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In reply to the discussion: President Obama's use of Social Security isn't 3D chess, poker or rope-a-dope [View all]Autumn
(45,023 posts)63. Truth, right there
SOCIAL SECURITY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A SINGLE MAN.
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President Obama's use of Social Security isn't 3D chess, poker or rope-a-dope [View all]
WonderGrunion
Dec 2012
OP
Ironic, considering that GOP are a bunch of shit-kickers (cue rim shot :) - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#68
You say, "When the deal you offered gets rejected, you are no longer obligated to do everything you
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#75
Eventually, we'll have to think about what to do about securing Social Security's finances.
customerserviceguy
Dec 2012
#102
and when 2016 arrives and no cuts... he still wanted them.. but they stopped him! by posting on DU.
dionysus
Dec 2012
#48
I sometimes wonder if some of the Obama-haters are actually right-wingers who delight in....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#41
YUP ... this is about the 6th or 7th hair-on-fire session on this exact topic.
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#38
President Obama made one speech supporting single payer while a state legislator
WonderGrunion
Dec 2012
#16
Those programs exist, the GOP hates them, therefore, they are always on the table.
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#39
Have you ever played poker? Do you understand the concept of a 'bluff'? Did you know that
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#70
Compare the president to a mean spirited trickster...and then tell me how much
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#18
Well said. Anytime you hear Obama talking about cutting the deficit, like he did yesterday,
forestpath
Dec 2012
#34
Of all the things to be pissed about over the past 25 years of my life...
Comrade_McKenzie
Dec 2012
#28
It's risking seniors' well being in the future in an attmpt to protect most people now
Orangepeel
Dec 2012
#35
Of course. But they could have accepted it. Obama had to have been prepared for them to.
Autumn
Dec 2012
#45
Have you played much poker? Obama knew the GOP could not call his bluff (because
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#73
I have not played all that much poker, but from what I understand gambling with Grandma's
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#85
Somehow the poker and bluffing metaphors are being misused and abused in this
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#89
Why is hating SS cuts (and the offering of SS cuts) equated with hating Obama?
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#57
I don't even care why, Obama is a temporary steward and SS will be critical in our lives
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#61
Your OP notwithstanding, I'd still hate to find myself in a game of poker with Obama. I'm
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#71
IMO, the internationalists who carry the Democratic banner after being elected by us are going
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#74
Everyone should prepare to go into the streets for real to protect Social Security WHENEVER it is
patrice
Dec 2012
#76
I'll believe it when they refuse to do anything this session and then make and back
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#82