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Barack Obama

grantcart

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7. Perhaps using "setting one's hair on fire" as pejorative may not be helpful in bridging chasms

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 11, 2013, 02:28 PM

Jun 2013

although I am sure that I have used it at times out of frustration myself.

It does reveal the extraordinary character and class of the President that he doesn't respond in like or kind to the constant river of hate and opposition that he has faced from the very first second he took his oath.

How he doesn't just unload on Issa and McConnell is beyond me.

His calm and measured approach, and his willingness to look past the emotional nonsense continues to amaze me.

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Pardon my disinclination. [View all] madamesilverspurs Jun 2013 OP

k&r graham4anything Jun 2013 #1

Well said. Aristus Jun 2013 #2

Obama isn't king. He will leave, but his spying apparatus will be here. dkf Jun 2013 #3

The national security apparatus question existed before and will exit after this President grantcart Jun 2013 #5

Ask Sen. Susan Collins how much oversight they've been providing. dkf Jun 2013 #8

Sen. Collins is a habitual liar on national security matters grantcart Jun 2013 #9

And besides ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2013 #18

Yes, but there was Nixon, Reagan and Bush LeftInTX Jun 2013 #13

The technology has only now caught up to the data. The types of surveillance achievable here dkf Jun 2013 #14

It's not his apparatus: it's the apparatus that he inherited. If you have ideas struggle4progress Jun 2013 #15

Jesus. Where were you between 2001 and 2008? This is BUSH/CHENEY's legacy. Hekate Jun 2013 #17

You should go underground and get off the internet if you are so concerned Kolesar Jun 2013 #19

Your points are well taken. grantcart Jun 2013 #4

Thanks, grantcart. madamesilverspurs Jun 2013 #6

Perhaps using "setting one's hair on fire" as pejorative may not be helpful in bridging chasms grantcart Jun 2013 #7

LOL. ucrdem Jun 2013 #10

Well said, madame.. Cha Jun 2013 #11

It seems to me that a lot of those whiners would have been happier than hell if Romney would've won Major Hogwash Jun 2013 #12

Oh yeah, they'd find some Cha Jun 2013 #16

I couldn't agree more Andy823 Jun 2013 #20

It's a lot more fun to set fire to GOP hair(balls). IrishAyes Jun 2013 #21