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2016 Postmortem

progress2k12nbynd

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11. My concern is with soundbites for soundbite's sake. I've appreciated the willingess of O...

Reply to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #10)

Mon Feb 20, 2012, 06:46 PM

Feb 2012

to state the hard facts, and to tell us to get off our asses when we need to. In this particular case he seems to be catering to what sounds good in commercials instead of speaking from the heart.

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Really? [View all] babylonsister Feb 2012 OP

Rethugs exist in a bizarro universe where they create their own reality Siwsan Feb 2012 #1

Made me laugh cyberspirit Feb 2012 #7

Envy eats people up...imagine how the Mittster, Santorum, etc must feel. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2012 #2

I so agree! nt babylonsister Feb 2012 #4

Repigs lie ALL the time. They are incapable of speaking the truth. kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #3

Yup Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2012 #5

It's time to get out Snopes and the Truth Machine again.. I'm K Gardner Feb 2012 #6

Romney is an ass, but Obama, in this particular case, is full of it too... progress2k12nbynd Feb 2012 #8

You may have some obscure point, but the o.p. deals specifically with the topic of "pessimism". Tarheel_Dem Feb 2012 #10

My concern is with soundbites for soundbite's sake. I've appreciated the willingess of O... progress2k12nbynd Feb 2012 #11

I'll go ahead and thank myself for my "concern" progress2k12nbynd Feb 2012 #12

Perhaps you're a, dare I say, "pessimist"? Tarheel_Dem Feb 2012 #13

The 1% solution. GeorgeGist Feb 2012 #9

And here we see the difference between humility and entitlement. Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #14