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yurbud

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33. if such a person made it to office, they would quickly be introduced to the gold or lead choice

Sun May 12, 2013, 12:25 PM

May 2013

You can do what the wealthy want and get a pile of gold, or ignore them and get a small quantity of lead where it will do the most harm, or a plane crash, or...

Before that person made it to the highest office, they would be shut out by the media or mocked mercilessly.

Even in the highest office, they wouldn't be safe since the Secret Service answers to the Treasury Secretary, who is chosen by Wall Street.

Obama has gotten a couple of odd reminders that these guys can suddenly become careless, which has to have sent a message.

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Worth noting: the lesser evil is still evil. (n/t) JayhawkSD May 2013 #1

LIAR IN CHIEF. blkmusclmachine May 2013 #24

I am starting to think that Obama himself is just a pawn in a game of intergalactic chess. djean111 May 2013 #2

Hilary is a died in the wool Corpratist like Her husband and Obama! We need to all demand Dustlawyer May 2013 #4

That would be DYED in the wool Demeter May 2013 #9

Her idealism died in the wool of a corporate blanket yurbud May 2013 #32

Yes Dustlawyer, that would be a tremendous dotymed May 2013 #21

if such a person made it to office, they would quickly be introduced to the gold or lead choice yurbud May 2013 #33

That is ONE possibility. dotymed May 2013 #34

FDR had unimpeachable evidence the wealthiest people were plotting a coup against him yurbud May 2013 #35

I hadn't heard about clinton. dotymed May 2013 #39

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No shit... Hubert Flottz May 2013 #5

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I remember too... Hubert Flottz May 2013 #8

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I got Outrage Fatigue. tblue May 2013 #13

+1 progressoid May 2013 #28

I refuse to stay at the union-busting Hyatt hotels. geardaddy May 2013 #16

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I got it from a great sticker/t-shirt place geardaddy May 2013 #38

He doesn't even give the real Dems lip service any more Doctor_J May 2013 #17

Welll if your not a real Dem then why bother. L0oniX May 2013 #18

I've been one a lot longer than the president has Doctor_J May 2013 #19

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It seems that Union-busting dotymed May 2013 #22

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 1% $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ blkmusclmachine May 2013 #23

The President shows he is sensitive to the plight of minorities kenny blankenship May 2013 #25

Can't blame the GOP or Congress for this one Addison May 2013 #26

This sleazy, unethical, corrupt choice throws Obama's true core values into sharp relief. forestpath May 2013 #27

When Bush did this we were pissed. progressoid May 2013 #29

That says it all. BrotherIvan May 2013 #30

sometimes, it makes me feel worse when they DON'T show up... yurbud May 2013 #36

^ Wilms May 2013 #31