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- "City Halls call out for help from Obama ". Everybody and their damned dog!
- Reap what ye have sewn. Enjoy it. (n/t)
- Media falls for hoaxter
- Did anyone stop to ask- What are the odds of 2 high-level Republican leaders not knowing that Africa wasn't a country? (n/t)
- Half a hoax, the Palin ignorance part is true. The hoax is limited to WHO leaked it.
- Maybe you should ask
- I'm more disappointed that
- re: Media falls for hoaxter
- Continuing to jockey for position
- I hope I don't understand it, but it may be obvious.
- The GOP is switching constituencies...
- re: The GOP is switching constituencies...
- re: The GOP needs to return to its proper philosophical roots
- There really is only one Conservative value. Spread the wealth around.
- Just what ARE the "proper philosophical roots" of the GOP?
- again, the classic fundamentalist answer: We weren't pure enough.
- "Frontline" on Lee Atwater last night answered a big question.
- The GOP is switching constituencies...
- I hope I don't understand it, but it may be obvious.
- McCain/Palin: How the wheels came off
- Plain and simple, Palin is simple
- Damn it, I knew I made a mistake when I got totally blitzed that night...
- No question there was some tension there
- That's the meme the Democrats have to sell.
- McCain aide - "Wasilla hillbillies looting Nieman Marcus from coast to coast"
- Bailout, continued...
- Auto companies
- Heard on NPR
- re: Auto companies
- It's estimated that 3-4 million jobs would be lost in the collapse of the domestic auto industry
- There's a reason the auto industry is in trouble.
- Auto companies
- hey! Bush accomplishes a major record!
- re: our kids grandchildren will be paying for the Bush mistakes for years to come. (n/t)
- "Bush leaving office more unpopular than Nixon." 76% disapproval rating, proof of dark logic in 24%.
- Congress is still at 75 percent disapproval.
- I'm sorry- I don't understand. Is this a 'Well, he is better than Saddam' type argument or ....
- And Atilla the Hun's approval rating was even lower!
- The difference, for those who actually need it explained to them...
- Has racial equality been realized?
- I Hope So.
- This is my highest hope for the Obama presidency
- Why would anyone need someone to tell them to pull their pants up?
- And when he's done with that, I hope he has time to explain "analogy" to white supremacists. (n/t)
- I think there's still a double standard. Obama had to be near perfect.
- "Secret order lets U.S. raid al Qaeda around the world."
- re: Bush's failed policies
- Yes, under Obama, there will no longer be collateral damage in military attacks.
- Obama offers Clinton loyalist Rahm Emanuel the chief of staff job
- Obama & Emanuel - The Sleaze Team.
- Would you have felt better if he had picked Rove?
- "a bit too intense"
- And he's accepted the job.
- Obama & Emanuel - The Sleaze Team.
- Counterbalancing superpowers.
- "And it's been created by Bush's arrogance." No it has not.
- Would Russia and China (and India) ever team up?
- To an amateur looking from outside, China doesn't seem especially imperialistic.
- "Russia and China have been bitter enemies for decades now" - no, that's over
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