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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 10:58 PM Original message |
I've read here that Obama is a corporatist. Maybe, but |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. He's an enigma... |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. He's a corporatist just like the rest |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. "Just like the rest"? What does that mean? Like the rest of the Democrats? n/t |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. That's speculation too........ |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Most of the time when they say patience. |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. There are many shades on the spectrum. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. At least you're not reading fiction. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think your final assessment is probably right on the money. |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Labels aren't all that effective. Who has benefitted more from the actions he has |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. He's a pragmatist. What would you do smarty pants arm chair prez' out there? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
9. If one means that he's a corporatist like the rest of us who use our cell phone, |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
10. It's a useless label, applied as a cheap smear. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. +1. n/t |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. BINGO!!!! |
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ProgressOnTheMove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
13. He's doing what's best to maintain a Democratic majority, too far left he loses the middle.. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Okay. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. what dissappointed electorate do you speak of? the tiny handful of pissed of people on lefty message |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. If this is true, and I hope it is, |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. and polls cannot be pushed, can they? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 02:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I don't understand your point. nt |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. I don't see the country moving right. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Horsecrap |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
14. Forget what he and everyone says, look at what he's done. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
15. Isn't Obama pushing a new |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. I think Barack Obama wants to go down in history as one of our most... |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 06:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I think that is one of the best and fairest descriptions I have ever read. nt |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. This is it, IMO.......... |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
20. He has governed as a corporate-friendly, establishment politician. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. DUers misuse corporatist like baggers misuse socialist |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. BINGO 2!!! |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
22. So you claim he is a pragmatist? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yep. And I think it's true no matter what he says |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Again, you need to pick a stance and hold it |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Nope I did NOT claim that his religion was a fake |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. He's a corporatist but not DLC. However, the lines seem to be blurring more and more these days. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. is he not DLC or just not "true" DLC? |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. He's not DLC in the sense that he doesn't belong to the group. Is he DLC in his actions? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
29. Democrats and "real" Democrats. Corporatists and "true" corporatists |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. Hyperbole is the number one tool of the President's critics |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. And of his fanclub... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. He thinks change comes from the people. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
42. He's a 'centrist' corporatist, if anything. |
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