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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:32 AM Original message |
Belafonte: “There has never been such a void in moral truth as it now exists.” |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. So, true my brother. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Belafonte, of all people. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. It won't, but I'm happy someone said it. |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
197. Harry doesn't shout, so I doubt BO will hear him. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Think they'll dare call Belafonte a racist? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
42. How prescient you are. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #42 |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #57 |
83. Divernan, you certainly have a way with words. |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. Tell it, Harry. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. well said. nt |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. People always like it when celebrities agree with their point of view, but |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's a Republican phenomenon |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Well that is clearly not true in Belafonte's case |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. And that is my point. One well known person speaks words in agreement, and that's ok. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I do believe that is what is termed a "straw man argument." No-one here is making that gripe. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. No one here is making that gripe. I did not suggest they are. I asked the question, why |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Belafonte's got lifelong credibility in civil rights, that's why! |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. You Apparently Don't Know Harry At All! He Was Here LONG Before MR. Obama |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
82. The equivocating about celebrities does not change the truth |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
86. Do you KNOW what you write? "NOT agreeable to the general member here..." "HERE." AS IN: HERE. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #86 |
121. Yes, I KNOW what I type. Here, I'll do it again -> |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #121 |
156. To call Mr Belefonte a 'name' by way of dismissing his lifetime |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #156 |
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Prana69 (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #156 |
194. +100 to that! |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #156 |
199. LOVE that. Thank you. n/t |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
186. If he had been anonymous and said what he said, he would still be right. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. It's called bully pulplit. Obama's mother was scared by one when she was pregnant. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. HB has been consistent in his moral and political views from Day One. HE does not do the "agreeing." |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
88. HB has been consistent in his moral and political views from "Day-O". |
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whatchamacallit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #88 |
103. Lol! +1 n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #88 |
142. +1 |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #88 |
160. I hate myself for not saying it! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #88 |
189. Indeed |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Harry Belafonte has done more good for this country as a "celebrity" |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
54. Harry Belafonte cleared the table so Obama could have a place |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #54 |
66. I am in such agreement here. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Obama grew up in sheltered Hawaii, attending the most prestigious school in the islands. |
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anamandujano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
113. Yes but he knows how to read. nt |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #113 |
127. Unfortunately, what he has read up about had been the life of |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #127 |
145. +1 -- |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #70 |
118. what a load. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #118 |
192. He's on Wall Street's side now, which means he's forgotten |
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Daemonaquila (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Hear, hear. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #66 |
95. Sadly, "Democrat" doesn't mean what it used to. |
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rury (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
104. Riiiiight..... |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #104 |
131. There wouldn't BE a President Obama without Harry Belafonte |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #131 |
202. Loving your Bellafonte statement and |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #104 |
138. A very long list of accomplishments. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
119. This man is more than just a celebrity. He stood at the side of |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. Hyperbole. It sounds good, but I can think of much worse times in history. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. To the US in the last 60 years? I don't think so. Of course, if one goes back 1500 years....... |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. really? when? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. Recommend |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
15. Recommended. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
37. Thank you waterman. Very eloquently put. n/t |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
76. Very true. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
143. Harry Belafonte has always been a man of principles. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #143 |
150. The kind of man we should have as a president -- Harry Belafonte -- !! |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #150 |
173. Ditto that! n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #173 |
203. . |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
17. K&R |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
21. A great American. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
22. Harry Belafonte Endorses John Edwards |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. A good number of DUers supported Edwards as well in'07/'08. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
49. So? He supported Edwards for his message, so did I, so did lots of people. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Guilt by association. Prosense didn't address a single point in the OP. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I like to do a little displayin' right back. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #53 |
62. LOL...haven't seen that in ages. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #53 |
68. "We're ready to mix" |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
107. Shill-O! |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
159. Belefonte was Blacklisted so he's used to guilt by association |
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CelticThunder (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
58. Did you vote for Kerry/Edwards? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #58 |
73. Bet you never get an answer on this. |
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John Agar (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #58 |
81. Good one! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
96. For the win |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
191. Exactly! |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #22 |
59. So why didn't he back Obama? |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #59 |
97. Maybe the same reason he didnt he back Alan Keyes? |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #22 |
77. And he was probably right that Edwards would have been a better leader |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #77 |
98. At least Edwards stood up from traditional Democratic values |
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John Agar (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #22 |
80. Really? How DARE he? |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
87. So? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
94. Attack the messenger, avoid the meaning of the message. You LOSE. nt |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #94 |
101. Hey! |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
105. Ouch, what a stinging rebuttal |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
126. I am sure that Harry endorsed Edwards for the same reason I did |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #126 |
130. Me too. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
148. And here comes one of the usuall suspects and her ad-hom attacks! |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
190. You're really kind of a useless asshole, aren't you? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
201. That's funny, ProSense, cause Edwards was the key Dem supporter of the Individual Mandates you cheer |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
24. love ya harry, but those 8 years prior to Obama were worse imho |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Granted, they were bad, but Dems protected SS from W. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. So |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Passage of the Reid bill. Yes. We need an itemized list of cuts, and the new cat food |
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CelticThunder (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
61. And now we have a Dem pres ready, willing and able to throw SS under the bus |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
44. The economy was better. Now, we have the same or worse right wing policy |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
106. Those were a bad BAD 8 years! |
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anamandujano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #106 |
125. I wonder what Teddy would say |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #106 |
154. +1 -- Hard to believe we're still celebrting the "lesser evil" -- !! |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. "Celebrating" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #155 |
163. True -- but there are still some who are seeking the "lesser evil" vote -- without doubt--!!! |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
122. Which is why Obama should not have continued them |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. i`d say harry is spot on.... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
31. Wow. Still the activist and he HAS touched greatness. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
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Danchi (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
36. Seriously? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You are way out of touch. Seriously. If your only attribute to Belafonte is that he sang "Day O" |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #39 |
69. Hell, I think he may have worked more for the people |
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Danchi (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #69 |
102. Young'un |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #102 |
109. Have yourself an opinion |
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Danchi (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
93. Reply |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #93 |
110. Impressive |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Let's put Obama in the Banana Boat & Belafonte in the White House |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #41 |
60. ... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
164. +100% --- why not draft a real democrat -- a humanist ... Harry Belafonte -- !!! |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #36 |
71. Tell it to Dr King who he found to be a deeply moral man... |
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rury (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
100. A wonderful list to be sure |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
128. I am old enough to know that second terms are often the only time |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. This president has given NO indication that he will find his "liberal roots" in a second term. |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #132 |
183. You don't even know his accomplishments so far.Done more than most lib dem presidents so far. |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #183 |
184. We just have almost unreasonable expectations that no one could get done right now. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #128 |
166. We've seen what Obama wants done to SS and Medicare -- the mask is off -- it's over ... !! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
165. Obviously, we need more "Belafonte's" in the White House and fewer politicians -- !!! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #165 |
195. + |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. Yes! |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
40. Belafonte explodes Obama's "Make Me Do It" spin |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
43. K&R |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
45. Documentary of Belafonte's tireless social activism to show on HBO |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Belafonte: Ardent foe of injustice wherever he finds it. |
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Harriety (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
46. Here's to Harry! He speaks the truth and Oabma should listen to him. But will he? |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
48. Sadly for us |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Sadly for us on the left, that game has been fixed. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
112. Sadly, for us on the left. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. We Need to Stop Enabling Goldman-Sachs Dems |
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cantbeserious (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Which Includes Obama And His Advisor's |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
114. Thats right |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #56 |
65. Yes! nt |
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CelticThunder (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
55. Bingo. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
63. SO TRUE |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
67. Is it moral to |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
74. Yes He Has, Yes He Has |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
75. I too thought the president's morality would lead him to fight the right |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
78. Thank you for speaking out Mr Belafonte. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
79. Harry Belafonte is a great American hero. He has always |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
84. K & R |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
85. "Its almost criminal" |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
89. HUGE K & R !!! |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
90. k&r |
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rury (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
91. Harry Belafonte NEVER had to shepherd legislation through |
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John Agar (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. If we HAD a shepherd, I'd be a lot less fed up. |
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rury (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #92 |
141. Absolutely false |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #141 |
152. It isnt what he proposed that matters. |
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John Agar (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #152 |
172. I am convinced he is NOT capitulating. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #141 |
158. In the long run ,It aint what he proposed that counts. |
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John Agar (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #141 |
171. Upping Medicare eligibility to 67 is a CUT in benefits. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. "if Belafonte were President"~~~fine let's try it. |
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John Agar (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #99 |
133. I'd vote for him! nt. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #91 |
120. Harry Belafonte NEVER had to do the bidding of corporate backers |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #120 |
149. Deleted message |
Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #149 |
153. He cashd their checks |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #149 |
168. Uh. No |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #91 |
134. Where was he when we were trying to get a public option in the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #134 |
144. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. Deleted message |
jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. So should that keep him from talking about it? By the way child is |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #91 |
137. A good shepherd does not take money from the Wolf lobby |
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anamandujano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
108. Not the "the voices that shout the loudest" but |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
111. sounds like someone's bananas didn't get tallied. nt |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #111 |
123. Good job |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #123 |
167. My extreme pleasure. |
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a simple pattern (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #111 |
185. 67 years old |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
115. Agree with everything he said. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #115 |
124. yea |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
116. Wars for oil, genocide, greed run amok |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #116 |
170. I agree, it's really the wars that have caused the debt crisis to be so bad in the first place.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
117. True -- but this is quite kind considering the well-earned disappointment with Obama .... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
129. "Barack Obama would bring to the table a great sense of moral fortitude" |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
135. President Obama is a really nice guy who like Carter should never have been president. They |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #135 |
157. That would be believable had we not seen a completely DIFFERENT Obama during the campaign .... |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
136. I theorized history had handed BHO the rare opportunity to be ranked as one of the five |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #136 |
139. Me too |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #136 |
161. Obama is no "fool" --- he is anti-FDR and New Deal .... !! |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
140. knr - |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
151. K & R n/t |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
162. This gentleman is one of the great pillars, a moral compass if you will. |
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Pakid (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
169. Thanks Harry |
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bobdawg (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
175. We have been abandoned in our time of greatest need. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
176. Trust is extinct in Washington and New York City. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
177. that the notion of Truth in Washington seems quaint, should give us great pause |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
178. Not the first time Belafonte spoke up re Obama |
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Ricochet21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
179. Obama can't do it all |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
180. Thank you, Harry Belafonte! REC. nt |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
182. K&R n/t |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
187. Harry Belafonte, a magnificent specimen of a man. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
188. Well, Bluebear didn't say it so I guess I'll have to |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #188 |
196. --- |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
193. think someone should tally Bellafonte and his bananas. |
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mokeyz (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
198. Re: Belafonte: “There has never been such a void in moral truth as it now exists.” |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
200. Obama could have saved our democracy, instead he moved us closer to a revolution |
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