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In reply to the discussion: It's pretty obvious around here that Obama can't do anything right... [View all]JI7
(93,627 posts)29. it is something opportunistic for sure
no way do i believe it was losing his mind. if it had just happened with the thing involving his wife's meds it would be one thing.
but he had a few threads even before that like the one with the iraq vet at the SOTU and the Kerry one .
at the very least it's looking to be popular among a certain crowd and get views and recs .
a lot of people made money during the Bush years which they can't do as easily now. michael moore is a good example and it's one reason i think he was kind of hoping for Obama to lose .
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It's pretty obvious around here that Obama can't do anything right... [View all]
MrScorpio
Mar 2014
OP
I don't even bother to offer the facts, they don't want them. The pipeline was proposed in 2007.
freshwest
Mar 2014
#16
Mentioned in another thread he has black and native american friends, so there's that...
freshwest
Mar 2014
#21
Do not miss this thread with a response by ProSense. Read hers and my reply to her:
freshwest
Mar 2014
#19
attention seeking and that's putting it nicely, Skinner and the one that compared him to Shia
JI7
Mar 2014
#25
Msanthrope, one of the smartest damn people in this joint, is convinced that Pitt is "auditioning"
Number23
Mar 2014
#28
Yeah, what a waste. No one will do anything about it, either. One of my DU friends found a Reddit
freshwest
Mar 2014
#27