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loudsue

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32. I miss that about DU, also. All the liberals and researchers keep getting kicked off & tombstoned.
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 09:58 PM
Jan 2012

It certainly lowers the overall quality of the site.

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A bit more from Talkingpointsmemo... flpoljunkie Jan 2012 #1
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There would be no one left in the Obama adminsistration,,, INdemo Jan 2012 #10
Biden? Joe "I never met a credit card company or a pharmaceutical company I didn't love" Biden? yardwork Jan 2012 #12
Yup, that's the one, but don't tell anyone else on this site, russspeakeasy Jan 2012 #15
Daley kind of stepped aside recently, didn't he? elleng Jan 2012 #3
TPM writes OMB Budget Director Jack Lew will take over the position. flpoljunkie Jan 2012 #6
Hmm, wonder if he is going to work in the campaign team. MGKrebs Jan 2012 #13
Well that was quick, no? Little Star Jan 2012 #4
yep, don't let the door hit you on the way out. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #5
will he be replaced with another corporate bootlick like Daley and Rahm? yurbud Jan 2012 #8
Apparently not. Jack Lew was also Bill Clinton's Budget Director. flpoljunkie Jan 2012 #9
Yes. Lew is a former Citigroup executive. n/t totodeinhere Jan 2012 #14
*sigh* harun Jan 2012 #16
why not cut out the middle man and give Obama the receptionist desk outside Lloyd Blankfein's office yurbud Jan 2012 #20
Truth in the organization chart. nt hay rick Jan 2012 #27
They both could do God's work. n/t Hotler Jan 2012 #44
dammit nt Vanje Jan 2012 #33
Yes _ed_ Jan 2012 #54
the only positions in government guys like that should be taking is in a prison cell. yurbud Jan 2012 #57
Must look forward, not backward _ed_ Jan 2012 #60
Might we finally see a tiny bit of the "CHANGE" Hubert Flottz Jan 2012 #11
not a chance in Hell SixthSense Jan 2012 #17
please, sir, may I have a bit more? The fat cats have eaten so much they've fallen asleep yurbud Jan 2012 #21
DANGER, Will Robinson, DANGER!!! chervilant Jan 2012 #39
And don't you forget it! Hubert Flottz Jan 2012 #43
I am ever so grateful for the list, but the fat cats got far more, and I'm still hungry. yurbud Jan 2012 #48
I'll be the FIRST to propose that DU en masse advises the President! Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #18
Only if polls and unrec come back... ellisonz Jan 2012 #40
hmph chervilant Jan 2012 #66
sweet home chicago... madrchsod Jan 2012 #19
JP Morgan out and CitiGroup in _ed_ Jan 2012 #22
Did anyone even bother to look up anything about Lew? OKNancy Jan 2012 #23
Thank you OKNancy Tinksrival Jan 2012 #24
I miss that about DU, also. All the liberals and researchers keep getting kicked off & tombstoned. loudsue Jan 2012 #32
+1 Wind Dancer Jan 2012 #58
Of course not.. they are too busy crafting their clever complaints. DCBob Jan 2012 #26
Decent guy? Only if you're in the 1% _ed_ Jan 2012 #52
So you want somebody who WASN'T smart enough to see that? dmallind Jan 2012 #61
If you're defending someone who shorted the housing market, _ed_ Jan 2012 #62
What, precisely, did his actions do to hurt normal folks and how? nt dmallind Jan 2012 #63
Are you serious? _ed_ Jan 2012 #64
I'm adding my thanks to the others. BlueMTexpat Jan 2012 #29
Pesky facts like this: _ed_ Jan 2012 #55
Interesting! In a GOOD way! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2012 #30
Jumped to negative assumptions? _ed_ Jan 2012 #53
would you mind posting your reply to BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2012 #59
+1 Politicub Jan 2012 #34
OK...the guy was good BEFORE he hit Citigroup Ken Burch Jan 2012 #36
HuffPo: He was a hedge fund executive who made money off from mortgage defaults totodeinhere Jan 2012 #37
Thank You OKNancy! HDPaulG Jan 2012 #38
Post 38, read post 37 Jakes Progress Jan 2012 #46
Are you interested in learning what he did at CitiGroup? _ed_ Jan 2012 #56
+100,000 ellisonz Jan 2012 #41
Well, when you get whacked in the knee over and over and over progressoid Jan 2012 #45
Yes, I did _ed_ Jan 2012 #50
We'll see soon enough. harun Jan 2012 #51
If he had named Howard Dean as COS replacement, I would work my precinct for him. PassingFair Jan 2012 #25
Paul Wellstone thought highly of him OKNancy Jan 2012 #28
Wellstone was his faculty advisor at Carleton - the article doesn't really say if Paul liked him or dflprincess Jan 2012 #31
Whoa. Reading Wellstone's mind. Cute trick. Jakes Progress Jan 2012 #47
Noooo! ellisonz Jan 2012 #42
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Ken Burch Jan 2012 #35
the closest the GOP came to that was Papa Bush who always seemed uncomfortable with the rest of us yurbud Jan 2012 #49
Rubbish out, rubbish in _ed_ Jan 2012 #65
so it's rubbish with a different logo. Ken Burch Jan 2012 #67
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