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plethoro

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8. I agree 100 per cent with him. We more or less got

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 02:40 PM

Jan 2013

sold out so we could make a deal. If one keeps forcing a loss in a winning position, what do you think happens when they are negotiating from a losing position. Will we then sell Iowa or Kansas to the Chinese to reduce our debts?

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Sen. Tom Harkin doesn't like the cliff deal [View all] limpyhobbler Jan 2013 OP

Heard His Comments Live In The Wee Hrs Of The Morning.... global1 Jan 2013 #1

We do not control the Senate... ELI BOY 1950 Jan 2013 #2

"you vote against the President you become a republican..." WTF? R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #3

I despised that type of non-thinking when Republicans did it, 20score Jan 2013 #9

A principled senator would vote for the good of the people Plucketeer Jan 2013 #10

The two other ones are DLC Dems: Carper and Bennett. Progressives like Sanders and Brown voted yes. Mass Jan 2013 #4

He's not alone in his view though. limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #5

Harkin has been around a long time Enrique Jan 2013 #6

He has good, Iowa common sense. No wonder I agree with him. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #14

AGREE 100% supercats Jan 2013 #7

I agree 100 per cent with him. We more or less got plethoro Jan 2013 #8

I agree, Senator! Plucketeer Jan 2013 #11

Thanks. We need to impose national sales taxes and import duties. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #15

"No deal is better than a bad deal." He's right. Poll_Blind Jan 2013 #12

I agree with Senator Harkin. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #13