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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-11 02:06 PM
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36. Now where have I heard this before
:eyes: one day people will realize Obama is lots of big talk and very little in the way of positive action. i'll believe it when i see it. :eyes:
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  -Obama Won't Extend Bush Tax Cuts Again: Pledge To House Dems jefferson_dem  Jun-02-11 08:26 PM   #0 
  - Its good to see the President holding his ground! NT  aaaaaa5a   Jun-02-11 08:29 PM   #1 
  - Holding his ground?  xpertanalyst   Jun-02-11 09:24 PM   #10 
  - Hey there! Welcome to DU!  jefferson_dem   Jun-02-11 09:26 PM   #11 
  - Hello.  bigwillq   Jun-02-11 09:26 PM   #12 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-02-11 09:30 PM   #14 
  - ...  jenmito   Jun-02-11 09:56 PM   #18 
  - Oh boy.  jenmito   Jun-02-11 09:36 PM   #15 
  - "He hasn't done anything yet!"  CakeGrrl   Jun-02-11 11:12 PM   #23 
  - Welcome back.  JTFrog   Jun-03-11 11:48 AM   #33 
  - Welcome back to DU.  Swede   Jun-03-11 12:13 PM   #35 
     - Obama made it clear in the first place he was against extending the Bush tax cuts  bjobotts   Jun-03-11 03:31 PM   #43 
        - As he was extending them he made clear the only reason was to extend unemployment for the '99ers  bjobotts   Jun-03-11 03:33 PM   #44 
           - So when Ed Shultz goes off on this he never mentions Obama was blackmailed into it to help the '99er  bjobotts   Jun-03-11 03:35 PM   #46 
           - Otherwise Obama never would have extended them in the 1st place.  bjobotts   Jun-03-11 03:35 PM   #47 
              - When 40 senators representing about 20% of the population prevent 250 pieces of legislation due to f  bjobotts   Jun-03-11 03:43 PM   #48 
              - So what you are saying is...  Avant Guardian   Jun-05-11 10:47 AM   #64 
           - The 99ers were not helped by the extention of the tax cuts  dflprincess   Jun-03-11 10:31 PM   #61 
              - Also, extending the tax cuts added two years to the recovery  Avant Guardian   Jun-05-11 10:49 AM   #65 
  - about time. show them who is boss  trueblue2007   Jun-03-11 05:12 PM   #52 
  - I think he was holding out hope  Drale   Jun-02-11 08:43 PM   #2 
  - sorry Obama  Pharaoh   Jun-02-11 08:47 PM   #3 
  - Those tax cuts he approved...when DO they expire this time around?  dixiegrrrrl   Jun-02-11 08:50 PM   #5 
     - December 2012.  jefferson_dem   Jun-02-11 08:58 PM   #8 
     - I see. AFTER the election, of course.  dixiegrrrrl   Jun-03-11 09:33 AM   #28 
     - right after the next election  Donnachaidh   Jun-03-11 02:08 PM   #38 
        - What's weird is they could only be passed in the 1st place by reconciliation so automatically expire  bjobotts   Jun-03-11 03:46 PM   #49 
           - Also ridiculous is that you had Senators who opposed them in 2003 supporting them in 2010  Hippo_Tron   Jun-05-11 01:03 AM   #62 
  - I remember his pledges in 2008, don't be fooled again!  Lionessa   Jun-02-11 08:50 PM   #4 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-02-11 08:56 PM   #7 
  - I'll believe it when I see it. n/t  bbinacan   Jun-02-11 08:52 PM   #6 
  - Exactly. There will no doubt be a super-pressing issue that must be  tekisui   Jun-03-11 02:11 PM   #39 
  - That would seal the deal for 2012  Ineeda   Jun-02-11 09:00 PM   #9 
  - I'm hoping  bigwillq   Jun-02-11 09:28 PM   #13 
  - maybe we'll forget he said this before  Enrique   Jun-02-11 09:52 PM   #16 
  - Maybe you forgot the unemployment extension the R's held hostage in exchange  CakeGrrl   Jun-02-11 11:11 PM   #22 
  - Well, better late than never. It'd be hard for him to back down twice. nt  mistertrickster   Jun-02-11 09:55 PM   #17 
  - Speaking of taxes, what are the odds that come December 31, the "payroll tax holiday"  sad sally   Jun-02-11 10:13 PM   #19 
  - Extending the Bush tax cuts is bad policy now ...  Martin Eden   Jun-02-11 10:15 PM   #20 
  - You mean the Obama tax cuts, right? The were 'new and improved'  kelly1mm   Jun-02-11 10:55 PM   #21 
  - Well, here's hoping.  calimary   Jun-02-11 11:23 PM   #24 
  - Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me...  Moostache   Jun-02-11 11:48 PM   #25 
  - I give it 6-months.  vroomvroom   Jun-03-11 12:07 AM   #26 
  - Agreed  Sherman A1   Jun-03-11 09:41 AM   #29 
     - delete  Sherman A1   Jun-03-11 09:42 AM   #30 
  - Gotta love the comments in that Huff Po article  Cali_Democrat   Jun-03-11 12:42 AM   #27 
  - Less people fooled on Huffpost than DU  slay   Jun-03-11 02:07 PM   #37 
  - And THIS time,  bvar22   Jun-03-11 09:55 AM   #31 
  - you want to see some hilarious "proof" that Obama means it this time?  Enrique   Jun-03-11 12:00 PM   #34 
  - Bookmarking...  FiveGoodMen   Jun-03-11 11:23 AM   #32 
  - Now where have I heard this before  slay   Jun-03-11 02:06 PM   #36 
  - I thought Obama didn't have the power to do this because  canoeist52   Jun-03-11 03:01 PM   #40 
  - He has veto power. The reason he didn't veto the last ones was because the bill  jenmito   Jun-03-11 03:11 PM   #41 
     - Penny wise and dollar foolish.  canoeist52   Jun-03-11 03:23 PM   #42 
     - What will have changed in 2012? The same situation will exist.  ChrisBorg   Jun-03-11 03:33 PM   #45 
     - The economy will have changed. n/t  jenmito   Jun-03-11 06:05 PM   #54 
     - How will that be different in 2012?  vi5   Jun-03-11 05:49 PM   #53 
     - i love these explanations  Enrique   Jun-03-11 06:19 PM   #56 
        - You can't "remember them from last time." There was no "last time" in this situation. n/t  jenmito   Jun-03-11 07:18 PM   #58 
  - he'll break the pledge again... I'm confident of that. Maybe he'll pledge to close Gitmo too, nt  GSLevel9   Jun-03-11 04:44 PM   #50 
  - and then he'll pledge that he won't sign a health care "reform" bill w/o a strong public option.  kath   Jun-03-11 06:06 PM   #55 
  - I hope he means it this time n/t  golfguru   Jun-03-11 05:04 PM   #51 
  - I look at it this way: If the Democrats in the House are united and vote NO  Liberal_Stalwart71   Jun-03-11 06:33 PM   #57 
  - when Obama made his deal with the GOP  Enrique   Jun-03-11 08:22 PM   #59 
     - What are you talking about? I'm for increasing taxes on the rich...  Liberal_Stalwart71   Jun-03-11 10:12 PM   #60 
  - A reminder that Obama had a 3 week lame duck session to get DADT and a missile treaty passed  Hippo_Tron   Jun-05-11 01:13 AM   #63 
  - The 9-11 First Responders Bill was also a part of that package.  AtomicKitten   Jun-05-11 04:55 PM   #66 
  - bullshit  Skittles   Jun-07-11 03:18 AM   #67 
 

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