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2016 Postmortem

Proud Liberal Dem

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1. Blah.......blah...blah...big spending......blah.........

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:10 PM

Jan 2013

Republicans: Bring a f*****g bill to the floor of the House and Senate with all of your spending cut proposals and let's have a vote on it already- or STFU!

Here is what Republicans are really saying when they talk about him "not leading" or "not being serious about the budget deficit": YOU (President Obama) submit a budget to Congress with cuts to Social Security and Medicare so we can reject them and run against your party on them in 2014!

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Another GOP Senator Breaks With Party On Debt Ceiling - Susan Collins (R-ME) [View all] Tx4obama Jan 2013 OP

Blah.......blah...blah...big spending......blah......... Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2013 #1

Yep. freshwest Jan 2013 #5

Exactly Cali_Democrat Jan 2013 #14

It's not up to the President to give you cover for gutting the safety nets Paulie Jan 2013 #2

Yeah, she doesn't get it. Showing her true colors as she rides off into her aristocratic sunset. freshwest Jan 2013 #6

Any Republican who has the gall to say they're "frustrated at spending" after approving Bush's two pacalo Jan 2013 #3

Yes, Collins is showing her elephant behind. freshwest Jan 2013 #7

Yes, indeed, & "spending" is their code word for "helping the poor". pacalo Jan 2013 #10

I was brought up that way, Depression era family. They were union, felt it was a gift to have job. freshwest Jan 2013 #12

... pacalo Jan 2013 #13

I seem to be a bit younger, but I always felt that way. Always. Hekate Jan 2013 #15

We will. We have thirty years of this destructive mindset to overcome. freshwest Jan 2013 #16

Murkowski, Collins, and now let's start the count as the sane ones peel away Hekate Jan 2013 #4

That would be a relief for all of us. freshwest Jan 2013 #8

Along w/ Murk and Collins - Scott Brown and Olympia Snowe used to vote with the dems quite often Tx4obama Jan 2013 #9

Yes, I apologize to Tx4Obama for not sticking with the point. I feel the same, Hekate! pacalo Jan 2013 #11

The R party is in shambles. A good time for someone -- a woman -- to try to turn this Filibuster Harry Jan 2013 #17

Ladies... BlueDemKev Jan 2013 #18