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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:44 PM Original message |
Has Obama made any initiatives that are not Republican? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've heard there's a List of his progressive accomplishments n/t |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Now there are two of us, and pretty soon -- a movement! |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I have a List of Progressive Accomplishments for Nixon. Will that do? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Remember the "negative income tax?" Not accfomplished, but a |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yep. We must be old. We should get off our own lawns!!11 |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I miss him, mostly to kick around, -- but he was not stupid. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. mmm, popcorn! |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. What are you missing? Metric shitloads, frankly. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I think I accounted for most of the "accomplishments" on the list. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, when his Democratic stuff gets constantly kneecapped |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Bust some sick people, I guess! nt |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Do you mean DINOs will help him? That's true. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. You shouldn't be bashing DEMS that do Republican shit on a Democratic Message Board! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
59. You threaten Dems who don't vote for your agenda with |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. pfffftttt...nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Unrecced for ignoring much. However, I imagine this will |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Ignoring? It's a question! |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It's a question which, to ask, you have to willfully blind yourself. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. It's like standing on a beach, and noticing it's made of sand. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Some beaches are not sandy ... just as some questions are not worthy of serious discussion. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. I didn't allow that analogies prove anything, much less a simile. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. It's a rhetorical question. You provided your answer in |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. So everybody just disdainfully concedes that I'm right? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I'm not playing any games. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Got it. I did kind of set people up. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
62. I imagine there's a qualifying difference... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Imagine no dichotomies. It's easy if you try... |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. Obviously, you can recite the litany of FUD. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. ? |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Depends who you ask.... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. So you were disillusioned about DUers, but have no questions about the guy... |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Did I say that? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Nor did you say anything comprehensible to me. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #51 |
76. Comprehend this... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Is there one? Has Obama ever pushed a liberal initiative? |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Well... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. I'm not beyond snark (if I know what that is) however... |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Oh, I see your goal post |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Nonsense. I set no such goal. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. What you're suggesting here.... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. I don't think there is an acceptable answer. And you can't find one. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. See post #79 |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Oh no. You are trying to put me in a loop. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. A loop you have created.... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. I guess I'm ignoring all those great answers. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. One more for the slag heap... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. What took so long? |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. The OP has a good question. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
53. exactly. pretty darn depressing. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. dupe |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. Ended DADT |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. Stopped defending DOMA in court |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Do you think that offsets shutting down pot dispensaries. |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. unless i'm wrong |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I think you are wrong. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #38 |
55. Absolutely |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Talk to some patients. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
63. Good job moving the goal posts. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. No I hedged pretty well in my OP. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
60. You've pretty much exhausted the list, Freddie Stubbs, pitifully short as that list. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. Buzz ... What are "Brain cells", Alex. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. The initiatives cannot be Republican, he is a Democrat, but..... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. Not that I'm aware of. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. Some token accomplishments for the list, but the core, significant policies |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Thanks. Looks like I'm unrecced to oblivion. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
40. Lots of unrecs -- but no answers (besides minor social reforms.) |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. That is a LIST I would like to see. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
42. Here ya go here's a list of lists. Peruse the links for relevant ones that answer your question. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Thanks. I appreciate your extensive efforts here. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Also, here's something to see |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I'm a Rachel fan, and I have seen that. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #48 |
61. That list Rachel read is embarrassingly short of truly liberal policies. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. FAIL. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. You or me? |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
52. k&r |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
56. Still under water. Must be about 50 unrecs. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #56 |
65. I imagine there's a difference between being scared and simply dismissing a thing |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Well put. And speaking of disingenuous... |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
64. Yes, he has. What an absurd question. n/t |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
69. Cash for Clunkers |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Yeah, the auto manufacturers really hated that one. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I drive for a company that makes bumpers for the auto manufacturers |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. My point is that Obama never does anything to disturb the wealth disparity. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. and my point is it saved US manufacturing jobs. Of course the |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
70. Wow. Welcome to another edition of trolling for dollars. -1 n/t |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Congratulations on your new trade agreements. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
75. He turned me into a newt. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
80. Well, yes . . . . |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
81. I'll grant DADT (despite the obvious use of the military overall) and the small bore green projects |
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