not be pushing it, and VETO it if it was passed by a Republican congress! cascadiance May 2015 #211

"This place is a parody of what I'd expect right-wingers think liberal are like." Silent3 May 2015 #159

You know what you should start your own thread and call it... one_voice May 2015 #185

Hmm... I guess you are wanting me to be a "hater" now? cascadiance May 2015 #191

I said you were a hater? one_voice May 2015 #193

I just did some "hurling" too! Number23 May 2015 #55

If Bernie is elected, in eight years we will have a similar BainsBane May 2015 #57

***DING DING DING DING DING!!!!! ***** They're looking for messiahs and when the humans show them uponit7771 May 2015 #59

We are nation of enablers. One person alone cannot change things. raouldukelives May 2015 #75

We all participate to a certain extent BainsBane May 2015 #95

He may fail, but the big difference is that at least Bernie would try. [n/t] Maedhros May 2015 #89

+1 kjones May 2015 #173

To the Greatest Page. woo me with science May 2015 #61

K&R newfie11 May 2015 #64

Neoliberalism at it's finest. 99Forever May 2015 #67

THANKS OBAMA. JaneyVee May 2015 #68

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #69

President Obama is a politician, albeit one I admire. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #71

ODS JoePhilly May 2015 #77

GOP cui bono May 2015 #107

Wow colsohlibgal May 2015 #80

Obama could sacrifice children on a Mayan altar, bvar22 May 2015 #92

NWO ananda May 2015 #85

Rec'd ibewlu606 May 2015 #88

K & R !!!! Thespian2 May 2015 #100

K&R (n/t) spin May 2015 #105

their only response is a one-letter word: D MisterP May 2015 #112

Great work! swilton May 2015 #116

Excellent OP Oilwellian May 2015 #117

Here's one that you intentionally forgot... Lancero May 2015 #119

I could list ACA, a gift to our corporate managed public health system, paid for whereisjustice May 2015 #120

It was a gift to me treestar May 2015 #143

I don't object to the program, just the fact that once again the middle class are bearing the weight whereisjustice May 2015 #148

the premiums are keyed to your income treestar May 2015 #149

You are missing that cost controls would have benefited everyone, my premium took a huge increase whereisjustice May 2015 #151

still not believing it treestar May 2015 #180

My group plan premium took a huge increase last two years- the point is that ACA did not whereisjustice May 2015 #189

Why are you complaining if you make that much? treestar May 2015 #190

What the fuck? You think corporations don't need price controls because I will pay for them? whereisjustice May 2015 #194

Why throwing F Bombs treestar May 2015 #200

I never saw him coming, but I see another disaster we can avoid, one solution orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #127

Obama's legacy... deathrind May 2015 #129

kick! woo me with science May 2015 #130

The longest lasting effect will be, what Bush began, he institutionalized. rug May 2015 #135

True... raindaddy May 2015 #136

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words May 2015 #137

K&R CrawlingChaos May 2015 #138

A bit off track: George II May 2015 #140

George II sheshe2 May 2015 #141

Thanks...Obama isn't perfect, but... George II May 2015 #146

A Republican Underground. sheshe2 May 2015 #150

LOL, ok. nt Logical May 2015 #184

here's a few more.. TimeToEvolve May 2015 #145

Where is a reference to what he did to public education? senseandsensibility May 2015 #174

Kick. No more corporate predators in Democrat suits. woo me with science May 2015 #212