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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald has seen the future, and it is depressingly familiar. [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)123. You're way out of line. Obama's victory means nothing, NADA, zilch, if the
core of the New Deal is gutted in the name of some 'Grand Bargain' that preserves the power of the 1%.
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MadHound
Nov 2012
OP
Any comment on the article itself, or are you just specializing in snark today? n/t
MadHound
Nov 2012
#3
What track record over the past 4 years? He hasn't touched SS & doesn't plan to.
JaneyVee
Nov 2012
#111
And I was out there at the age of nine, fighting to get all the soldiers home,
MadHound
Nov 2012
#78
Hey, there's only one way to get things done in this political system of ours,
MadHound
Nov 2012
#69
We intend to all be squeaky wheels and despite what a few on DU seem to think, we never
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#115
Tell that to the Corporate Lobbyists who don't wait one minute before descending on
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#84
You don't have to bump into them, you could write an OP, eg, you could make some
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#108
Why does a libertarian, who defends racists and supports Citizens United & Gary Johnson.....
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2012
#6
"Aside" from the fact that "the messenger" sucks? I think that about covers it. No cred.
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2012
#13
tarheel didn't say he looked like a libertarian, but that he SUPPORTED gary johnson
JI7
Nov 2012
#21
And you know what, none of that addresses the issues that Greenwald brings up in this piece.
MadHound
Nov 2012
#29
How do you propose he force John Boehner to fully fund the Congressional Progressive
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
#28
Sure. The Republicans still have significant power that has not been undone.
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
#36
actually i would like to know if Glenn Greenwald is a libertarian on social programs
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#17
"The parade of evils caused by illegal immigration is widely known, and it gets worse every day."
joshcryer
Nov 2012
#120
Well, considering that the fight over the Grand Bargain is staring us in the face,
MadHound
Nov 2012
#12
Oh please. What will China do with all its foreign exchange in U.S. $ if it does not
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#116
Shorter Glenn Greenwald: Republicans don't control the House if you close your eyes
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
#22
So you honestly think that Obama and the Democrats don't have political capital now?
MadHound
Nov 2012
#26
Sure, they have capital. But capital is no replacement for institutional power. nt
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
#33
Absolutely get the best deal possible. The real question is what kind of deal is possible.
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
#39
Republicans would rather see the military cuts than see taxes go up on the rich.
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
#50
Republicans lost seats in the House and the Senate and they lost the WH again.
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#43
Republicans lost several of their most rabid anti-SS gang. They got the message and now is
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#71
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1. Tell us how the President overrides that. nt
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#82
Greenwald's agenda is to trash Obama and the Dems in hopes of driving folk towards libertarianism
struggle4progress
Nov 2012
#35
Not everything, that GG utters, is fact: GG spews propaganda, with a definite objective.
struggle4progress
Nov 2012
#60
And how about Major Unions and tons of Liberal Groups who agree with Greenwald?
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#54
GG started off as a corporate lawyer, made enough to retire, then claimed he had been a civil rights
struggle4progress
Nov 2012
#72
That wasn't the question. What about the Unions and Bernie Sanders and all the Liberal
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#74
Exactly "the voters have given a mandate to protect vital programs like Medicare,
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#100
So, are you looking forward to a higher retirement age, and SS linked to a chained CPI?
MadHound
Nov 2012
#61
You're way out of line. Obama's victory means nothing, NADA, zilch, if the
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#123
He now plans an evil compromise with Rs that will force us to eat lil chilluns!
struggle4progress
Nov 2012
#75
Really, have you admonished the Corporate Lobbyists who have already descended on DC
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#101
Sorry. I have reduced my number of replies in subthreads to just one from now on.
MineralMan
Nov 2012
#110
MadHound!!! Your thread before the election gave me hope, and this one gives me joy!! Well done! nt
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#106
I doubt he will do that. Progressives would leave the Democratic Party by the hundreds of thousands
Zorra
Nov 2012
#107
Thanks for posting. You most definitely do not deserve the snarks and
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#119