riderinthestorm
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Wed Jul-20-11 07:53 PM
Response to Reply #31 |
| 35. Oh, oh yeah, I'll take some anonymous internet poster's word for that. |
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 Here's Chuck Grassley saying the same thing, a Republican. Better? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/07/frank-dismisse...
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| -A question to anti-compromise Democrats.... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:14 PM |
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It's "pie in the sky." Not "ski." |
muntrv |
Jul-20-11 07:16 PM |
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Sorry about that....touch screen.... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:17 PM |
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Some pie in the sky in exchange for some of theirs |
creeksneakers2 |
Jul-20-11 07:20 PM |
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Doesn't the gang of six plan contain a trillion in tax increases? (serious question.... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:23 PM |
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It was supposedly 75% cuts vs 25% revenue... n/t |
BumRushDaShow |
Jul-20-11 07:25 PM |
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That seems like a sensible place to start...again, i think they key component here is.... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:27 PM |
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Exactly. n/t |
BumRushDaShow |
Jul-20-11 07:31 PM |
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NPR is way off |
creeksneakers2 |
Jul-20-11 07:46 PM |
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False premise. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Jul-20-11 07:26 PM |
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Ok, maybe i should have titled this thread "Question for anti-compromise Democrats who... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:27 PM |
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Get what things done? Cut benefits for the old and ill? |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Jul-20-11 07:32 PM |
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This is the congress we have. These are the problems we're facing. What the fuck are we going to do? |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:35 PM |
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No one wants to cut SS benefits, but the president put it on the |
Doctor_J |
Jul-20-11 07:42 PM |
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Probably nothing would be the wise course at the moment unless something |
TheKentuckian |
Jul-20-11 07:48 PM |
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Because the harm from default is larger then the harm from a COLA adjustment to S/S |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:49 PM |
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The US Chamber of Commerce and Wall Street oppose default |
Tom Rinaldo |
Jul-20-11 08:04 PM |
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What default? Fake emergency that we all know the TeaPubliKlans |
TheKentuckian |
Jul-20-11 08:43 PM |
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Stop the wars. Cut, make that slash, "defense" spending, raise taxes on the wealthy |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Jul-20-11 08:06 PM |
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How is cutting defense going to get the bill through the house? |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 08:24 PM |
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You know, Joe, the problem is that we aren't HEARING our ideals, even as a starting point. |
Pholus |
Jul-20-11 09:14 PM |
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Guess the Dems should have gone balls out when they had the majority |
leftstreet |
Jul-20-11 07:31 PM |
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I agree with this, whats frustrating is some many who seem to think that a... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:34 PM |
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But don't you remember the DU Centrist battle cry from back then? |
BulletproofLandshark |
Jul-20-11 07:34 PM |
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Even our majority was weak. |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:38 PM |
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I doubt that would have made it thru the Senate. |
Kaleva |
Jul-20-11 07:35 PM |
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But Wall Street bailouts did? I'm shocked n/t |
leftstreet |
Jul-20-11 07:39 PM |
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Obama has the ultimate ace card. He can drop the atom bomb, invoke the 14th Amendment |
riderinthestorm |
Jul-20-11 07:35 PM |
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The 14th amendment is not viable, and even if it was, you go nuclear as a last resort... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:37 PM |
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Sure it's viable. Even DLCer Bill Clinton recommends it |
riderinthestorm |
Jul-20-11 07:41 PM |
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Bill Clinton hasn't been sane since his heart surgery.... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:48 PM |
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Oh, oh yeah, I'll take some anonymous internet poster's word for that. |
riderinthestorm |
Jul-20-11 07:53 PM |
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Sixth. |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Jul-20-11 08:06 PM |
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There is no need to compromise. |
girl gone mad |
Jul-20-11 07:35 PM |
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Well, that statement just isn't true at all. |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:38 PM |
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It's the unadulterated truth. |
girl gone mad |
Jul-20-11 07:42 PM |
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That is probably the worst idea.....ever. |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:46 PM |
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Question being IS the Debt Ceiling Constitutional |
FreakinDJ |
Jul-20-11 08:10 PM |
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It's an asset swap, not at all inflationary. |
girl gone mad |
Jul-20-11 08:20 PM |
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Just raise it |
Hand_With_Eyes |
Jul-20-11 07:39 PM |
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Well, yeah, that would be awesome. But,how do you get that through the house? |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:41 PM |
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You dont make deals with the republicans at all |
Hand_With_Eyes |
Jul-21-11 11:10 AM |
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let them blink first. |
Warren Stupidity |
Jul-20-11 07:42 PM |
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Rely on the 14th Amendment and arrest anyone who questions the |
The Big Vetolski |
Jul-20-11 07:49 PM |
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I enjoyed the post. |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 07:50 PM |
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A question for New Democrats. Why do you dishonestly call yourselves |
mmonk |
Jul-20-11 08:00 PM |
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Why don't you post that as a thread? n/t |
Common Sense Party |
Jul-20-11 09:19 PM |
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I don't seem to remember the Dems being this powerful when they had 1 of the houses. |
Bonobo |
Jul-20-11 08:05 PM |
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I don't understand the 'fake crisis" meme... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 08:17 PM |
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Oh no, we understand that. |
Bonobo |
Jul-20-11 08:31 PM |
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Well Joe, if they are powerful due to holding one house |
Bluenorthwest |
Jul-20-11 08:13 PM |
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We're looking at it differently....Dems are the ones who want the bill... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 08:18 PM |
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Joe, most everything is about compromise |
Bluenorthwest |
Jul-20-11 08:29 PM |
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Again, you seem to think that the veto pen could somehow magic a bill into being.... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 09:00 PM |
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If you were a poker player...? |
kentuck |
Jul-20-11 08:15 PM |
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Not if i had to throw my house in to stay in the game...just because republicans are treating ... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 08:19 PM |
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"we have a plan. It's called Medicare." |
Enrique |
Jul-20-11 08:18 PM |
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They will never "compromise" in our favor. They don't need to do so. |
madfloridian |
Jul-20-11 08:36 PM |
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If by giving up a little bit on my ideals, I could save the country from default... |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 09:02 PM |
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Capitulation is not compromise. |
rug |
Jul-20-11 08:45 PM |
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You couldn't understand. |
H2O Man |
Jul-20-11 08:53 PM |
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? |
Joe the Revelator |
Jul-20-11 09:00 PM |
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"Compromise" is one thing; giving them nearly every fucking thing they want |
bullwinkle428 |
Jul-20-11 09:04 PM |
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So Neville Chamberlain was pro-compromise and Churchill was anti-compromise |
MannyGoldstein |
Jul-20-11 11:03 PM |
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You'd have a good point if Democrats had not worked so hard |
Zorra |
Jul-21-11 11:52 AM |
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