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LiberalLovinLug

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31. You may be right

Tue Apr 15, 2014, 11:53 AM

Apr 2014

But do they think Obama operates in a vacuum? They seem to, in their overt defensiveness, assume that those that support Snowden are attacking the President primarily. I think most pro-Snowden folks realize that although we'd love it if Obama fell on his sword and went against both parties official stances, we realize that even that wouldn't have much effect on the sold out Washington crowd. It is much more of an ingrained incestual establishment of the press, the lobbyists, and politicians.

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The Pulitzer Prizes Just Demolished The Idea That Edward Snowden Is A Traitor [View all] NorthCarolina Apr 2014 OP

The Pullitzers have boxes in their garage! MannyGoldstein Apr 2014 #1

I Thought The Pulitzers Employed Pole Dancers cantbeserious Apr 2014 #16

No, a common myth, actually they just exclusively date pole dancers and make them cry Dragonfli Apr 2014 #40

Recommend! KoKo Apr 2014 #2

If so jehop61 Apr 2014 #3

Right, like he would come back to a country where the minority authoritarians who despise NorthCarolina Apr 2014 #5

Most jehop61 Apr 2014 #6

Most progressives have the sense to understand that JoeyT Apr 2014 #7

Spot on. NorthCarolina Apr 2014 #12

Correct. There is plenty that the government has done that most progressives oppose. totodeinhere Apr 2014 #41

Most LiberalLovinLug Apr 2014 #14

Authoritarians believe Government can do no wrong, and require blind allegiance period. NorthCarolina Apr 2014 #18

I am not sure I disagree so much but I would add: chknltl Apr 2014 #30

Snowden is NOT choosing to stay in Russia. Maedhros Apr 2014 #11

You don't appear to know about the war on whistleblowers I can provide a link Dragonfli Apr 2014 #43

What he revealed was important, he should be honored directly. n/t Jefferson23 Apr 2014 #4

So those two concepts can't both be true? Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #8

This site has many discussions like this. Gore1FL Apr 2014 #9

Yes, they can. Cha Apr 2014 #53

Hes a traitor!! demoncrat Apr 2014 #10

... NorthCarolina Apr 2014 #15

AWESOME!!! n/t tazkcmo Apr 2014 #17

Could not have said it better mindwalker_i Apr 2014 #21

The truly scary part is that NorthCarolina Apr 2014 #25

Not just good Democrats... mindwalker_i Apr 2014 #37

fuck off, troll frylock Apr 2014 #23

EWWWWWWW n/t Duval Apr 2014 #33

DEMONcrat. I love it! Welcome to Democratic Underground. NBachers Apr 2014 #36

Do you disparage all those that dare speak truth to power of just have a hard rhett o rick Apr 2014 #46

History will judge the Authoritarians unkindly hueymahl Apr 2014 #13

Authoritarian? lark Apr 2014 #19

he's outting both Obama and Bush but mostly pro Putin n/t PatrynXX Apr 2014 #29

What did he write that was pro-Putin? lark Apr 2014 #32

Snowden praising Russia and "leader" "for being the first to stand against human rights violations" Cha Apr 2014 #51

Much ado about little. lark Apr 2014 #58

"Pro Putin"? LiberalLovinLug Apr 2014 #34

Your link.. Cha Apr 2014 #52

You may be right LiberalLovinLug Apr 2014 #31

very good! BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2014 #20

I smell of whiff of Libertarian on this thread flamingdem Apr 2014 #22

maybe you should change your underpants frylock Apr 2014 #24

well some of us are left wing libertarians PatrynXX Apr 2014 #28

libertarians strike me as very odd. stonecutter357 Apr 2014 #44

Still is a traitor PatrynXX Apr 2014 #26

Traitor to those that would destroy the Constitution:) grahamhgreen Apr 2014 #35

Funny Cryptoad Apr 2014 #45

"...nothing the Comrade Snowden has revealed has been judged to be un-Constitutional" LiberalLovinLug Apr 2014 #47

Like I said, Cryptoad Apr 2014 #49

Why do you not want to defend our Constitution? grahamhgreen Apr 2014 #54

Our Constitution Cryptoad Apr 2014 #55

the Constitution LiberalLovinLug Apr 2014 #59

nice little speech Cryptoad Apr 2014 #60

I'm more concerned with what is written on that piece of paper LiberalLovinLug Apr 2014 #61

Some in the Tea Party support him but many Neocons like Cheney are right in there with you totodeinhere Apr 2014 #42

K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2014 #27

Unfortunately, no level of validation will stop his haters from being whatchamacallit Apr 2014 #38

Not a traitor. Duval Apr 2014 #39

Something is happening to favor Snowden polynomial Apr 2014 #48

This makes it really EASY to see exactly WHO is on the WRONG side of this issue at DU. bvar22 Apr 2014 #50

I didn't know the pullitzer's were the same as a trial Progressive dog Apr 2014 #56

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I don't read fantasy, so I must Progressive dog Apr 2014 #62