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In reply to the discussion: Now do you understand why so many of us termed our vote as being for the lesser of two evils? [View all]Earth_First
(14,910 posts)1. But, but, but....you just wait! We have to pick and choose our battles! The next one will be EPIC!
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Now do you understand why so many of us termed our vote as being for the lesser of two evils? [View all]
MadHound
Dec 2012
OP
But, but, but....you just wait! We have to pick and choose our battles! The next one will be EPIC!
Earth_First
Dec 2012
#1
"The President has stood firm on no SS age raise". No he hasn't. At best, various people have said
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#189
i believe he also said that benefits to current retirees wouldn't change - but chained cpi is a cut.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#232
Hillary and Bill Clinton were the original corporate Democrats. Can't imagine that anyone would
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#118
"because the democrats have been hamstrung". no, the democrats have pretty much behaved
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#266
Exactly right. Dems need to start framing the issues and stop using Republican
cui bono
Dec 2012
#289
"by modern standards". black voters were the only group that kept their energy level from 2008,
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#234
You are relying upon polls? If the Gallup poll just before the election was right, Romney would the
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#191
False, forced choice. The reason people will lose their unemployment benefits is because pubs
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#265
YES. go over the "fiscal cliff" and start negotiations in January AFTER the Bush tax cuts expire.
robinlynne
Dec 2012
#141
yes, the plan is to become a Precinct Committeeman & get into gov Tea Party style
KakistocracyHater
Dec 2012
#243
Voting for Nader in 2000 is that shit that will take 40+ years to clean up.
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#65
So, you would throw your vote down a shit hole with the result being republicans gaining
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#76
A big problem is, we're not even "allowed" to be critical and try to push Obama
cui bono
Dec 2012
#164
let's see, that nader election was how many years ago? how long do you plan on blaming nader
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#267
Her point was the size of the sacrifice. $13 per month is not an impossible amount to make up.
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#73
But that's a slippery slope. And if the Dems know we will always be there no matter what
cui bono
Dec 2012
#172
I don't think I will be the one deciding whether we get another Democratic president.
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#244
The vast majority of the long-term unemployed have already exhausted our UI.
DearHeart
Dec 2012
#256
It already happened. The President has OFFERED TO CUT SS while giving more breaks to the rich.
Dawgs
Dec 2012
#13
Just as the "he can do no wrong for he is a chess master" crowd isn't showing up here.
cui bono
Dec 2012
#179
Same here...there is only one party now. The party that screws over the vulnerable.
forestpath
Dec 2012
#15
So you will vote to continue to give your family shit, in some quantity large or small instead,
MadHound
Dec 2012
#40
Nose holding and voting for the "lesser of two evils" is a highly over rated pastime.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2012
#42
Amen with a caveat: This is not only about Medicare and Social Security.
woo me with science
Dec 2012
#51
problem is, there's nothing but speculation like yours to base all of that activism on
bigtree
Dec 2012
#62
You're right, "This is not only about Medicare and" SS. Approval of the TPP will be next.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#200
Slam dunk woo! Please consider making this an original post for educational purposes!
In Truth We Trust
Dec 2012
#237
single payer didn't happen because people like Baucus had single payer advocates arrested
green for victory
Dec 2012
#126
And as an older person, I am specifically allowed to be charged three times as much as a younger
Lydia Leftcoast
Dec 2012
#204
Obama hasn't signed anything yet. Let's let him know SS is NOT to be put on the table.
reformist2
Dec 2012
#89
Let's all panic, run in circles with our hands in the air, while screaming and shouting....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#95
I agree with you. It was the conservative versus the right wing extremists. We voted conservative.
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#97
killing children w/ drones, indefinite detention, assassination w/o any due process,
kath
Dec 2012
#144
I don't see how anyone would have had any question who to vote for in the last election
liberal N proud
Dec 2012
#102
@RepBarbaraLee: Reducing COLA is a Social Security benefit cut. Any deal that cuts
Hissyspit
Dec 2012
#115
I used to ridicule Working CLass people who voted against their economic interests...
bvar22
Dec 2012
#129
they exempt Supplemental Security Income so no ss recipient is pushed below the poverty lvl
Sunlei
Dec 2012
#132
Nothice the one thing he WON'T put on the table for Social Security is raising the contribution cap
BlueStreak
Dec 2012
#140
"death by 1000 cuts" is exactly right! How many times can the middle class be stabbed in the back
nonoxy9
Dec 2012
#148
Is our president DINO? I'm sickened, truly sickened & now we understand why the oligarchy. nt
mother earth
Dec 2012
#158
They knew it then. At the time though, it was more prudent to their cause
NorthCarolina
Dec 2012
#161
K&R! I have watched Obama sell out the BP oil spill victims and you won't read or see anything
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#165
No, thats incorrect.... There is one side who only cares about destroying Obama’s Presidency
busterbrown
Dec 2012
#168
"I won't support that, and neither should you." Exactly! Anyone that can even TRY to justify any
In Truth We Trust
Dec 2012
#169
alas, there's this death cult that says that if you point out corpo infiltrators, you're the problem
MisterP
Dec 2012
#192
Perfect? Lets try sufferable. Hell, there are plenty of Republicans that didn't cut Social Security.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#227
great post. I agree that people forget about the money required to run for national office
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2012
#236
I agree with the issue of money and the "obligation" that it brings to elected office,
MadHound
Dec 2012
#245
Voting for Obama doesn't mean a couple million young and old can't stop the country.
jtuck004
Dec 2012
#228
kr. "Social Security will be a pale shadow of its former self." = setting it up for privatization.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#231
This put me in a very bad mood, but I'm still so very glad that I got to see R$ pumping his own gas.
lexw
Dec 2012
#258
Social issues are all very well, and certainly Obama is better on those.
truebluegreen
Dec 2012
#277
we'll have to see what's finally decided upon, but dang, if he does anything that effects
Divine Discontent
Dec 2012
#261
The odd thing about this betrayal is that many if not most Republicans also oppose cuts to Social
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#262
Welcome to politics, its compromise and sometimes, often, you don't get 100% what you want.
cecilfirefox
Dec 2012
#273