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    hey johnny come lately. the obama haters were silent during previous administrations and I was asking why now all of a sudden does this stuff matter?
    There was a cacophony of voices criticizing GWB, yours included I'm sure. I had problems with GWB, but they were pretty well represented, along with about 30,000 criticisms I didn't share.

    If GWB had campaigned as Obama did on 'Change we can believe in,' and promised the things Obama has (no more no-bid contracts, for example), and then blatantly reneged on his promise, you would be at the forefront of people ridiculing him. Or do you honestly believe you'd be a Bush apologist, saying "...why now all of a sudden does this stuff matter?" I think everyone here knows you'd be at his throat.

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    There was a cacophony of voices criticizing GWB, yours included I'm sure. I had problems with GWB, but they were pretty well represented, along with about 30,000 criticisms I didn't share.

    If GWB had campaigned as Obama did on 'Change we can believe in,' and promised the things Obama has (no more no-bid contracts, for example), and then blatantly reneged on his promise, you would be at the forefront of people ridiculing him. Or do you honestly believe you'd be a Bush apologist, saying "...why now all of a sudden does this stuff matter?" I think everyone here knows you'd be at his throat.
    I didn't hold GWB to his wanting to wanting unite the country. I am going to be a 'Uniter' I seem to remember...I guess i should have called him a liar for not uniting the country.. Apparently I am in the minority that politicians don't live up to campaign promises. Not that I agree with this however since it's Obama it's different. I am going to go on a limb and assume that there have been other presidential candidates that made claims that they were different from the last guy.. but it wouldn't matter to the obama haters.


    My main beef with Bush was starting an unecessary war with 'less than accurate' evidence. Evidence that was contradicted but W used it anyway.. I'm not petty like the butt hurt obama haters.

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    What? like the uniter he wanted to become? Am I going to have to go back and point out promises that weren't kept by previous administrations?
    If you think it's relevant, go ahead and do it. If you choose to do so, please be sure to reference your posts where you pointed out to the people criticizing those other administrations that they weren't the only administration breaking promises. I'd hate for anyone to get the idea that you only use the "other people do it too" arguement for guys on one side of the political fence.

    Are you stating that he's the only person to ever to come into office with this high standard?
    I'm stating that he deserves to be called out for not meeting a standard he willingly set for himself.

    No he's held to a completely different standard by people who are butt hurt that he won.
    Up until a couple of posts ago I thought this guy was trying to hold him to a standard too. It's beginning to look like he has changed his mind.

    If he made the decision to give this with no compe ive bid then he should be called to task for it. If someone in his administration did this then they need to be fired and he should still be called to task for it.

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    If you think it's relevant, go ahead and do it. If you choose to do so, please be sure to reference your posts where you pointed out to the people criticizing those other administrations that they weren't the only administration breaking promises. I'd hate for anyone to get the idea that you only use the "other people do it too" arguement for guys on one side of the political fence.
    If you are slient about it and then complain about it your a hypocrite. I didn't complain about Bush not keeping campaign promises. You can find the posts since you are accusing me. It's not ok for either side to do it is my point. I have not defended Obama once regarding this yet the accusers were silent when everyone else did it. Got it?

    Again I accept the fact that all politicians don't live up to all campaign promises. I am not going to be petty and call out republicans when they do it and ignore it when dems do it. That's the difference between you and I.

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    If you are slient about it and then complain about it your a hypocrite. I didn't complain about Bush not keeping campaign promises. You can find the posts since you are accusing me. It's not ok for either side to do it is my point. I have not defended Obama once regarding this yet the accusers were silent when everyone else did it. Got it?
    Typical GGA. Says he can back up his mouth and then dodges issue and changes the subject when someone actually calls on him to do it. You're the one who asked if you needed to go back and point out other examples, not me.

    Again I accept the fact that all politicians don't live up to all campaign promises. I am not going to be petty and call out republicans when they do it and ignore it when dems do it. That's the difference between you and I.
    No, the difference between you and I is that I will actually call out both republicans and democrats and you will only call out republicans. Whenever the dems do something you play the "everybody does it" card.

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    If you think it's relevant, go ahead and do it. If you choose to do so, please be sure to reference your posts where you pointed out to the people criticizing those other administrations that they weren't the only administration breaking promises.

    When you can find any thread that deals with this subject I will point out my posts. Please find the previous threads that dealt with presidential campaign promises that were broken. I'll wait..then you can really show me what a hypocrite I am. I would hate for that to happen..

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    Typical GGA. Says he can back up his mouth and then dodges issue and changes the subject when someone actually calls on him to do it. You're the one who asked if you needed to go back and point out other examples, not me.



    No, the difference between you and I is that I will actually call out both republicans and democrats and you will only call out republicans. Whenever the dems do something you play the "everybody does it" card.
    The difference between you and me is that your petty and I'm not.

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    The difference between you and me is that your petty and I'm not.

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    When you can find any thread that deals with this subject I will point out my posts. Please find the previous threads that dealt with presidential campaign promises that were broken. I'll wait..then you can really show me what a hypocrite I am. I would hate for that to happen..
    GGA: "Am I going to have to point out other examples?"

    CG: "Go ahead."

    GGA: "You do it."

    The difference between you and me is that your petty and I'm not.
    If you say so.

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    So then why do you hold obama to different standards than all previous and current politicians?
    Example please.

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    hey johnny come lately. the obama haters were silent during previous administrations and I was asking why now all of a sudden does this stuff matter?
    I would say it is akin to Republicans running on family values and then getting busted with hookers, texting underage boys, tapping on bathroom stalls or getting a "massage" from the m4m ad in your church bullitin.

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    I would say it is akin to Republicans running on family values and then getting busted with hookers, texting underage boys, tapping on bathroom stalls or getting a "massage" from the m4m ad in your church bullitin.
    Moral of the story is to not have morals. Then you won't be a hypocrite.

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    Moral of the story is to not have morals. Then you won't be a hypocrite.
    Or don't be a hypocrite.

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    Anyone with beliefs will be a hypocrite sooner or later. No one is perfect.

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    Anyone with beliefs will be a hypocrite sooner or later. No one is perfect.
    I don't necessarily agree with that. Memo to those who campaign on family values: don't do it if your hitting on teenage boys, hitting on men in restrooms, or having an affair with an Argentine reporter..

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    I don't necessarily agree with that. Memo to those who campaign on family values: don't do it if your hitting on teenage boys, hitting on men in restrooms, or having an affair with an Argentine reporter..
    So the biggest part of these three happenings is that the actors preached family values before? Not the actual act?

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    So the biggest part of these three happenings is that the actors preached family values before? Not the actual act?
    DOn't worry spursncowboys I acknowledge that there are many on the left who do the same things.

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