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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:34 AM Original message |
Mr President..Why haven't you prosecuted anybody on Wall Street.....Jake Tapper ABC News |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Poor word choice - "against the law" would have been more accurate. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:36 AM Original message |
what makes you think that was his choice of words? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. I didn't have a reason to believe they were not. Still, that would be a poor choice of words, |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. The OP totally misquoted the president. nt |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. I missed that question. What exactly DID he say? |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. See response #3. nt |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
38. Gee! |
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young but wise (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Only thing is that's not what he said. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. As has been noted. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. change we can believe in, huh? |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. That's not what he said. He said they didn't necessarily do anything |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Talk about dumbing down.... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. smoke and mirrors.... |
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emcguffie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. But some attorneys general certainly seem to think there is evidence of fraud -- |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Eric Holder is working on that |
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emcguffie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. But why? |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
42. Not "necessarily". And as long as we don't investigate it, we don't have to "know". |
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David Sky (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. Thanks! I so hate it when people misquote for their own agenda! n/t |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. Because it was NOT against the law. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
43. How do we know they did nothing illegal? We haven't launched ANY investigations.. |
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young but wise (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&U |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. You have to level specific charges against specific individuals for specific crimes first. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. first you have to investigate.... |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. first you need a statute that you think has been violated. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. Maybe because the don't want to? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. He said it wasn't necessarily ILLEGAL, but it was IMMORAL. WTF |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. That's right people. Technically what they did and sold was legal. Bush deregulation |
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HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
10. False! |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. K&U misquoting the President is kind of a dirty trick. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Maybe the OP thinks he/she is the only person watching the conf.. |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Anything to feed the poutrage machine I suppose.. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. The president is doing a fantastic job and of course many will feel |
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YellowCosmicSun (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. I guess you would be happier if Obama painted with a broad brush, huh? |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. UnRec for deliberate misquote n/t |
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democrat_patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
22. He said they didn't 'break the law', they acted badly but that isn't illegal. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
26. because a lot of the heinous shit they get away with is, unfortunately, legal? |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
28. And his answer was on point! Not everything that's "immoral" is "illegal". |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That needs to get picked up on by OWS, it's not Obama's fault |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. And they've already promised to repeal Dodd-Frank. Just wanting to see a "perp walk"... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. The answer matters little really... the fact that the question was asked |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Really? Tapper will be pleased to know that you believe his questions |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. The answer matters a great deal. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. Good point. |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. That's not what he said. At ALL! He said there were no laws against what they did. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
34. Even more cynical than the media that covers him. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
36. Separation of powers is one answer. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
41. thats not what he fucking said. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. Thieves are fine. It is tey gay that gets his God Mix roiling |
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