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sabrina 1

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80. The people who screamed bloody murder get the credit. Those who tried to shut

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 08:05 AM

Dec 2012

them up are growing smaller and smaller in number and I for one, no longer engage such people at all. They are best ignored, they do not have the best interests of this country in mind, blind partisanship is a very dangerous thing for any country. Thankfully though there were millions and millions of people involved in the fight to stop the Chained CPI from being part of any deal and it looks like we stopped it.

This president never, ever should have done what he did, said what he said which was incorrect besides anything else, and now he has made our Party pay the price of looking like the party that was willing to cut SS while it is the Republicans stating they will not do that. Unbelievable.

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CNN: corker just confirmed...chained CPI off the table.. [View all] spanone Dec 2012 OP

yay!!! unblock Dec 2012 #1

Thanks. The Dems Cha Dec 2012 #2

i just got in on the end of the report....the reporter dana...? said it. spanone Dec 2012 #5

Just guessing here... Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #10

Sounds like an Cha Dec 2012 #12

Thank you for the heads up spanone sasha031 Dec 2012 #3

Chained CPI should have never been on the table. Period. AndyA Dec 2012 #4

Because Obama is withdrawing it, or GOP won't accept it? leftstreet Dec 2012 #6

Probably because the Dems pulled it Cali_Democrat Dec 2012 #7

The Dem Senate won't accept it cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #8

So now the Dem Senate is anti-Obama? Are they haters? leftstreet Dec 2012 #13

You don't have to be anti Obama to not agree arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #16

Oh, but you do alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #20

as someone who is thankful prez obama is the president.... BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #54

Uncivil is a good description alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #55

Agreed. He should not have put the chained CPI on the table, but I am glad that he is JDPriestly Dec 2012 #78

thank YOU. JDPriestly BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #89

Have you been on vacation? Doctor_J Dec 2012 #70

I never see creeksneakers2 Dec 2012 #75

I get that this is your usual comedy routine alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #19

You're thinking of someone else leftstreet Dec 2012 #25

The ten o'clock show is always the same as the eight o'clock show alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #32

It is due to the huge opposition to the inclusion of these cuts to SS by sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #26

Agreed alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #33

If chained CPI is really off the table who gets the credit? hay rick Dec 2012 #77

The people who screamed bloody murder get the credit. Those who tried to shut sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #80

Chained CPI means tax increases as well as Social Security benefit cuts. bornskeptic Dec 2012 #88

+1 n/t 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #48

Dems know the Repubicans will accuse them of cutting Social Security during the next election Samantha Dec 2012 #24

I depend on SS, but am hardly indigent.` juajen Dec 2012 #71

Just because Prez Obama offered them chained CPI before doesn't mean he's offering it now magical thyme Dec 2012 #41

Obama took it off the table when Boehner rejected it before the Plan B vote DevonRex Dec 2012 #43

This whole thing can give you quite the headache union_maid Dec 2012 #9

Indeed.. I'm like.. Cha Dec 2012 #14

Only if you follow it here on HairOnFireUnderground. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #29

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #49

Best post of the fucking week. And that includes all mine. cliffordu Dec 2012 #59

Bingo ! nt jaysunb Dec 2012 #63

LOL!! Ziiiiinnnngggg!! nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #69

Whew Doctor_J Dec 2012 #11

Ever consider the possibility of posturing as a negotiating tactic to create a public uproar? proverbialwisdom Dec 2012 #27

Not if one thinks that the President is CakeGrrl Dec 2012 #39

It must be tiring ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #52

I have been on his side for a long time, and just juajen Dec 2012 #68

Question ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #73

As one who has successfully negotiated in difficult situations, I would say it is pretty stupid. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #79

Having, also, successfully negotiated ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #81

I am a very small white woman. I look older, middle class if not disheveled. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #91

You mean ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #51

Obama has always sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #64

No he hasn't ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #72

Better situated members sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #82

We've gone through this ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #83

Raising income taxes sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #84

Capital Gains was on the table ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #85

More and more sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #86

Removing the money ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #90

Obama should have put death panels in ObamaCare. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #30

Just to clarify democrattotheend Dec 2012 #15

^^yep. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #17

Exactly. It's a brief reprieve, nothing more. forestpath Dec 2012 #36

Good. Taverner Dec 2012 #18

some updates cal04 Dec 2012 #21

thanks, been looking for a link!!!! spanone Dec 2012 #22

Oh dear god. Hatchling Dec 2012 #23

That is exactly how some people will view it. The corporatists who are in control will merely plethoro Dec 2012 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Dec 2012 #28

That is good news. I just hope it holds true. n/t RebelOne Dec 2012 #31

I'm so fucking confused leftstreet Dec 2012 #34

somehow i knew you would see it that way. spanone Dec 2012 #35

This am Obama supported chained CPI. Now GOPers opposing it leftstreet Dec 2012 #37

GOP Demands Social Security Cuts -- Then Buckles... spanone Dec 2012 #42

I wish democrattotheend Dec 2012 #47

and they will demand it for everything that comes along. you betcha. spanone Dec 2012 #57

I post Friday that this might happen. Will it help the Republicans as long as they plethoro Dec 2012 #53

Democrats and Republicans just switched sides. Now Dems can be blamed... madfloridian Dec 2012 #44

"because we can't win an argument that has Social Security for seniors versus taxes for the rich." hootinholler Dec 2012 #45

Whatever it takes. TDale313 Dec 2012 #56

There's an awful lot of wiggle room in those statements. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #60

No surprise bhikkhu Dec 2012 #38

Reid: "we’ll not agree to cut Social Security benefits as part of a small or short-term agreement.” Tom Rinaldo Dec 2012 #40

It seems like Obama and the Repukes are for cutting benefits (CPI) Doctor_J Dec 2012 #46

No, I don't think so. He said at the very beginning that SS did not contribute to the juajen Dec 2012 #74

No three dee chess. Just politics. cliffordu Dec 2012 #58

Damn well better be. SSI is spit in the ocean. These obstinate bastards are trying geckosfeet Dec 2012 #61

Obama wants it, GOP wants it, Pelosi isn't adverse to it.... NorthCarolina Dec 2012 #62

Bernie Sanders and other Dems are against it so I hope they prevail. Cleita Dec 2012 #65

I'm pretty sure there's a good reason congress saw fit to draft their own NorthCarolina Dec 2012 #66

i hope it is samsingh Dec 2012 #67

Good. I called my entire delegation, as well as incoming's, about it. Guess they got the message.nt silvershadow Dec 2012 #76

Corker's a clown; it's not for him to take off the table. nt Romulox Dec 2012 #87