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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 3 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-23 12:55:07View | Delete

    Actually I think Obama really does want to cut back military spending in order to leave a legacy of rebuilding American infrastructure… Actually nothing serious can be done in America until we shrink the red parts of the pie charts that cause you so much mirth. Those are the two big battles that have to [...]

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 3 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-23 12:22:56View | Delete

    Looks like, if this forum is any measure, that we and the world are set to enjoy four to eight years of Mitt Romney.

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 3 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-23 00:41:11View | Delete

    In reality there will be a midterm congressional election, which the Democrats will want to win. Within the sinkhole of American politics, the two parties have different clientele that they have to please and the Democrats have to take care of organized labor and minorities… The Republicans try to attract these groups with appeals to [...]

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 3 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-22 23:18:01View | Delete

    I speak from the authority of someone who told you all (in TPM) exactly what Obama was going to do and be… I am not disappointed because his “betrayal” was what I expected and predicted… However I am pleasantly surprised at his general competence and since finally its either going to be him or Romney [...]

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 3 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-22 23:06:57View | Delete

    If you have a billion dollars start a third party. If you belong to the 99% organize like MLK did. Don’t expect the White House to ever do your heavy lifting. However the Democrats are more interested in say, the Teacher’s Union or the gay vote than the Republicans are. To vote for Obama is a [...]

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 3 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-22 13:14:24View | Delete

    Actually in my first draft I included Saudi Arabia, but I was afraid that that would water it all down, so I took it out.

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 3 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-22 13:12:44View | Delete

    I vote in Illinois when I vote. I do so when the outcome is in doubt.

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 3 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-22 13:10:45View | Delete

    Please avoid attacking the author of a post on MyFDL. -MyFDL editor

    Don’t worry editor.

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    David Seaton wrote a new diary post: Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 3

    2012-05-22 09:26:12View | Delete

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      Mr. Obama concluded in his first year that the Bush-era dream of remaking Afghanistan was a fantasy, and that the far greater threat to the United States was an unstable, nuclear-armed Pakistan. So he narrowed the goals in Afghanistan, and narrowed them again, until he could make the case that America had achieved limited objectives [...]

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 2 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-20 08:37:21View | Delete

    You seem to be pretty well up to date… except for the Spanish left blaming the Israelis for the country’s troubles, you have a pretty fair picture for someone… with no skin in the game.

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 2 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-19 07:06:35View | Delete

    As to “enjoying” abuse. The raised eyebrow or even the silence of someone I truly respect, can wound me to the quick. From others it rolls off me like off a duck’s back… in fact, it shows where to continue probing… I post to learn, not to teach.

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 2 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-19 07:03:21View | Delete

    To explain Spain to people who don’t know it would require too much context… I don’t think FDL readers would be interested.

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 2 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-18 14:24:21View | Delete

    You are wrong about not “having skin in the game”, everybody, all over the world has “skin” in America’s “game”, but only Americans get to vote. Not really fair, is it?

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post TED Talk: Nick Hanauer on income inequality. The rich are NOT job creators. by cmaukonen.

    2012-05-18 09:24:12View | Delete

    Category – You think you got troubles!

    My headline for the day, from Fox News Latino:
    Flesh-Eating Bacteria Consumes Man’s Penis

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    David Seaton wrote a new diary post: Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 2

    2012-05-18 08:58:29View | Delete

    Thumbnail Obama must be doing something right   Look, American politics is like Woody Allen’s restaurant, you know the one with, “such bad food and such small portions”. The best you can realistically hope for as President of the United States is a kinder, gentler, mafia don. That is more or less what we have got. Despite kowtowing [...]

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 1 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-17 10:59:44View | Delete

    Yeah, character counts, these turkeys have the atom bomb, open carry.

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 1 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-17 09:21:31View | Delete

    Enjoy Romney. I was not fooled by Obama in 2008 and I’m not fooled now, but John McCain is Abraham Lincoln compared to Mitt Romney.

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 1 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-16 08:53:52View | Delete

    Are you fucking kidding me?

    I am a bit, I confess.

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 1 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-16 08:31:44View | Delete

    You too.

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    David Seaton commented on the diary post Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 1 by David Seaton.

    2012-05-16 08:31:01View | Delete

    You are talking sense, don’t let anybody tell you any different.

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