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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:07 AM Original message |
Rep. Conyers: Obama Demanded Social Security Cuts--Not GOP |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. Prepare for backlash but I recced it. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. So how do we organize up in this b**ch? Any thoughts on this? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. The occupation of D.C. starts October 6th. |
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wpelb (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #55 |
122. It will be largely forgotten by then |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:52 AM Response to Reply #122 |
131. LOOSE CANNON ???? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #122 |
132. Obama is over -- that's for sure -- and he may be taking the Dem Party with him ... ??? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #132 |
162. Indeed |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #162 |
201. . |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #132 |
185. Everyone is so pessimistic |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #185 |
197. You actually think people will be giving Obama a second crack at this ??? |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #197 |
199. Yes I do |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #199 |
200. Obama is headed for Hooverville economic straights -- we are in a depression .... |
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Skratchez (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:34 AM Response to Reply #122 |
145. You forgot hurricanes |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:37 AM Response to Reply #122 |
147. Not sure what the other replies to your post mean... ??? |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:31 AM Response to Reply #122 |
154. This political betrayal may be forgotten but all the rest, |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #122 |
165. Sheep forget |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:37 AM Response to Reply #55 |
148. Now that's what I'm talking about. Anyone else want to start a thread on this? |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
117. If we can do that then we sure as hell ought to be able to organize and draft a challenger to Obama |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:36 AM Response to Reply #117 |
146. if we CAN'T organize a march then we probably can't do the other thing... OCT 2011 seems a good time |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. Is this really true that Obama did this on his own volition? Who was first to put SS |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. " ......we could have made the tough choices required -- on entitlement reform...right now..." |
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AllTooEasy (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
58. You conveniently left out "and tax reform" in Obama's quote |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Yes. Tax reform. Not tax increase. |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Closing loopholes would bring in a lot of revenue. |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #65 |
101. It's good, but it isn't raising taxes. |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:39 AM Response to Reply #101 |
156. Being realistic, Congress would have never approved a tax increase. |
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AllTooEasy (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #60 |
77. Okay, "Entitlement Reform", not entitlement cuts. I'm using your same logic |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Obama's own context was "tough choices." Figure it out. |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #82 |
103. He speaks in code, for sure. We know what it means. n/t |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #77 |
102. It isn't the same thing. It isn't bad, but |
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FedUp_Queer (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. The poor, elderly and middle class... |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Me too. But damn, he sure SAID the right things when he was campaigning. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #62 |
87. I just posted the name of a contender for the |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #87 |
113. Is this still Democratic Underground, or is it Third Way In Your Face? |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:56 AM Response to Reply #113 |
152. It depends on the poll numbers |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #113 |
183. The latter |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #183 |
187. Your sig line sure says it all. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #87 |
129. Post the names -- we should all be doing that -- principles over party -- !! |
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Trailrider1951 (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #62 |
88. I'm with you, FedUp |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
108. Yup. n/t |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. If you look at his April 'Framework'... |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #67 |
123. And closing the loopholes, resulting in more corps actually paying taxes |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
72. So, you're saying President Obama wanted SS cuts? |
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AllTooEasy (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. I think he wanted it all. entitlement cuts, increased taxes, subsidies dropped, you name it. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. He said exactly what he said. Read the quote. How would YOU define "entitlement reform"? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. I am just trying to clarify. To answer your question, I assume "entitlement reform" |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #83 |
96. I think it does. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #83 |
112. It means cutting Social Security and Medicare. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
76. If libs want tax reform and cons want safety net reform, who want war reform? nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
80. Excuse me, but MY POINT STANDS. IT DIDN'T NEED THE REST. |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
91. Taking care of people is not a sacred cow. Puhlease..... |
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AllTooEasy (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #91 |
181. I personally agree. "Sacred Cow" is relative jargon. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #58 |
128. Social Security is a "sacred cow" .....??? Social Security has nothing to do with budget -- !!! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #128 |
130. + |
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AllTooEasy (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #128 |
182. My response: Read my post 181. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #182 |
198. Thanks -- apologies for misunderstanding your comment -- :) |
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seeker4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #58 |
173. There was NO GOOD REASON to offer up Democratic "sacred cows!" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #35 |
127. Wow --- |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. But...but... He's a progressive! |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. knr |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. So... anyone want to take Conyers' call seriously? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. So all you guys want to do is argue, no one actually wants to march? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
133. Think DRAFTING someone to run against Obama is urgent -- |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:32 AM Response to Reply #133 |
144. Let's start by taking up Conyer's suggestion of a march on Washington. Why hasn't anyone else? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #144 |
196. Wouldn't take much to get a few thousand to DC .... |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
7. the right wing will use this every chance they get |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. But this Republican President Eisenhower quoted this: |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. the old guard of the Democratic party were just about begging him to use the 14th the other day |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. So, Obama is trying to "abolish" Social Security now? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
126. It will all be up for grabs in 2013. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #126 |
176. All I can say is |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #176 |
184. Voting machinery is totally hackable. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #126 |
192. + |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
125. Eisenhower, like Nixon who came after him, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
134. +1 --- |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
161. I wish that too. |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. Stop pushing the truth on us. We prefer our illusions and will unrec you and |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
99. Can we move on from these types of posts, please? |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #99 |
111. Why? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #111 |
157. I don't want to know about your fantasies and pathos |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #157 |
169. Bizarre? LOL. People claiming Obama didn't put Social Security & Medicare on the table would seem |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #111 |
180. Why? Because this type of posting is ubiquitous and self-serving. |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #180 |
193. Not particularly ubiquitous and it escapes me how it's self-serving. |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #193 |
202. Not policing |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #193 |
203. And... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. HelLO, the trigger cuts are designed to be a poison pill if commission plan fails. Obama said so! |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Cuts to SS/Medicare providers are hardly "poison"; $600B cuts to defense will be tough for the GOP. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. The WH press release explicitly states that the trigger is designed to be an unacceptable stick |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Wrong. It's highly unlikely the trigger will occur. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:42 AM Response to Reply #36 |
149. That's my whole point. Yet you're repeatedly citing trigger provisions as proof of good in the bill |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
48. There have already been cuts to beneficiaries over the past two |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
135. We've spent 3 years dallying with Obama -- this administration should be in recall -- !! |
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FedUp_Queer (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
63. Bingo!!! |
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tartan2 (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
68. Thanks for the link |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
71. Deleted message |
FedUp_Queer (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
74. Ok...right off the White House Website... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:56 AM Response to Reply #74 |
137. K/R --- |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:45 AM Response to Reply #74 |
150. Why is the White House talking out both sides of its mouth on the trigger cuts? |
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LondonReign2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
186. Joke savings |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. "Conyers is a senile attention whore." |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Nice to see so many here so supportive of the Democratic POTUS, too. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Most people here are addressing policy decisions. You made a personal attack. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. This poster is one of the few who consider any criticism of the President a personal attack on |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Not surprised by it and agree with what you wrote |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. So personal attacks are okay as long as you approve of the target, eh? lol! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
59. I would be extremely supportive of a Democratic POTUS...if we had one. n/t |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
106. I would be extremely supportive of Conyers if he wasn't a hypocrite who voted for the Reid plan... |
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FedUp_Queer (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
64. Let's see. |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
119. thanks for your sanity |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
53. Omg what Asscarrot said thAt |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. He's on a roll today. eom |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
110. Sorry I wasn't able to reply earlier |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
138. One of the few Democrats still willing to tell some truth about the party and Obama ... !!! |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:01 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Yes, we certainly do |
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John Agar (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
170. Is that what he wrote? |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #170 |
188. No, that was a direct quote from a DU'ers post. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
10. Deleted message |
ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. 'Paul Krugman is a Political Rookie.Or How Barack Obama Left John Boehner Holding the Teabag, Again' |
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John Agar (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
172. Funny how no one seems to agree with Klein on this. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. +1 |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. +1 |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. The constant spinning is really getting to me and my vision problems. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
15. Conyers needs to step off his perpetual soapbox and read the White House Fact Sheet |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #90 |
104. Yes he does. Notice how he never has a bad word to say about his Teabagger colleagues. |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
18. NO |
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DocMac (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. this will have 300 rec's by tomorrow |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. Naming and addressing the real issue - jobs and unemployment |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
27. K&R n/t |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thank you, John Conyers. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
136. True -- |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #136 |
141. Thank you for the T, DefendAndProtect. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. There are no cuts to SS/Medicare in its present form. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I don't believe that, do you have an itemized list of the cuts? |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Are you completely unaware |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. You're wrong. Triggers sequester the programs if Super Congress doesn't cut them |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
85. So what about changing the COLA? |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
114. Third Way Press Release: SS must be on the table immediately |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:57 AM Response to Reply #114 |
153. Great find, thanks |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #114 |
194. + |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
120. stop confusing matters with fact. nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. On Saturday, Conyers and 172 Democrats voted for Reid's plan in the House |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I cannot believe you made that statement. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
97. I cannot believe what people say of President Obama. I have enormous respect for him. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #97 |
142. We KNOW what Republicans are, what they stand for |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
69. Thank you, thank you, thank you. nt |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
124. Yeah, so what's your point??? nm |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
191. So what? They held their noses and |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. Bernie Sanders on the Senate Floor, 1:30PM CDT Aug 1: |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. Me too, Sanders/ Warren 2012! nt |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
89. Sanders isn't a Democrat. |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. You'd be amazed |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #89 |
166. DU supports the most Progressive candidate, usually the |
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seeker4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #166 |
177. Interesting... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. k and r |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. He sounds a little mad. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. Is there a real source for this quote? nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. Conyers must be a racist |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
92. Look, everybody knows that Conyers never really loved Him anyway! |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
49. Demanded? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. K&R n/t |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
56. At this point, I don't believe a god damned one of them from either side |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
70. "It's not what we wanted, but we're going to vote for it anyway" |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
73. Nancy Pelosi needs to put John Conyers plus 2 other DEPENDABLE defenders of SS on the Gang of 12...: |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:13 AM Response to Reply #73 |
143. ^ Sounds GREAT! ^ n/t |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #73 |
171. That's not going to happen. |
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colsohlibgal (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
75. Yes And No Votes |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
78. Back to the top, speak the truth Conyers. |
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Marnie (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
84. Wow. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
86. OMG! I have always loved John Conyers, but I love him even more now. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #86 |
94. Thank you. As others upthread call him a senile attention whore. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
95. Why did Conyers vote for the Reid plan this past Saturday then? That's quite hypocritical of him. |
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seeker4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #95 |
174. Yes, hypocritical but he's correct in his statement. In other words... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
98. John Conyers is an American hero. One of my personal favorite Democrats. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
100. Why is Conyers lying? Pres. Obama protected SS/Medicare benefits from any cuts in this debt deal. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #100 |
107. +1 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:55 AM Response to Reply #100 |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
105. he has said recently that everything that he wanted was not in the deal |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
109. With my hand on the wall and my foot on the floor, the room is still spinning. |
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girl_interrupted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
115. K&R |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
116. What is this Obama channeling W again? |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #116 |
121. Listening to KO tonight, if they form a "super congress" |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
118. Should we consider war an entitlement expenditure for corporations? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:01 AM Response to Reply #118 |
140. +1000% --- presume no one in WH notices that wars are bankrutping Treasury -- !!! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
155. I remember how you had your little book Conyers back on the vote theft fight. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
158. What is his reasoning? |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
159. Oh no! It *couldn't* be. Not Barack Obama. Chill out. He's got this motherfucker. nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:23 AM Response to Reply #159 |
160. + |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:03 AM Response to Reply #159 |
163. LOLz |
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seeker4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #159 |
175. + Infinity! |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
164. But even Conyers is an abject failure... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #164 |
167. The Speaker took that off the table. That is on Pelosi. |
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a2liberal (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
168. K&R (n/t) |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
178. I wonder which tv news network went with this story. n/t |
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dharmamarx (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
179. Dean Baker agrees |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #179 |
189. When George Bush* left office, he left this country with a 10.5 Trillion Dollar Deficit |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #179 |
190. He's on Ed's show at 10Pm tonight. n/t |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
195. Conyers is right and Dean Baker is right. Obama is the new Spin Meister for Corporate America. |
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