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Mon Dec-13-10 11:16 AM
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| 52. Jobs was a lot of it. So was ending EPA wetlands protection |
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I'm not sure why; that may have been a particular ruling in that area or something. People couldn't cut down trees in their backyard. And when I looked into it I think it was actually an Army Corps of Engineers thing, not the EPA.
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| -Will everyone agree that this is the LAST Obama compromise that could ever be defended? |
Ken Burch |
Dec-13-10 10:22 AM |
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he hasn't even promised to protect Social Security |
Enrique |
Dec-13-10 10:26 AM |
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And you're okay with that? |
tavalon |
Dec-13-10 10:39 AM |
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No because we don't know what other issues he might find himself in a position of. . . |
wndycty |
Dec-13-10 10:27 AM |
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Dec-13-10 10:35 AM |
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That's Not What He Said |
DemocratSinceBirth |
Dec-13-10 10:38 AM |
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All future compromises have got to be intolerably right-wing |
Ken Burch |
Dec-13-10 10:40 AM |
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Plenty Of Issues I Will Go The Hill For |
DemocratSinceBirth |
Dec-13-10 10:44 AM |
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I have core values, I also understand that if we are true progressives. . . |
wndycty |
Dec-13-10 10:48 AM |
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Interesting that your "strategy" always involves cutting poverty programs more. |
bobbolink |
Dec-13-10 10:58 AM |
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True, bobbolink. |
Ken Burch |
Dec-13-10 11:00 AM |
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What I want from them is the same that I want from their cousins, the RW -- HONESTY. |
bobbolink |
Dec-13-10 11:28 AM |
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So where did I say that cutting poverty was part of my strategy. . . |
wndycty |
Dec-13-10 11:02 AM |
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Dec-13-10 11:13 AM |
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SS is an anti-poverty program. |
Hello_Kitty |
Dec-13-10 12:19 PM |
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"when did I say that CUTTING POVERTY was part of my strategy"? |
Ken Burch |
Dec-13-10 02:30 PM |
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LOL |
Hello_Kitty |
Dec-13-10 12:18 PM |
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Ken, we keep moving the line further and further and further back. |
Lucky 13 |
Dec-13-10 10:28 AM |
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The actual line is whether or not a Republican would be more left leaning than Obama. |
BzaDem |
Dec-13-10 10:37 AM |
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It doesn't HAVE to be "continued compromise or a Republican" |
Ken Burch |
Dec-13-10 10:39 AM |
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I'm not saying Obama has to surrender to win. |
BzaDem |
Dec-13-10 10:44 AM |
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We might be headed that way. |
Lucky 13 |
Dec-13-10 10:44 AM |
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Have you looked at WHY the Republicans are fighting the tax deal? |
BzaDem |
Dec-13-10 10:52 AM |
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Break it apart. One part is not contingent on another. |
Lucky 13 |
Dec-13-10 12:38 PM |
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The "payroll tax holiday" is, above all other things, totally unaccptable and indefensible. |
Poll_Blind |
Dec-13-10 10:29 AM |
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He has ALREADY put SS at risk. The tax holiday is a trojan horse. |
Poboy |
Dec-13-10 10:30 AM |
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True |
BlueJac |
Dec-13-10 10:31 AM |
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The next two years are going to be 100% compromise, or Government Shutdown |
rucky |
Dec-13-10 10:31 AM |
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Obama is not working for us, he is working against us |
somone |
Dec-13-10 10:32 AM |
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Yeah he should have let the Unemployed go without an extension because he hates the rich |
dkf |
Dec-13-10 10:39 AM |
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bwahahahaha! |
bobbolink |
Dec-13-10 11:15 AM |
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He certainly works hard at marginalizing the left. nt |
eilen |
Dec-13-10 02:02 PM |
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The last one that can be defended? I don't believe THIS ONE can be defended. |
NorthCarolina |
Dec-13-10 10:35 AM |
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You're right, it can't |
Ken Burch |
Dec-13-10 10:36 AM |
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I do not believe this has anything to do with compromise. Obama is getting exactly what HE wants. nt |
NorthCarolina |
Dec-13-10 10:37 AM |
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Bingo. More and more people are seeing behind the curtain. |
bobbolink |
Dec-13-10 11:16 AM |
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Honestly, you will probably look back on this compromise as the best one he made |
BzaDem |
Dec-13-10 10:35 AM |
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You're going to be loyal to a man who has NO core values and NEVER fights for us? |
Ken Burch |
Dec-13-10 10:37 AM |
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What do you mean "loyal to a man?" |
BzaDem |
Dec-13-10 10:41 AM |
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He can use executive orders. He can rally the base. |
Ken Burch |
Dec-13-10 10:45 AM |
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"They'll credit it all to Boehner." |
BzaDem |
Dec-13-10 10:54 AM |
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It didn't have to be this way |
tavalon |
Dec-13-10 10:44 AM |
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Do you really believe this election was a mandate for compromise? |
tavalon |
Dec-13-10 10:47 AM |
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God yes |
Recursion |
Dec-13-10 10:56 AM |
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LOL |
tavalon |
Dec-13-10 10:59 AM |
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I knocked on doors in eastern Ohio |
Recursion |
Dec-13-10 11:04 AM |
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In other words, they wanted stuff done |
tavalon |
Dec-13-10 11:07 AM |
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Jobs was a lot of it. So was ending EPA wetlands protection |
Recursion |
Dec-13-10 11:16 AM |
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No |
Uben |
Dec-13-10 10:38 AM |
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As a non-defender, I can say I've seen the defend at all costs Dems |
tavalon |
Dec-13-10 10:38 AM |
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The majority left are likely paid to do so. -nt |
Poboy |
Dec-13-10 12:20 PM |
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NO, this country was built on compromise. |
johnaries |
Dec-13-10 10:41 AM |
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I think this one pretty much did me in |
Robyn66 |
Dec-13-10 10:47 AM |
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Evidently it is all about "strategy" and political calculation to |
mmonk |
Dec-13-10 10:49 AM |
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Well, no, I don't agree with that at all |
Recursion |
Dec-13-10 10:55 AM |
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No Compromises EVER!!! Draw LINES In The SAND!!! MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY BABY!! YeeeeeeHAWWWWWW!!!!!! |
Beetwasher |
Dec-13-10 10:58 AM |
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So you think it's silly for this party to EVER stand it's ground? |
Ken Burch |
Dec-13-10 11:01 AM |
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Destroy Our Enemies, Turn Them Into Ash!!! |
Beetwasher |
Dec-13-10 11:04 AM |
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This wasn't the ONLY way to do that. |
Ken Burch |
Dec-13-10 11:07 AM |
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You Tell ME How YOU Would Do It So Those People Do Not Lose Their Benefits. I'll Wait |
Beetwasher |
Dec-13-10 11:08 AM |
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On any subject of any kind ever? |
treestar |
Dec-13-10 11:03 AM |
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You and Obama and the Dems |
ProudDad |
Dec-13-10 11:17 AM |
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No... |
ProudDad |
Dec-13-10 11:16 AM |
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I stopped defending at health care. n/t |
Bonhomme Richard |
Dec-13-10 11:24 AM |
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So you gave up on Clinton early? |
elias7 |
Dec-13-10 11:35 AM |
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Was Clinton worth ANYTHING after 1994? |
Ken Burch |
Dec-13-10 11:44 AM |
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"if he went down fighting for the public option" |
Bonhomme Richard |
Dec-13-10 11:57 AM |
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No, brcause it can't be defended |
Tom Rinaldo |
Dec-13-10 12:17 PM |
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Oh, they'll be defending SS cuts here. The 'deficit' will suddenly become Very Important. eom |
Hello_Kitty |
Dec-13-10 12:22 PM |
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Things that are not broken should not be fixed. No compromise. |
LucySky |
Dec-13-10 12:24 PM |
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Obama needs to go on full lefty attack mode. Order Reid to invoke the nuclear option |
Hawkeye-X |
Dec-13-10 02:04 PM |
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Don't worry, when Obama signs off on cutting SS and Medicare, |
MadHound |
Dec-13-10 02:05 PM |
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The Obama/GOP tax cut deal is an attack on social security. |
Better Believe It |
Dec-13-10 02:07 PM |
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The Acolytes will defend ANYTHING |
PurityOfEssence |
Dec-13-10 02:20 PM |
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You couldn't get every one on this board to agree it's cold outside. |
sarcasmo |
Dec-13-10 02:33 PM |
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