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Sam Hain (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:27 AM Original message |
Obama Has Written Personal Checks To Struggling Americans |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Where do we send our requests? |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Says so much about the man and his actions. Thank you Mr. President, |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. I find that odd. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not much different or odd than donating to charity. He probably hears many |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Well, it's different in that he's giving to specific people. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. So you've never made a judgement on a beggar on the street corner? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I've written checks for some people/causes and not others. Can't give all my money away. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Seems like you may have an agenda. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. since i cannot take care of everyone i have made choices (judgment). guess i could give to NO one |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Alas this is not unprecedented in American history |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
46. I would admire it more if he would kill the problem at the source |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. Why? Because it debunks the ODSer claim that he's a shill for Wall Street?!? |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:45 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. wallstreet gives a lot to charity |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
53. It's not. You should read the article... |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. The chicks aren't valid if he doesn't show his Birf Certificate! |
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Sam Hain (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. Oh, man, I just ate! |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. k/r |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. Like Wile Coyote with his little umbrella waiting for the boulder to fall.. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. Oh, and he wrote checks to the struggling Koreans, Colombians and Panamanians, too. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
12. If he'd do his job as President he wouldn't have to pay out of his own pocket |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. He's doing his job as President.......but not one as dictator. |
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Ship of Fools (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Yep. Thank you. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. Oh, well, that settles it then. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. False equivilancy. FDR had a cooperative Congress - Obama has not in the past and does not now. |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
51. fdr was a dictator |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You articulate what I was feeling. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. No, it is a half-truth. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. +1 |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. i think he is out there pushing for exactly that. and i think the repugs are pushing back |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Until you incorporate Republicans into your worldview, your posts are meaningless. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. +1 |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Voters tossed Republicans out of the worldview in 2006 & 2008. Obama brought them back n/t |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. such open amateurish hate, so much of it....it comes off the webpage |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. I'm curious about your remarks. Is it for the poster before you? |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. I don't think it's proper for him to talk about writing checks to individuals. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. And he also helped a few individuals early on |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. i thought we were suppose to have absolute transparency, no exceptions? nt |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
25. So he doesn't advertise it but tells a guy writing a book about him |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. I Feel Your Pain.© |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Maybe he was asked a question, and answered honestly. If someone asked him if he donated |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Yeah-- it is. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I don't think it is. I think it's an honest answer, and something that could be |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
29. Deleted message |
TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. What? What "certain group"? |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. He's a good man. nt |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I agree! |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
37. Reminds me of the Story of Ronald Reagan, another President known for his genorosity |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'm going to have to write to Obama |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. But wait... |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm not surprised. The President seems to be a good man with a kind heart. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
44. That is very kind of him! I hope he gives anonymously. That's the greatest gift one can give. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
48. The way things are going, he better have a rubber stamp signature. |
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AmirDal (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
49. The Obama disadvantage is that he is probably are good person. His enemies are not. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
52. That is actually a very nice thing for him to do, politics and policies aside. |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
54. Cheap PR. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Cheap assholish comment on a message board. |
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