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Scuba

(53,475 posts)
58. Admitting you were wrong would show a strength of character that you must not have.
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 11:40 AM
Dec 2015

Fact is, you were wrong so you couldn't back up your claim and now your response is to attack me.














That's pretty damned lame.


Here, make you lame claim again and see what the response is ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251959132

I'd love nothing more that for the DOJ to get involved. Number23 Dec 2015 #1
It's not, IMO, naive to expect the president to use his bully pulpit, and his DOJ . . . brush Dec 2015 #5
Congress ? why would the republicans who hate Obama do anything asks for ? JI7 Dec 2015 #8
Okay, the repugs will do what they do — obstruct — therefore nothing can or should be done? brush Dec 2015 #20
except obama isn't doing nothing JI7 Dec 2015 #21
I certainly didn't say, nor expect the president alone to fix the impunity problem of killer cops brush Dec 2015 #26
he has done that JI7 Dec 2015 #28
I don't get the resistance against the president helping to rally people . . . brush Dec 2015 #29
i don't get the resistance to actually deal with where the problems come from JI7 Dec 2015 #30
The problems come from many places and can be fought from many places brush Dec 2015 #34
He has done the rallying. And the 50+% of Americans that think that he's a Kenyan born socialist Number23 Dec 2015 #37
It is naive and ignorant of the law.. "SCOTUS and the license to kill" " Cha Dec 2015 #13
We'll just have to agree to disagree. brush Dec 2015 #32
Well congratulations you've succeeded in getting anti-Obama people in the AA Group.. Cha Dec 2015 #40
Perhaps you don't get it. I'm a big Ohama fan who worked hard on both of his campaigns brush Dec 2015 #47
I know you're a President Obama supporter. Cha Dec 2015 #50
How could the president "lobby" Congress on this? And especially THIS Congress?? Number23 Dec 2015 #14
The bully pulpit is a tool the president can use to build awareness and consensus . . . brush Dec 2015 #17
The "bully pulpit" can only do so much. The president has gone on television after every single Number23 Dec 2015 #36
President Obama has used his Bully Pulpit.. I don't think you're listening .. you and the others Cha Dec 2015 #41
I'm a big Obama fan brush Dec 2015 #46
Sorry, I trust President Obama has the heart and the intelligence to be doing all that is humanly Cha Dec 2015 #49
don't you know, these congress members who can't even agree to say Obama JI7 Dec 2015 #23
Yeah but, it's all Obama Fault.. Surprise Surprise! Cha Dec 2015 #42
+1000000000000000 nt steve2470 Dec 2015 #35
Agree 100%. But Eric Holder Gman Dec 2015 #2
I signed a Move- On Petition....and Democracy for American.... FarPoint Dec 2015 #3
Here's at least one article on why "Why the Feds Can’t Charge Darren Wilson" .. it just wasn't Cha Dec 2015 #12
To me, the issue is the corruption of the grand jury system. kwassa Dec 2015 #4
Exactly, kwassa.. and there's this.. "Why It’s Impossible to Indict a Cop" "Why the Feds Can’t Cha Dec 2015 #11
You can break a guys neck in Baltimore and shoot a 12 y/o as the cruiser stops. rusty quoin Dec 2015 #6
this is a problem with the culture, not just technical matters JI7 Dec 2015 #7
There's also "Why the Feds Can’t Charge Darren Wilson" and "Why It’s Impossible to Indict a Cop" Cha Dec 2015 #10
The bully pulpit is to rally others daybranch Dec 2015 #15
Exactly! This is my point. Make some noise about this to rally the public and influence Congress brush Dec 2015 #18
noise is already being made by blm who were attacked by "liberals" JI7 Dec 2015 #22
No one expects the president alone to fix it. brush Dec 2015 #27
The damn prosecutor advocated for NOT prosecuting. Cha Dec 2015 #9
And all of this you posted is why the president should use his bully pulpit to rally the public . . brush Dec 2015 #19
The do nothing is your rallying cry. this is much more about problems JI7 Dec 2015 #25
Did you misunderstand my last sentence? Perhaps I needed to use the sarcasm gif . . . brush Dec 2015 #31
police unions are a problem JI7 Dec 2015 #33
No, what I posted are the facts of why the law is the way it is.. President Obama has used his Cha Dec 2015 #38
Yeah, like that'll happen. Scuba Dec 2015 #16
Big surprise you're in here snarking on the President Cha Dec 2015 #39
Get back to me when the DOJ opens an investigation on Tamir Rice's death. Scuba Dec 2015 #43
Get back to me when you learn the law that prevents them from doing a damn thing about it. Cha Dec 2015 #44
Source please. Scuba Dec 2015 #45
Figures.. you don't miss an opportunity to diss President Obama in the AA Group and you can't Cha Dec 2015 #48
Please backup your claim that DOJ has no legal authority to investigate. Dissing me is not ... Scuba Dec 2015 #51
You came into the AA Group and Dissed the President without even knowing the laws.. Shocking. Cha Dec 2015 #52
So you can't back up your claim. That's a fail on your part. Scuba Dec 2015 #53
Don't be lazy.. no one is going to do your work for you. Quit insisting I do it. I'm not taking Cha Dec 2015 #54
It's not MY work to back up YOUR claim. C'mon, either back it up or admit you were just ... Scuba Dec 2015 #55
So don't do your own research. you obviously don't care enough about it. If I didn't know something Cha Dec 2015 #57
Admitting you were wrong would show a strength of character that you must not have. Scuba Dec 2015 #58
Much as an irrelevant post often happens, adding nothing of substanc LanternWaste Dec 2015 #56
so no criticism of local and state govts ? JI7 Dec 2015 #24
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