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Skwmom

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29. Maybe Pres Obama is struggling to come to grips with his own actions. Then again, maybe not. I've
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:07 AM
May 2016

learned you should never think others have the same moral compass that you do.

Plus, as they say the mind has the infinite capacity to rationalize...
That bolded piece is why things have gone so wrong Blue_Adept May 2016 #1
Load. Of. crap. Adrahil May 2016 #41
Thanks for disagreeing so respectfully! Blue_Adept May 2016 #59
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Thanks for making the President's point about votes, not hashtags. msanthrope May 2016 #5
K&R betsuni May 2016 #3
The Big "O" is cautioning a particular segment of the Left against using the uncompromising Trust Buster May 2016 #4
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That attitude will only lead to more years of paralysis in Washington. Trust Buster May 2016 #7
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"the sane category as the Tea Party" - I don't believe "sane" applies to the TP in any context DrDan May 2016 #15
True, but... Chan790 May 2016 #9
What, precisely, do you think HRC needs to compromise on to win msanthrope May 2016 #10
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Yup Armstead May 2016 #38
You convinced me, you sweet talker, you. Buns_of_Fire May 2016 #57
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I want her to be explicit that she rejects Oligarchy and Trickle Down Schema Thing May 2016 #18
Okay.. .these are slogans, not policies. Talk actually policies. nt msanthrope May 2016 #22
wtf? Those ARE NOT SLOGANS Schema Thing May 2016 #25
Sadly, the Clinton Machine's apologists... NewImproved Deal May 2016 #30
Down with Oligarchy is a slogan. Kindly show which part of her economic msanthrope May 2016 #43
I won't raise taxes even a little on anyone making 250k is not a slogan though, is it? Schema Thing May 2016 #53
She has said many times that trickle economics doesn't work... Adrahil May 2016 #42
Representative Government. We have it, some don't seem to know what it is. Lucinda May 2016 #11
And Obama formerly claimed that denial of LGBT marriage rights in favor of 'civil unions' was Bluenorthwest May 2016 #12
And that those who oppose torture are "sanctimonious". Thanks, but I'll look elsewhere for Doctor_J May 2016 #17
Hooray for capitulation! 99Forever May 2016 #13
People parading their amorality as if it were a virtue is a relatively new thing. lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #16
You see....using the extreme term "amorality" to describe thinking different from yours msanthrope May 2016 #21
He was talking to the next generation of very serious people. lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #23
Dude. He was at Howard. Kinda puts a pin in your outrage balloon, no? nt msanthrope May 2016 #44
Thanks for the correction. nt lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #48
But Sanders fans think Obama is part of "the problem". baldguy May 2016 #19
Thus, the South was lost to Bernie. nt msanthrope May 2016 #20
It's lost to Clinton too. lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #24
How so? She'll win the nomination because of those southern delegates . . . brush May 2016 #35
It is always the process that seems to be a mystery to some here.... bettyellen May 2016 #55
He is Mnpaul May 2016 #52
Obama has always been excellent at the strawman premise. aikoaiko May 2016 #26
Oh, stop it! "Comprimise" is just as much a dirty word to Sanders fans as it is the Tea Baggers. baldguy May 2016 #28
It is a dirty word when you use it to try to justify an agenda that is for the big money backers Skwmom May 2016 #31
Not really. You're confounding uncompromising principles with not being able to negotiate aikoaiko May 2016 #36
I agree with what he said 100 percent -- And I support Sanders Armstead May 2016 #27
^^^ and as long as Obama is pushing bad trade deals Kittycat May 2016 #34
The primary decides if a position is ours or the pukes, not ideological opinions. BootinUp May 2016 #37
That's a large box to unpack... Armstead May 2016 #40
Thank you. Too many people get all balled up in the idea that "Sanders can't do Nay May 2016 #50
I am trying to debate about the big picture here BootinUp May 2016 #60
Maybe Pres Obama is struggling to come to grips with his own actions. Then again, maybe not. I've Skwmom May 2016 #29
I should care because he's president? whatchamacallit May 2016 #32
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #33
This is the guy that ended up a self-exiled, penniless drunkard, right? baldguy May 2016 #47
And? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #49
And what? Isn't that enough? baldguy May 2016 #51
There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #56
Go tell it to the marginalized and the poor. mmonk May 2016 #39
WOW, Says the supporters of HRH Queen Hillary beedle May 2016 #45
That speech was just a Job interview. TimPlo May 2016 #46
is this a variation of: "take baby steps..." even if you have been walking and running for years? islandmkl May 2016 #54
Yes, Hillary voters should check their privilege Dems to Win May 2016 #61
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