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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:27 PM
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A story: Once upon a time Barack Obama said something nice abour Reagan so this dude was like
"I'm not going to vote for Barack Obama". Then he heard that Hillary Clinton said something nice about Reagan so he was like "I'm not going to vote for Hillary Clinton" and then he heard that John Edwards said something nice about Reagan so he was like "I'm not gonna vote for John Edwards" and then the same thing with Kucinich so he went back to voting for Obama lol.
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:32 PM
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1. Chah! Me too, dude!
:rofl:
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:33 PM
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2. I'm so happy i'm a Mercernary.
I don't have to be embarrassed like this.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:45 PM
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3. Did John Edwards say something nice about Reagan?? I don't think so. nt
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:50 PM
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4. Yes, indeed he did! n/t
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:52 PM
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6. What was it? nt
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:53 PM
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7. Here you go. Sept/Oct 2007.
Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 07:54 PM by MH1
John Edwards:

For 50 years, presidents from Truman and Dwight Eisenhower to Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton built strong alliances and deepened the world's respect for us.


More at link: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070901faessay86502/john-edwards/reengaging-with-the-world.html
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:59 PM
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10. That's scary but did he do like Obama and compare himself to Reagan?
Didn't Obama (and Clinton) swoon over Reagan? I'm trying to understand exactly what happened... in 2008... with the comments lauding Reagan.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:00 PM
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11. He said something nice about Reagan.
Ha ha ha ha ha!
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:01 PM
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12. Well, I think I need to research this. I found Reagan to be an outright PIG....
.... so anyone that would love Reagan, where does that leave them?
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:03 PM
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15. Obama did not compare himself to Reagan either....
....Recognizing that a guy was influential and saying you'd also like the chance to be influential is not comparing yourself to someone.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:05 PM
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16. Well, that's why I have to research it myself. Since I see Reagan as a total PIG....
... anyone that has given him a compliment seriously needs to be dismissed from my book as a viable candidate.
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nevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:13 PM
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18. Damn!
And this was just a few months ago. Oh well, it is not a big deal because if he is confronted on it he will just apologize and all will be forgiven.
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Tennessee Gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:51 PM
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5. And this little piggy ..............................
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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:53 PM
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8. Obama is the only candidate to say favorable things about Reagan's POLICIES
From Obama's book:

Pages 156-157

"The conservative revolution Reagan helped usher in gained traction because Reagan's central insight--that the liberal welfare state had grown complacent and overly bureaucratic, with Democratic policy makers more obsessed with slicing the economic pie than with growing he pie--contained a good deal of truth."

He makes the argument the DLC made about the size, role of government. When people talk of expanding the pie rather than slicing it they are using smokescreens for talking about cutting back on social programs.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:58 PM
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9. lol, no. n/t
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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:01 PM
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13. Pages 156-157. Look it up. "Audacity of Hope"
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:02 PM
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14. Nader nt
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:08 PM
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17. Yeah, the guy in my story does not even consider voting for Nader because he's not a
douche nozzle.
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