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In reply to the discussion: Just because we were against it when Bush did it, does NOT mean we are hypocrites now [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)we will get riled up against the Bush tax cuts if our party says we should be riled up because they favor the rich
but if a majority of those tax cuts get extended - by our own party, we cannot understand the math and will still believe it is a tax increase if tax cuts are extended. If somebody tries and tries and tries to tell us that the extension favors the rich, we will not believe it, because, apparently, we cannot understand it.
I am also sick of this "run for office or shut up" nonsense.
Uhm, yeah, the 1st Amendment does not work that way.
Then again, for some reason, Franken is silent about this awful deal, and from his books he should be able to understand it, but apparently is being a team player or something. So I am not sure what to make of that. But he seemed to be a big fan of Clinton too, so he was perhaps never all THAT progressive.