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Skraxx

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25. The Downside Is He'd Actually Have To DO SOMETHING Other Than Snipe From The Peanut Gallery

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:13 PM

Dec 2012

Somehow I don't think his type would be capable of accomplishing anything actually, you know, meaningful. If he ran for office where would he find the time to snipe on the internet?

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Face Facts: Going Over The "Cliff" Would Suck Badly [View all] MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 OP

When you starting DU's "Progressive Prez 2016" group? JoePhilly Dec 2012 #1

We started it in Massachusetts, first MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #3

Bwahahahahaha!!!! Yea that's it ... JoePhilly Dec 2012 #5

Obama didn't endorse her until less than a month before the election MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #9

Here's how daily Kos reported it. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #10

Sen Warren raised more money than any other Senate candidate thanks to the efforts of progressive rhett o rick Dec 2012 #19

I missed the "hate" thing... TiberiusB Dec 2012 #34

Obama fired Elizabeth Warren? Cali_Democrat Dec 2012 #6

Yes. She was SusanRiced, at best. MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #8

How could she be "SusanRiced" ... perhaps you mean that Rice was "Warrened"? JoePhilly Dec 2012 #14

Good point. She was VanJonesShirleySherroded. MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #39

Nope, still wrong. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #40

Seriously? TiberiusB Dec 2012 #55

You seem very invested in how I respond to Manny. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #57

Personalities vs issues TiberiusB Dec 2012 #59

Deliberately missing the point? TiberiusB Dec 2012 #44

Doesn't Warren have a better shot at becoming President in 2016 from a Senate seat JoePhilly Dec 2012 #54

Here: ProSense Dec 2012 #16

More proof that Obama hates Elizabteh Warren!!! JoePhilly Dec 2012 #41

Uhh, again, who said that Obama hates her? TiberiusB Dec 2012 #48

Some seem to think Obama fired her from a position she was never appointed to JoePhilly Dec 2012 #50

I got that... TiberiusB Dec 2012 #56

Some may call it "sarcasm", bvar22 Dec 2012 #64

"Germans?" ...... "Forget it, he's on a roll" JoePhilly Dec 2012 #11

Yes. I think the Republicans asked him to. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Dec 2012 #27

Yes he did. Warren created the Consumer Protection Agency. The right went crazy at the idea of robinlynne Dec 2012 #18

Who had asked her to create the CPA in the first place? JoePhilly Dec 2012 #51

I believe it was Warren's idea. Warren's creation. the fact is, Obama fired her when the right robinlynne Dec 2012 #62

So Obama let Warren build something he didn't want her to build ... and then JoePhilly Jan 2013 #67

"Fired"? Arkana Dec 2012 #29

Good for Massachusetts! JDPriestly Dec 2012 #30

Most people already straddle the edge of a cliff leftstreet Dec 2012 #2

The status quo is awful; it must be preserved at all costs! nt Romulox Dec 2012 #4

Run for office, Manny. MineralMan Dec 2012 #7

LOL! Yeah, Right! You Mean Actually DO Something That Makes An Actual DIFFERENCE? Skraxx Dec 2012 #20

Well, he seems to have lots of ideas about how things should be run. MineralMan Dec 2012 #21

The Downside Is He'd Actually Have To DO SOMETHING Other Than Snipe From The Peanut Gallery Skraxx Dec 2012 #25

Translation.... daleanime Dec 2012 #33

Really? Why should he do that rather do what citizens are supposed to do, sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #23

Why should he not do that? MineralMan Dec 2012 #24

Why did you suggest it? Was it a sincere, 'I would love it if you ran for office sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #26

You can easily read my first post. It's brief. It suggests MineralMan Dec 2012 #36

I agree with you. Manny should run for office. He would serve his constituents well. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #31

There you go, then. MineralMan Dec 2012 #35

I agree with you, I would definitely vote for him if I could because of his sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #43

The cliff is a lie. joshcryer Dec 2012 #12

Absolutely. It is a manufactured, playground, ready-to-build kit that the Republicans JDPriestly Dec 2012 #32

We had an election fadedrose Dec 2012 #13

Du rec. Nt xchrom Dec 2012 #15

Some of us went off the cliff 15 years ago. firehorse Dec 2012 #22

And now the question in Washington is MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #38

Ronald Reagan was the cliff. Coyotl Dec 2012 #47

Yes, it would suck. But make no mistake, Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #28

And it wouldn't fix a thing anyway mostlyconfused Dec 2012 #37

Did you just misread thea article, or are you deliberately mis-representing it? pscot Dec 2012 #42

Read it. Just saying $2.35 trillion over 10 years is a lot of money, but... mostlyconfused Dec 2012 #61

Sorry Manny, there must be shared sacrifice ahead Oilwellian Dec 2012 #45

shared? Skittles Jan 2013 #66

If you are a Plutocrat, yes it would! Coyotl Dec 2012 #46

Consider the following two options... brooklynite Dec 2012 #49

Going over the cliff will take more away from middle/lower class incomes than chained CPI. phleshdef Dec 2012 #52

That's precisiely how disaster capitalism works TiberiusB Dec 2012 #58

That it will, bvar22 Dec 2012 #60

you da man-ny spanone Dec 2012 #53

You are exactly right Manny. limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #63

Going over the cliff is good. Massive military cuts that are grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #65