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arcane1

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36. Sounds like he's thanking his big donors. We can expect the same from Clinton.
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 01:43 PM
Oct 2015

Unless we're all expected to join the rightward movement and start pretending shit like this is a good thing

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This is what we have to look forward to, because we elected a corporate president, and djean111 Oct 2015 #1
Sanders/Warren 2016 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #3
+10000000000 mmonk Oct 2015 #38
+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 lonestarnot Oct 2015 #121
Indeed! Sanders/Warren 2016. It's time to put an end to the charade! think Oct 2015 #70
You have a really good point INdemo Oct 2015 #72
If Obama is going to try and let this SEC deregulation slide I hope she does. This is ridiculous. think Oct 2015 #73
That's the ticket! Elmer S. E. Dump Oct 2015 #79
She just needs to campaign for him dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #112
That would be awesome too. My second choice, but still awesome 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #115
She may be hedging her bets dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #131
That combo would be positively orgasmic! nt tblue Oct 2015 #116
Absolutely MuseRider Oct 2015 #13
Obama is self proclaimed new Democrat aka blue dog lite. JRLeft Oct 2015 #14
Trojan horse president lark Oct 2015 #47
Yep and we don't dare say shit about it. zeemike Oct 2015 #53
+ one grand! nt Plucketeer Oct 2015 #62
Not from me I'm black. JRLeft Oct 2015 #84
Yep, as the old Seventies saying went, hifiguy Oct 2015 #90
You bet he will MsLeopard Oct 2015 #97
yep. A proud Reagan Democrat. I am so pissed I ever voted for him. I will never vote liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #54
Anyone really surprised at this point? Scuba Oct 2015 #2
Some argued yesterday that the status-quo is just fine. Dawgs Oct 2015 #4
Noticeably absent... Blus4u Oct 2015 #28
But, I thought now was when no-fuks-left Obama was going to "show his true LIBERAL colors???? 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #6
I thought the same. dorkzilla Oct 2015 #17
Give Obama a break demwing Oct 2015 #26
He'll never find those shoes. Neither 840high Oct 2015 #35
He IS showing his true colors and has been all along. hifiguy Oct 2015 #81
He had Robert Rubin on his transition team. JRLeft Oct 2015 #86
As Stan Lee used to say in Marvel Comics hifiguy Oct 2015 #88
^ This JRLeft Oct 2015 #89
He told us all in 2012 nationalize the fed Oct 2015 #91
As Jerry Seinfeld once put it in the context of baseball, hifiguy Oct 2015 #93
I am a little surprised. Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #8
fuck no Skittles Oct 2015 #85
K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #5
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #7
This is what we will get from Clinton or Biden too. JRLeft Oct 2015 #15
This is what makes Bernie so important! Dustlawyer Oct 2015 #25
+ $2 billion! dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #113
JRLeft, What You Say IMO Is The ABSOLUTE TRUTH!!! ChiciB1 Oct 2015 #29
John Mitchell was thr REAL Prophet. Fuddnik Oct 2015 #48
Well, I MISSED That One! WOW! ChiciB1 Oct 2015 #55
More like a golden and brown shower. JRLeft Oct 2015 #87
Which is why I cannot live with myself hifiguy Oct 2015 #82
Robert Rubin Was WITH The Clintons Too! ChiciB1 Oct 2015 #98
I think it's now or never for many of us. It's amazing how many of us SammyWinstonJack Oct 2015 #117
Unfortunately As Democrats We've Gone Along With The SAME ChiciB1 Oct 2015 #129
Thom Hartmann used to say that Obama was our nation's Rorschach test d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #42
Ha, Not. lark Oct 2015 #50
NAFTA and increasing the prison population are also among Clinton's accomplishments noiretextatique Oct 2015 #56
Insurance companies are wanting to go up 20-30% on premiums; where is the savings Obama promised? DhhD Oct 2015 #120
Can't disagree with any of your points, especially the last one. lark Oct 2015 #127
mary jo white is awful nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #9
As they would say in Norway: Downwinder Oct 2015 #10
LOL dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #114
Thanks mtasselin Oct 2015 #11
I can't believe I voted for him twice. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #18
More stacking of the deck by the oligarchs. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #12
"...while simultaneously shielding big firms from shareholder lawsuits." tecelote Oct 2015 #20
That is always a part of the plan. Not that it's mentioned in polite company. hifiguy Oct 2015 #95
Dear Senator Warren : RELEASE THE HOUNDS. bullwinkle428 Oct 2015 #16
Barack 'Corporate Giveaway' Obama strikes again!!! /nt dirtydickcheney Oct 2015 #19
He fooled me. I WON'T get fooled again. NO MORE CORPORATE WHORES! AzDar Oct 2015 #21
+1 ccinamon Oct 2015 #101
Definitely 3D chess. And he's kicking the shit out of average americans. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #22
You know what? Populist_Prole Oct 2015 #31
LOL, you know the reason.... pocoloco Oct 2015 #37
Rope a dope with those who still think he's playing eleventy SammyWinstonJack Oct 2015 #51
Obama IS "Playing Chess", and doing it well. bvar22 Oct 2015 #58
His masters will get what they paid for YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #23
Well, this is not a good move. n/t ms liberty Oct 2015 #24
Another reason to vote for Bernie. kacekwl Oct 2015 #27
Bernie, because fuck this shit! 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #40
When we elect Hillary, it will start Reagans 10th consecutive term! Fuddnik Oct 2015 #43
Not "when" please. I hope you meant "IF.." -nt- 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #46
If. Fuddnik Oct 2015 #49
sigh marym625 Oct 2015 #30
When Obama gets behind this, I start to get really worried. EndElectoral Oct 2015 #32
She told us what she was going to do in the debates d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #45
And if they don't, like the policeman in the Python sketch, hifiguy Oct 2015 #83
it won't, and she won't, because if she ever did that.. Javaman Oct 2015 #123
Bush collapsed the economy AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #33
Crickets from Obama/Hillary supporters AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #34
i am waiting for someone to try and put lipstick on this pig noiretextatique Oct 2015 #57
Gotta draft those memos and frame those talking points. pa28 Oct 2015 #59
But, but, but hifiguy Oct 2015 #92
Sounds like he's thanking his big donors. We can expect the same from Clinton. arcane1 Oct 2015 #36
WTF is going on here? Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #39
or she. 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #41
Good point Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #104
The chief architect: ryan_cats Oct 2015 #52
William K. Black will not be amused. Octafish Oct 2015 #60
Go Bernie! Because fuck this shit. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #61
Doesn't surprise me in the least. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #63
Bill Clinton waited until near the end of his run to push this sort of crap too n2doc Oct 2015 #64
Actually Bill & Hillary already ARE in the 1%, even higher than that. 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #66
I don't think they were at the time Bill was in the WH n2doc Oct 2015 #68
Good response... Thespian2 Oct 2015 #71
Yep. Sadly it's all too obvious what's going on. /nt think Oct 2015 #74
And the cocktail parties. ronnie624 Oct 2015 #105
WTF is right Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #65
Government agencies are captured on behalf of the corporations they are supposed to be regulating. pa28 Oct 2015 #67
This is why America needs Bernie Sanders as our president! Sanders/Warren 2016! think Oct 2015 #69
tiger beat told us we'd see the real Obama these last two years Doctor_J Oct 2015 #75
They got their blinders on. They can't even see this thread. nt/ think Oct 2015 #78
tiger beat....lol SammyWinstonJack Oct 2015 #118
simply put its us against them olddots Oct 2015 #76
Me too. hifiguy Oct 2015 #96
"You'll take your bowl of shit and you'll like it!". nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2015 #77
If anyone is surprised, even in the slightest, by this. hifiguy Oct 2015 #80
Yes the silence is deafening fasttense Oct 2015 #100
Building his legacy. CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #94
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #99
it's called TRUE COLORS SHINING THROUGH Skittles Oct 2015 #102
If you like this shit, you'll LOVE Hillary's crap! Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #103
A BIG second to this. hifiguy Oct 2015 #106
I'll third that. -nt- 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #108
just another bitch-slap from the president AnAzulTexas Oct 2015 #107
It's time to stock up on peas again, people Oilwellian Oct 2015 #109
Sanders, Warren, Sanders, Warren. Victory for the people in 2016. n/t truedelphi Oct 2015 #110
That is a ticket that would be utterly unstoppable, to the horror of the DNC & the Oligarchs. -nt- 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #111
I'm Not Sure Why Warren Hasn't Been More Vocal About Bernie... ChiciB1 Oct 2015 #130
Corporatism. Is there no corporatist policy the democrats do not love? leftupnorth Oct 2015 #119
He's just gettin' Ready For Hillary azurnoir Oct 2015 #122
What shareholders pay for, they usually get. nt raouldukelives Oct 2015 #124
Obama gives us bread and circuses and the republicons don't even want us to get that "free stuff" corkhead Oct 2015 #125
The proud Capitalists, at it again! SoapBox Oct 2015 #126
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Oct 2015 #128
I am gonna kick this twice a day hifiguy Oct 2015 #132
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