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snappyturtle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-10 10:30 AM
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12. My gut reaction: When pigs fly!
The President knows and is signaling through Jarret what we WANT to hear. I like to believe the President recognizes the importance of ending the tax cuts for the rich but whatever monster has grabbed his soul won't allow that to become reality.
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  -Obama Wants Tax Cuts for Wealthiest Americans Ended in 2012, Jarrett Says Joanne98  Dec-26-10 10:08 AM   #0 
  - Where are the jobs??  Angry Dragon   Dec-26-10 10:10 AM   #1 
  - no jobs.  whattheidonot   Dec-26-10 12:41 PM   #37 
  - Sure he has to say that for the next two years  soryang   Dec-26-10 10:14 AM   #2 
  - Yeah.. We've heard that one before.  cyclezealot   Dec-26-10 11:41 AM   # 
  - I want job creation for the jobless and help for the poor. Who  roguevalley   Dec-26-10 07:59 PM   #58 
  - Obama..  sendero   Dec-26-10 08:50 PM   #60 
  - How on earth can he pull it off?  breadandwine   Dec-26-10 02:11 PM   #45 
  - He had his best chance THIS year!  egoclothes   Dec-26-10 10:14 AM   #3 
  - Precisely  Sherman A1   Dec-26-10 12:17 PM   #33 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-26-10 10:15 AM   #4 
  - I wish he and everyone in his administration would STOP SAYING THIS.  enough   Dec-26-10 10:20 AM   #5 
  - I just watched her interview on MTP  eleny   Dec-26-10 10:21 AM   #6 
  - She always sounds robotic to me. But it's mostly about her speaking style.  Gidney N Cloyd   Dec-26-10 10:37 AM   #14 
  - "Smart and committed"? Here's some info re: her real estate scams.  Ruperto31   Dec-26-10 11:37 AM   #26 
     - Ding, ding, ding!  Hawkowl   Dec-27-10 11:03 AM   #70 
  - Yeah. Sure.  Faygo Kid   Dec-26-10 10:24 AM   #7 
  - WTF?  BlueJac   Dec-26-10 10:24 AM   #8 
  - however, I sent money to O to end tax cuts for the rich this year  wordpix   Dec-26-10 10:24 AM   #9 
  - "Obama wants..." Oh, please. Stop already. Just go away and stop bothering me with your nonsense.  PSPS   Dec-26-10 10:27 AM   #10 
  - Egg-sactly. And Biden says we'll be out of Afghanistan by 2014...  lib2DaBone   Dec-26-10 02:32 PM   #48 
  - And did anyone point out  skepticscott   Dec-26-10 10:27 AM   #11 
  - My gut reaction: When pigs fly!  snappyturtle   Dec-26-10 10:30 AM   #12 
  - "Jerry, just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it" - George Costanza nt  captain jack   Dec-26-10 10:34 AM   #13 
  - What an utter pipe-dreamed fantasy oozing with utter nonsense akin to giddy gibberish  indepat   Dec-26-10 10:46 AM   #15 
  - Obama promises future broken promises.  captain jack   Dec-26-10 10:46 AM   #16 
  - I think implied is "If the recession is over in 2012....."  No Elephants   Dec-26-10 11:04 AM   #17 
  - And if the economy is recovering  skepticscott   Dec-26-10 11:36 AM   #25 
  - And if there is a full moon with grunion running....  Ruperto31   Dec-26-10 11:39 AM   #28 
  - Virtually everyone on DU is disappointed in Obama. So what do we do about it?  Ruperto31   Dec-26-10 11:41 AM   #30 
  - challenge  whattheidonot   Dec-26-10 12:28 PM   #36 
  - and IF the nearly $14 trillion debt is reduced and IF unemployment decreases...  wordpix   Dec-26-10 12:16 PM   #32 
  - Impossible. All they have to do is 'hurt a hostage' and he will fold.  onehandle   Dec-26-10 11:06 AM   #18 
  - hohum  mimitabby   Dec-26-10 11:10 AM   #19 
  - So will this work for him on the campaign trail?  jimlup   Dec-26-10 11:10 AM   #20 
  - when the richies start dangling money, the promises are broken, works every time  wordpix   Dec-26-10 11:15 AM   #21 
     - dandling money, AND taking hundreds of millions HOSTAGES  Amonester   Dec-27-10 12:03 PM   #71 
  - "He is going to fight very hard" on December 31, 2012  somone   Dec-26-10 11:26 AM   #22 
  - He has wanted to end them all along  Still a Democrat   Dec-26-10 11:31 AM   #23 
  - Those paying attention understand  skepticscott   Dec-26-10 11:40 AM   #29 
  - +1 It is disappointing that our president caved over an issue he could have won  wordpix   Dec-26-10 12:21 PM   #35 
  - And it would have been an easy case to make  skepticscott   Dec-26-10 01:00 PM   #38 
  - Precisely  Sherman A1   Dec-26-10 03:17 PM   #50 
  - Yep. I was paying attention and I understand. n/t  Tx4obama   Dec-26-10 05:29 PM   #53 
  - We are supposed to believe him this time?  Nite Owl   Dec-26-10 11:32 AM   #24 
  - This is likely just meaningless PR banter. I wouldn't ascribe any truth to it.  NorthCarolina   Dec-26-10 11:38 AM   #27 
  - Why will he need to "fight" and "work hard" to end the tax cuts?  subterranean   Dec-26-10 12:15 PM   #31 
  - Um... 2012, huh? Which is coincidentally an election year.  Haole Girl   Dec-26-10 12:18 PM   #34 
  - blah blah blah  ElsewheresDaughter   Dec-26-10 01:09 PM   #39 
  - But will he still want to be Bipartisan with the party out to destroy him then too ?  Overseas   Dec-26-10 01:17 PM   #40 
  - Virtually No Chance This Happens.  colsohlibgal   Dec-26-10 01:23 PM   #41 
  - Notice how farther away something is, the more intense the promise?  neverforget   Dec-26-10 01:25 PM   #42 
  - Where have I heard that old song before??? nt  valerief   Dec-26-10 01:37 PM   #43 
  - Fool me once, shame on you.  hay rick   Dec-26-10 01:55 PM   #44 
  - lame duck session of 2012?  AlphaCentauri   Dec-26-10 02:12 PM   #46 
  - Don't listen to what he says watch what he does as he cuts Social Security funding and  FreeStateDemocrat   Dec-26-10 02:27 PM   #47 
  - Couldn't fight for the last 2 years, but  MannyGoldstein   Dec-26-10 02:51 PM   #49 
  - More promises for the election year... how about this year...  Fearless   Dec-26-10 04:29 PM   #51 
  - Mwahahahahaha!!!!  Frisbee   Dec-26-10 04:44 PM   #52 
  - He will "fight hard" for this, then lose.  daleo   Dec-26-10 07:22 PM   #54 
  - That sounds very familiar.  Autumn   Dec-26-10 07:27 PM   #55 
  - Obama wants a GOP-dominated house to increase taxes on the wealthy...  0rganism   Dec-26-10 07:28 PM   #56 
  - Obama Wants Tax Cuts for Wealthiest Americans Ended in 2012....  bvar22   Dec-26-10 07:51 PM   #57 
  - I'm sure relieved to hear this!  dflprincess   Dec-26-10 08:23 PM   #59 
  - I've already seen this movie and the ending SUCKED.  progressoid   Dec-27-10 02:21 AM   #61 
  - Yes, this time he means it.  gtar100   Dec-27-10 02:46 AM   #62 
  - "Obama Wants Tax Cuts for Wealthiest Americans Ended in 2010, Obama Says"  RUMMYisFROSTED   Dec-27-10 08:52 AM   #63 
  - Yawn: He is going to fight very hard when those two-year extensions expire  panzerfaust   Dec-27-10 08:59 AM   #64 
  - Would it be fair to say ...  GeorgeGist   Dec-27-10 09:33 AM   #65 
  - I'll believe when I see it  FlyByNight   Dec-27-10 09:42 AM   #66 
  - Sherrod Brown 2016: End the Cycle of Republican Presidents.  HughBeaumont   Dec-27-10 10:02 AM   #67 
  - The probablity of raising taxes in an election year is nil.  robcon   Dec-27-10 10:34 AM   #68 
  - Here is the reality check  whosinpower   Dec-27-10 11:00 AM   #69 
  - He wanted them ended in 2010  high density   Dec-27-10 12:15 PM   #72 
 

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