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Make7

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1. "...promising to raise $18 gajillion by selling unicorns to Bigfoot..."

Reply to Heather MC (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 09:28 PM

Dec 2012

[div class="excerpt" style="border: 1px solid #bfbfbf; border-radius: 0.4615em; box-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #999999; margin-left: 1em;"]What's more, notice that the Republicans' letter doesn't actually include real details. Sure, some numbers are thrown around, but I can just as easily write a letter to the Speaker promising to raise $18 gajillion by selling unicorns to Bigfoot -- the numbers don't mean anything unless they're backed up by substantive policies.[font style="font-size:0.77em;"]

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/12/03/15649952-dont-call-it-a-counteroffer[/font]
LOL! Gotta love Steve Benen!

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"...promising to raise $18 gajillion by selling unicorns to Bigfoot..." Make7 Dec 2012 #1

Why isn't that fact that Boner's plan raises the age for Medicare to 67 the headline?! SunSeeker Dec 2012 #2

The CPI has ALREADY been FRAUDULENTLY rigged to underestimate inflation. Faryn Balyncd Dec 2012 #3

The scary part is that this IS.... bvar22 Dec 2012 #4

That wasn't a counteroffer, it's only an insult. Uncle Joe Dec 2012 #5