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JoePhilly

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36. That's it? That's what you're going with?
Mon Feb 18, 2013, 09:53 AM
Feb 2013

Three questions in which the position you demand doesn't get 50%, and one in which 60% think we can shrink the defense budget.

You might also want to check the combination of "benefiting" and "no impact" in the first three questions. For two of them, that combination is HIGHER than the number you highlighted.

But regardless, you ignored the second part of my post ... Do you want a President who simply follows the latest polls?

Did you vote for Obama? Avalux Feb 2013 #1
Of course. Now we're looking for representation! :-) grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #3
My sentiments exactly. Thank you. djean111 Feb 2013 #2
Big K&R Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #4
But at least taxpayers aren't funding a car elevator in the White House. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2013 #5
As commander in chief, he can cut military spending dramatically, I'd settle for 30%, there grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #8
Can you explain how Obama unilaterally cuts Defense spending? JoePhilly Feb 2013 #12
Pick up the phone and bring the troops home - saves 2 billion/week! grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #20
He's been bringing them home. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #24
Hey, 80 more weeks - that's only 160 billion, we can get that by starving granny! grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #25
My Tea Party friends tell me Obama's going to kill granny via a death panel. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #38
Neither. Believe Jay Carney, Obama's spokesman. grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #41
As Commander and Chief he can give his budget to Congress, but that is all Agnosticsherbet Feb 2013 #21
Congress appropriates but as CEO of the armed forces what he orders the grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #22
You have the President confused with Ron Paul, and Agnosticsherbet Feb 2013 #23
I very much disagree. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #43
Well, here it is: grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #44
it may not be an "excuse" RussBLib Feb 2013 #6
Obama hates us. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #7
He might not hate us, but he does not represent us, not according to the polling data on Americans, grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #9
Which polling data? JoePhilly Feb 2013 #11
If he doesn't do what the American people want, then who is he rreally representing? grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #30
That's it? That's what you're going with? JoePhilly Feb 2013 #36
+10,000 n/t malaise Feb 2013 #33
Nice strawman. n/t white_wolf Feb 2013 #13
Not nearly as nice as the one in the OP, but thanks anyway!!! JoePhilly Feb 2013 #15
Except the OP never once claimed Obama hates us or anything. white_wolf Feb 2013 #16
Yea, Obama just failed to cut the Defense budget by 50%. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #17
Pay attention. Chained CPI is still on the table! HuffPo: grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #27
The impending cuts to SS get predicted here every couple months. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #35
They have been working to cut SS not for months, but for DECADES! Yes, he wants to cut it, grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #40
I never said "Obama was going to cut the military budget by 50%", but thanks for playing! grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #31
your words ... "failing to cut bloated military budgets (significantly, by say 50%)" JoePhilly Feb 2013 #37
Quote, grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #39
K&R forestpath Feb 2013 #10
I wish I lived in your world LiberalAndProud Feb 2013 #14
It's called negotiating. start at 50%, and get 20. We have double the military budget since 9/11, grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #18
You're preaching to the choir. LiberalAndProud Feb 2013 #19
Too often, Obama begins with the compromise deutsey Feb 2013 #32
Sure, but I'm still very glad Romney is not President. nt ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #26
No Sh*t! grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #28
Indeed. nt ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #29
Jeez, I remember when we used to judge people based on their actions, not their in-actions JaneyVee Feb 2013 #34
Ohhhh...Thank GOD...we might have had....... KoKo Feb 2013 #42
Some might argue...."what's the difference?" davidn3600 Feb 2013 #45
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