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truebluegreen

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94. That's the "Democratic" Party, if you don't mind.

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Mon Jul 8, 2013, 10:26 AM

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Can you Obama bashers out there give me the number.. [View all] busterbrown Jul 2013 OP

I have no political expectations. It's pure defense now. rug Jul 2013 #1

Personally - I Am Tired Of Voting For The Lesser Of Two Evils cantbeserious Jul 2013 #2

Well thats a vote for Randy Paul.. busterbrown Jul 2013 #5

I Voted For Obama Twice And Am Very Disappointed With His Performance cantbeserious Jul 2013 #9

I'm disappointed with Obama also, but I think, overall, I'm happy with what he has to work with all american girl Jul 2013 #30

+1 nt jaysunb Jul 2013 #34

I'm disappointed with Obama also, but I think, overall, I'm happy with what he has to work with yeoman6987 Jul 2013 #101

Are you making fun of me? all american girl Jul 2013 #105

Are you making fun of me? yeoman6987 Jul 2013 #129

Thank you. Sorry about that. I've notice, as of late, there have been some mean people. all american girl Jul 2013 #143

I had low expectations (because I knew that only candidates who kowtow to the corporate Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2013 #172

We are ALWAYS going to be disappointed WeekendWarrior Jul 2013 #119

A vote for Rand Paul would be a vote for the most evil unless Ted Cruz was running. Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #13

Oh, is that who DU has decided will be running on the Republican ticket this week? MNBrewer Jul 2013 #33

President Obama is steadily amassing a substantive record of accomplishment in spite mikekohr Jul 2013 #107

Yes, And A Steady Record Of Accomplishments That Benefit The 1% cantbeserious Jul 2013 #114

The ACA, repeal of DADT, saving auto jobs, all that helped the 99%. SunSeeker Jul 2013 #122

Yes - However, That Is Drop In The Bucket Compared To The Avoided Losses On Wall Street From Prosecution cantbeserious Jul 2013 #124

Oh bullshit. Zoeisright Jul 2013 #147

Thank You For Being So Tactful - We Will Have To Agree To Disagree cantbeserious Jul 2013 #150

There are other candidates on the ballot. bigwillq Jul 2013 #159

& the obtusanoids here blame the President for what Wall Street does Kolesar Jul 2013 #3

How Are Those Wall Street Prosecutions Going - The Obtusanoids Would Like To Know cantbeserious Jul 2013 #4

Your *second* deflection on this thread Kolesar Jul 2013 #6

No Deflection - An Honest Question To Your Original Misdirection cantbeserious Jul 2013 #7

Little hope of change is what we have now pscot Jul 2013 #8

What could we have done to you if Romney had of won? VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #54

Some observations R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2013 #10

Well... busterbrown Jul 2013 #12

"You have convinced me of little.... " R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2013 #16

I�m pretty reasonable, maybe not as well written as you.... busterbrown Jul 2013 #49

Massive Civil Disobedience Is The Only Solution And Won't Happen Until The American People Have Had Enough cantbeserious Jul 2013 #17

Agree, but this isn�t the 60s.. busterbrown Jul 2013 #50

Agree - The Discipline Required To Undermine The Agents Of Agitation Will Be Significant cantbeserious Jul 2013 #71

who the heck in your mind is worse than palin as presidential material? Sunlei Jul 2013 #32

Cruz, Perry, Nugent (ha) and Paul... busterbrown Jul 2013 #51

Well, Obama is ending two wars, is closing Gitmo, gave us fantastic new health care, DOMA overturned graham4anything Jul 2013 #77

+1 Jamaal510 Jul 2013 #120

That's great, but it has little to do with my post or the one preceeding it. R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2013 #125

He could simply start by ending Bush Admin policies he campaigned against. obxhead Jul 2013 #11

He campaigned against warrantless wiretapping, now a warrant is being issued so your need of the Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #14

Secret broad warrants, by a secret court, according to secret law. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #18

The Whistleblower Act excludes those in the NSA. The warrants have been issued and it does not Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #20

If you're doing something illegal, pretty clever to exempt it from the law. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #22

Illegal, like stealing files from the NSA? There was a process for Snowden to follow, it did not Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #44

Illegal like breaking 4th Amendment. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #55

Snowden did not have a warrant to gather information so he was illegal. Did he attempt to use the Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #80

Here's a little discussion on the "process." truebluegreen Jul 2013 #93

You send me a link to probably the puppet masters of Snowden and this is going to prove exactly as I Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #97

Bwaaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...gasp...pant pant truebluegreen Jul 2013 #98

Why all the whining? Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #99

FOIA requests took 6 years under bush, one month under Obama. Sunlei Jul 2013 #35

Every single FOIA request about NSA and FISA court has been denied. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #37

And if after some Executive Orders to reduce �illegal surveillance� there is a terrorist busterbrown Jul 2013 #52

They will continue to lie about this treestar Jul 2013 #90

There has to be a middle ground between blind sycophancy and absolute withering excoriation... hlthe2b Jul 2013 #15

It has been a steady drip drip drip... HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #19

I am nit ever planning to join the GOP, and I wonder why some of the libertarians posting Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #21

What libertarians are those? HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #24

Maybe like those who thinks Rand Paul would be a good candidate, not on the Democrat Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #26

I haven't seen any DUer advocate for Rand Paul. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #29

Do a search, saw one today Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #31

You have to support your assertions, you would if you could. You can't. Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #84

Try this one for starters Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #88

That's the "Democratic" Party, if you don't mind. truebluegreen Jul 2013 #94

Right on brother! Dustlawyer Jul 2013 #43

There was a post by buster brown today. Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #45

So if nothing changes where will drive the Hooptie? VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #57

To the polls to vote Progressive. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #60

ya think with the total screwing the libertarians got from GOP, last elect. they would have learned. Sunlei Jul 2013 #25

Don't do that. Don't label people's desire for transparent government and liberty libertarian. ancianita Jul 2013 #166

The Military Industrial Complex supports our" Surveillance state...� Start with that one first.. busterbrown Jul 2013 #56

That is awful. You are dishonest, the other poster did NOT ask you to support a Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #85

+100 truebluegreen Jul 2013 #95

What is shitty, is telling me not to support Surveillance states... My whole point was that I busterbrown Jul 2013 #109

You said it. We don't even get to wonder if maybe, just maybe, Eddie was wrong to do what he did treestar Jul 2013 #91

why don't you name your "I can name perhaps as many as 10" so we can tell what your expectations r. Sunlei Jul 2013 #23

Sanders, Grayson, Wyden, Warren, Murphy for starters. busterbrown Jul 2013 #58

good people as admin, but not presidential material or better than O. today Sunlei Jul 2013 #74

Agree....Who are the Obama bashers pushing for....Not one reply yet.. busterbrown Jul 2013 #106

no one should give the Rs any early next pres. election attack target. Sunlei Jul 2013 #115

Amazing. I have not seen one person recommended yet who could fulfill expectations Generic Brad Jul 2013 #27

What kind of miricals are expected of the President with this xtraxritical Jul 2013 #38

Someone asked me my five.. Thanks for noticing. busterbrown Jul 2013 #59

Maybe I had you on ignore Generic Brad Jul 2013 #131

You�re not the only one.. busterbrown Jul 2013 #134

It's like art - I can't define what I'd like but I'll know it when I see it tularetom Jul 2013 #28

Incorrect. No matter how brilliant a politician, no one with his experience "knew" what he's getting ancianita Jul 2013 #167

So if Obama "is practically powerless", is he then just a figurehead? NorthCarolina Jul 2013 #36

Easy answer to this: NuclearDem Jul 2013 #39

Very weak. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #40

Yea! +100 truebluegreen Jul 2013 #96

Right, just shut-up about such things stupidicus Jul 2013 #41

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #152

yes stupidicus Jul 2013 #171

Excellent OP, busterbrown rury Jul 2013 #42

Well said. Agreed. ancianita Jul 2013 #168

I wonder how many consider where the MONEY comes from for these programs. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #46

Define Obama basher. Iggo Jul 2013 #47

anyone who has ever been critical of the current president Skittles Jul 2013 #48

Some of those people were criticizing President Obama before he was the President. Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #53

yes, Hillary is NEVER criticized Skittles Jul 2013 #69

Maybe some people are "flinging" criticism at the half that is white. Demit Jul 2013 #70

I think many of those that criticized Obama prior to the election NorthCarolina Jul 2013 #103

Yeah, that's what I thought. Iggo Jul 2013 #67

The idiots who believe every single bad thing about him posted at DU geek tragedy Jul 2013 #73

Well that'd be about zero, then, which is troubling news. Iggo Jul 2013 #78

Did you miss the latest poutrage over Obama implementing the Emergency Broadcast geek tragedy Jul 2013 #86

While I agree with you for the most part davidpdx Jul 2013 #61

Getting a party to endorse you basically disqualifies you from fulfilling political expectations NoOneMan Jul 2013 #62

Not getting a party to endorse you ensures you are a distraction. You will not win. You may not MADem Jul 2013 #63

Not seeking an endorsemnt means more time for real tangible solutions NoOneMan Jul 2013 #64

But that's not "politics." That's helping your neighbors. I do that all the time. MADem Jul 2013 #65

Thats real solutions, and you don't find that in politics NoOneMan Jul 2013 #66

Politicians go where their support is in order to proceed with their broader issue agenda. patrice Jul 2013 #68

What I notice is that some of us have countered bad policy and made change Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #92

Issues that have constituencies which cross all party lines are one thing. Other issues that have patrice Jul 2013 #121

+1 tallahasseedem Jul 2013 #72

I miss the unrec button. Scuba Jul 2013 #75

For truth. Iggo Jul 2013 #79

Telling the truth is not "bashing." nt Deep13 Jul 2013 #76

... progressoid Jul 2013 #81

"he in fact is practically powerless" yet we must be silent or "we will have little hope of change"? AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #82

This post is really absurd Doctor_J Jul 2013 #83

+1000 n/t NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #100

So DU Democrats are 'bashers' our Democratic President is 'powerless' and yet you Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #87

Again with the generalities.. busterbrown Jul 2013 #111

When you put it that way, I get it.Thanks. I keep having to raise my awareness about who lurks here. ancianita Jul 2013 #169

Just call Elizabeth Warren, when she is President treestar Jul 2013 #89

100 replies, but not one that names those who would be likely to JoePhilly Jul 2013 #102

BINGO! Remember 2000 and those that thought Al Gore was not pure enough. mikekohr Jul 2013 #108

YUP ... and we didn't learn from that ... nor did we learn anything from 2010. JoePhilly Jul 2013 #110

Hey Joe.... busterbrown Jul 2013 #113

I used to ask a similar question ... JoePhilly Jul 2013 #116

I�ve been the target of abuse thats for sure.. busterbrown Jul 2013 #133

Don't hold your breath. SunSeeker Jul 2013 #123

Yea, that staying at home comment will really tear at the guts of the Military Industrial Complex.. busterbrown Jul 2013 #135

Sigh. If they saw our Home Page, they'd chuckle in their martinis. SunSeeker Jul 2013 #139

It's not just him, the whole party are sellouts. MrSlayer Jul 2013 #104

Our system makes whores out of politicians... polichick Jul 2013 #112

I've actually limited my criticism of Obama. Xyzse Jul 2013 #117

They shat on LBJ/Humphrey and we got Nixon. Yavin4 Jul 2013 #118

+1. graham4anything Jul 2013 #126

+1! DCBob Jul 2013 #128

It would be helpful if all the I hate Obama posters.. busterbrown Jul 2013 #136

Well said Yavin4. great white snark Jul 2013 #144

President Warren would make the same concessions as President Obama Yavin4 Jul 2013 #146

I hear Alan Grayson can change the system Whisp Jul 2013 #162

Futhermore, the Obama bashers are just wasting their time.. DCBob Jul 2013 #127

I�ve been asking myself this question for 3 weeks.. busterbrown Jul 2013 #137

Yes, of course. We need to change the conversation to something productive.. DCBob Jul 2013 #140

Has anyone noticed � 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #130

I just got in and I just replied to a previous poster exactly on your point. busterbrown Jul 2013 #138

I would have thought ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #142

Eloquently stated!!! busterbrown Jul 2013 #145

Sums it up quite clearly, thanks! Amonester Jul 2013 #164

What's wrong with not being willing to accept the status quo and want a more perfect union? NoOneMan Jul 2013 #151

Nothing ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #154

Your question was an insult and a strawman. NoOneMan Jul 2013 #155

Chuck a rock ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #156

Your post insults people who criticize the president by saying they are not living in reality NoOneMan Jul 2013 #157

Are you kidding me? .... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #158

I suspect you are just looking for an e-fight NoOneMan Jul 2013 #160

Not looking for a fight ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #161

Another "have you stopped beating your wife yet" post n/t markpkessinger Jul 2013 #132

Another mindless responce that avoids answering the simple question in the lead post -nt- mikekohr Jul 2013 #141

In other words, you have no answer. Zoeisright Jul 2013 #148

A post addressed to "Obama bashers" does not deserve to be dignified with a substantive response n/t markpkessinger Jul 2013 #149

And substantive your responce was not. mikekohr Jul 2013 #163

zero creon Jul 2013 #153

His UNHELPFUL PARTY has contributed to this legislative cornering that he now sits in. ancianita Jul 2013 #165

I'm peeved at myself for missing this thread. I'm fine with your OP, since it's taught me ancianita Jul 2013 #170

I wouldn't call myself "an Obama basher" Wabbajack_ Jul 2013 #173