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BlueStreak

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22. There were 90 million who did not vote. Why was that?

Reply to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #19)

Sun May 26, 2013, 11:30 PM

May 2013

There are many reasons, but there are many millions who believe is just doesn't matter. Most of us here well understand that it DOES matter, and that the damage Ryan and Romney would have done by now would be vast. But that doesn't change the fact that Obama is mostly about good speeches and keeping his nose clean so that Barack Obama will have a legacy as a noteworthy President. He just doesn't care very much about the things that used to be known as "core Democratic principles."

I don't really know what point you are trying to make, as these things are self-evident.

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Can the GOP Keep The Obama Scandals Alive? [View all] Tx4obama May 2013 OP

Will Obama keep validating them? BlueStreak May 2013 #1

i understand what you are saying and tend to agree but... madrchsod May 2013 #2

Enough rope for what? BlueStreak May 2013 #3

Jackie Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Jackie Robinson in the HOF graham4anything May 2013 #4

" The war is won at the end." Are we the collaterol damage? BlueStreak May 2013 #9

I don't leave a baseball game in the 4th inning, do you? graham4anything May 2013 #13

If it looks like the team in intentioanlly throwing the game, yes, I would. BlueStreak May 2013 #17

Obama can work it out w/his buddy Boehner on the golf course next weekend. blkmusclmachine May 2013 #5

You guys are such hypocrites. Dennis Kucinich can sit on Ron Paul's advisory.... Tarheel_Dem May 2013 #6

It isnt the speaking that is the problem. It is the "sharing of mutual political interests" BlueStreak May 2013 #10

"Many people are concerned"? You mean here at DU, right? Tarheel_Dem May 2013 #19

There were 90 million who did not vote. Why was that? BlueStreak May 2013 #22

The point I'm making is your opinion is yours, and ONLY yours. The shit you've made.... Tarheel_Dem May 2013 #23

And likewise, your opinion represents exactly one person. BlueStreak May 2013 #24

Uuuuugh. I had no idea she did that. How could she "Stand with Rand" ??!! SunSeeker May 2013 #20

That's just it. The young people who power these folks don't have a clue. Tarheel_Dem May 2013 #21

She wrote it on a heart, and wrote "love" on her tweet! SunSeeker May 2013 #25

I couldn't agree more. It's obvious Medea has been off her meds for some time now. Tarheel_Dem May 2013 #27

Yes, I've been increasingly uncomfortable with her tactics, but that just sealed it for me. SunSeeker May 2013 #28

Pushing for impeachment would be an enormous mistake for the GOP. ... spin May 2013 #7

The way I see it we have just about three and a half years of this winning to put up with.......... wandy May 2013 #8

But the way Obama deals with it will largely determine our fate in 2016 BlueStreak May 2013 #11

"the nominee for the Scandal Party" - if you beleive that, your perceptions are out of whack. emulatorloo May 2013 #12

I never heard him say that. I heard the opposite. BlueStreak May 2013 #16

I'de like to agree with you. For what it's worth I'de like to see Obama take a ball bat..... wandy May 2013 #14

To some extent, it's just the GOP fighting the last war starroute May 2013 #15

Facebook will keep their base active 4dsc May 2013 #18

Why Haven't Dems fredamae May 2013 #26