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seabeckind

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11. Depends

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Reply #7)

Fri Sep 13, 2013, 01:29 PM

Sep 2013

Are you part of the Obama cheer squad?

After rereading I realized that perhaps my comment might have been taken personally when there was no such intent. It was meant for the general audience. The pompom people have been pretty loud lately. Makes it very hard to concentrate on the game.

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Obama names Jeffrey Zients as top economic adviser [View all] Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 OP

Not a Clintonite, according to the WaPo Roland99 Sep 2013 #1

Thanks for the link. At least he's of more recent vintage than Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #2

Great - he got his start with Mitt. DURHAM D Sep 2013 #5

He was born in Nov 1966 - and another thread said he worked at Bain in 1988-1990 karynnj Sep 2013 #23

That sounds right. DURHAM D Sep 2013 #25

Gosh..so far he sounds like a good guy. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #3

Thanks, dixie, I wanted to consult Wiki, but didn't Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #4

Nelson Mandela as a best man - that's pretty impressive all alone karynnj Sep 2013 #24

Read his resume seabeckind Sep 2013 #6

Beg your pardon? Never been near a cheerleading pom-pom in my life! Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #7

Depends seabeckind Sep 2013 #11

No, but neither am I part of the BO bashing brigade. Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #15

Oh, that means you're an Obama-basher Scootaloo Sep 2013 #26

Yeah, there sure seem to be a hell of a lot of knees jerking around this place! LOL! Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #27

4th Wealthiest Member of the Executive Branch Roland99 Sep 2013 #8

Wouldn't consider personal wealth as an immediate Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #9

Amassing so much is an obscenity. nt valerief Sep 2013 #10

In the absolute, I would tend to agree. OTOH, let's Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #13

Amassing means keeping it, not sharing it. That's the obscenity. nt valerief Sep 2013 #20

It is a matter of attitude and POV seabeckind Sep 2013 #12

Agree that labor is under-represented in O's Admin. Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #14

Many of our better leaders have come from great wealth. lumpy Sep 2013 #28

Word! Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #29

how else could he buy his way into our government? Enrique Sep 2013 #21

I just note the way they phrase that hfojvt Sep 2013 #16

True that... Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #17

^This, POB has appointed some fucked up people over anf over again. Tom Vilsack, Larry Summers, JRLeft Sep 2013 #18

more evidence of Carolina Sep 2013 #19

"one CEO thought he was a Republican" Enrique Sep 2013 #22

Then again, keep in mind that RWers often try Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #30