Comments on: Valerie Jarrett Speaks to FDL http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:40:13 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jane Hamsher http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956947 Jane Hamsher Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:23:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956947 <p>I didn’t see Jarrett but the general sense I got was that people wanted more from her.</p> <p>Michael Strautmanis has been very helpful and always available to bloggers since before the election, he’s someone I think highly of.</p> I didn’t see Jarrett but the general sense I got was that people wanted more from her.

Michael Strautmanis has been very helpful and always available to bloggers since before the election, he’s someone I think highly of.

]]> By: JoeBuck http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956840 JoeBuck Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:46:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956840 <p>I respect Ms. Jarrett, but I think she’s wrong, or at least she’s stuck defending a wrong position. Obama can’t just sit passively and wait to see what kind of bill Congress sends him. He’s got to exert pressure, and he has to go on offense. If he just spends all his time trying to discredit the notion that he’s going to kill grandma, while praising the very people who spread these lies, he’s going to get rolled.</p> I respect Ms. Jarrett, but I think she’s wrong, or at least she’s stuck defending a wrong position. Obama can’t just sit passively and wait to see what kind of bill Congress sends him. He’s got to exert pressure, and he has to go on offense. If he just spends all his time trying to discredit the notion that he’s going to kill grandma, while praising the very people who spread these lies, he’s going to get rolled.

]]> By: Margot http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956675 Margot Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:38:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956675 <p>He looks weak. That’s the problem.</p> He looks weak. That’s the problem.

]]> By: Raven http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956672 Raven Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:35:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956672 <p>nice</p> nice

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956670 dakine01 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:23:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956670 <p>Heh. When I was a substitute teacher, I just wanted to make sure I didn’t fuck up too badly and let things get out of control.</p> <p>Liked? Not on the list at all.</p> Heh. When I was a substitute teacher, I just wanted to make sure I didn’t fuck up too badly and let things get out of control.

Liked? Not on the list at all.

]]> By: Margot http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956669 Margot Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:21:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956669 <blockquote><p><em>like a substitute teacher who wants to be liked a little too much.</em></p></blockquote> <p>Exactly.</p>

like a substitute teacher who wants to be liked a little too much.

Exactly.

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956668 dakine01 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:13:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956668 <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9xiJ8LIH0" rel="nofollow">Ain’t nobody here but us chickens</a></p> Ain’t nobody here but us chickens

]]> By: Raven http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956667 Raven Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:04:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956667 <p>dang, GLAD no one is here but us chickens!</p> dang, GLAD no one is here but us chickens!

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956666 dakine01 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:02:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956666 <p>It’s a small world, example 3,256,487</p> <p>Although, if you’ve ever played 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon, it’s the same deal. The whole world is quite small, relatively speaking.</p> It’s a small world, example 3,256,487

Although, if you’ve ever played 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon, it’s the same deal. The whole world is quite small, relatively speaking.

]]> By: Raven http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956665 Raven Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:58:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/15/valerie-jarrett-speaks-to-fdl/#comment-1956665 <p>I have to tell you a story about that. A couple of years ago I was looking at various flikr <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncamikey/105431520/in/set-72157602583071479/" rel="nofollow">Nam pics when I hit this</a></p> <p>One of my buddies that I shipped with became a door gunner and the pic of me was taken in his hootch. When I saw this picture I wrote the dude and it turns out that my friend was HIS door gunner. Now what are the odds?</p> I have to tell you a story about that. A couple of years ago I was looking at various flikr Nam pics when I hit this

One of my buddies that I shipped with became a door gunner and the pic of me was taken in his hootch. When I saw this picture I wrote the dude and it turns out that my friend was HIS door gunner. Now what are the odds?

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