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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:18 PM Original message |
Gibbs: 'Premature' For Obama To Change Position On Offshore Drilling |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Waiting for all the facts and using them to make an informed decision |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. As if we need any other "Facts" to show that this sort of drilling is dangerous? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes we MOST DEFINITELY need more than a Huffington Post article |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I was referring to the video link. nt. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. sorry but it will take more than a video to make a proper decision on a matter |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Do you think the decision to expand drilling was correct? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The decision was not made in a vacuum so in order to properly evaluate |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. So your answer is...? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. LOL! You think that 'give' that Obama gave is getting us closer to |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. "that is why Democrats should not take repuke positions." |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Then there is the MORAL aspect of the thing. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. If Obama came out in support for killing kittens |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. LOL! |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
56. Indeed. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Well, read between the lines |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The President was already on record as saying he was holding up drilling |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Yes, but that's not the topic |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. How about the FACT that the Gulf is FULL of OIL? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
49. Our friend never even answered the direct question. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. It certainly beats being reactionary |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Less than convincing"? Graham is an idiot...if a car has a problem, you recall the model, take |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I was being deliberately mild, for effect. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. If there's one thing that burns me up, it's a President who thinks and waits for information before |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Your gut doesn't take nearly as long to decide on things |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I looked into my gut's eyes, and saw that it had a good soul. True story. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. That's deep. nt |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. The policy was wrong from the outset. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. +100 |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. What further information do we need? |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is a huge disaster just in the first few days. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It's sickening and frightening. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. Kicking for some further reasoned responses. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. The implications of this ecologic disaster are self-evident. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. He's acting in a deliberate, thoughtful way that will build more support. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Do you think his original decision to expand drilling was "thoughtful"? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. When gas is $5.00 a gallon and |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Obama's secret deal with Big Oil is at stake here! That's why Gibbs is spouting this nonsense |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. He trapped himself |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The administration's got a lot of political damage control to do- and they need the cover |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Thanks for that post. I wish he'd just LEAD and quit posturing. nt |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Thanks for a thoughtful analysis of how we got to this point. |
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mochajava666 (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. Obama needs to be a leader for once |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Y'all wish. All this backbiting only shows how quickly 24/7 Obama critics can grasp at straws. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. oh ferchrissake, just drill until every single last drop of oil is gone, & the oceans along with it |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Indeed. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. the short-sightedness is astounding. |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. That's it in a nutshell |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. Totalistic thinking. n/t |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Who, Gibbs? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. No. n/t |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. For someone named 'writer"... |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
39. there are 30,000 rigs in the gulf... |
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The Damned (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. "Premature?" |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Indeed!!! |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
50. I hate his position on this. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. He plays politics with the environment - it's inexcusable! nt |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
52. I missed the national infrastructure rollout? |
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