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stillwaiting Donating Member (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-11 07:20 AM
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72. There are LOTS of Democrats AND Republicans that don't want cuts in SS/Medicare
More than some.

And more than just Democrats.

But, as Dick Cheney said in an interview when given polling data that showed the American public were strongly against the Bush
Administration's position: "So?"

It doesn't matter what a majority of Americans (much less a majority of Democrats) want.

It's all about the elite/Wall Street's needs.
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  -"there are some in my party" G_j  Sep-09-11 01:45 PM   #0 
  - Did we lose a fucking war or something?  dawg   Sep-09-11 02:00 PM   #1 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Sep-09-11 02:03 PM   #2 
  - Yep. God forbid we should  muffin1   Sep-09-11 04:47 PM   #22 
  - Bull's eye!  hifiguy   Sep-09-11 04:49 PM   #24 
  - Nope, they're all still there, all 3 of them, unfortunately. nt  Zorra   Sep-09-11 10:07 PM   #58 
  - ''while protecting current beneficiaries'' is what Bush said about privatizing Social Security  yurbud   Sep-09-11 02:20 PM   #3 
  - Doublespeak. Making Medicare less vital to the average American is weakening it.  closeupready   Sep-09-11 02:22 PM   #4 
  - He's wrong. As one of the 'some in my party' he's talking about,  sabrina 1   Sep-09-11 02:26 PM   #5 
  - that is a very important point  Claudia Jones   Sep-09-11 04:37 PM   #20 
  - TOTALLY agree. nt  Raine   Sep-09-11 06:03 PM   #35 
  - Programs are highly successful .... It's Obama that sucks -- !!! Let's do something about that!!  defendandprotect   Sep-09-11 07:26 PM   #49 
  - right on  G_j   Sep-10-11 10:16 AM   #76 
  - What can we do about this problem?  kentuck   Sep-09-11 03:16 PM   #6 
  - When we cut care, the aging problem will solve itself.  Bake   Sep-09-11 03:23 PM   #7 
  - +1  GreenPartyVoter   Sep-10-11 10:24 AM   #78 
  - Maybe we should look at why our healthcare costs have been rising so much more than others'?  kenny blankenship   Sep-09-11 04:55 PM   #25 
  - Get rid of the profit-making Middle Men who eat up  sabrina 1   Sep-09-11 05:34 PM   #30 
  - During the reform debate, Obama advocated for the middle men  Bluenorthwest   Sep-09-11 06:15 PM   #36 
  - Object to BS ... for one!!!!  defendandprotect   Sep-09-11 07:23 PM   #48 
  - Raise the minimum wage?  Capitalocracy   Sep-10-11 01:19 AM   #66 
  - He should have said.....  FrenchieCat   Sep-09-11 03:23 PM   #8 
  - If only he would talk that way about Republicans. But dream on.  sabrina 1   Sep-09-11 08:36 PM   #55 
  - Thanks for yet more proof that this isn't a Christian nation  Creideiki   Sep-10-11 03:41 AM   #70 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-09-11 03:26 PM   #9 
  - No code portraying anything  kctim   Sep-09-11 03:28 PM   #10 
  - we've taken word parsing and perceived slights to a whole new level here at DU...  dionysus   Sep-09-11 03:29 PM   #11 
  - heres what i think of people calling real concerns perceived slights  Enrique   Sep-09-11 03:31 PM   #12 
  - maybe you should grab a ginger ale or something.  dionysus   Sep-09-11 03:33 PM   #13 
     - funny1!!!!!!  Enrique   Sep-09-11 03:34 PM   #14 
     - Maybe throw some Alkaseltzer in it too. I told him not to roll around so much  DevonRex   Sep-09-11 05:39 PM   #31 
     - LOL!!!  Number23   Sep-09-11 06:29 PM   #40 
  - +1  JoePhilly   Sep-10-11 10:15 AM   #74 
  - Code??? Good grief.  madamesilverspurs   Sep-09-11 03:35 PM   # 
  - You're right it's not code. it's outright disdain.  Bluebear   Sep-09-11 03:41 PM   #16 
  - + 1 --- and especially coming after some of the other disdain we've heard from White House/Rahm..!!  defendandprotect   Sep-09-11 07:27 PM   #50 
  - This post really illustrates just how thin skinned they are.  Solomon   Sep-09-11 05:43 PM   #33 
     - thanks. n/t.  okieinpain   Sep-10-11 01:17 AM   #65 
     - as I said,  G_j   Sep-10-11 10:44 AM   #80 
  - You wanna save some money on health care costs?  gratuitous   Sep-09-11 03:35 PM   #15 
  - Good plan, but doomed to fail because the TeaRoarists in Congress will say  Amonester   Sep-10-11 03:48 AM   #71 
  - Let's just look at it backwards:  Hydra   Sep-09-11 03:48 PM   #17 
  - Wow. Do you realize what you just did!  Solomon   Sep-09-11 06:20 PM   #39 
  - I just inverted it, the way I always did with Bush  Hydra   Sep-09-11 06:48 PM   #46 
     - so we can just go around and turn what every body  Solomon   Sep-09-11 10:01 PM   #57 
  - K/R for your post --- !!  defendandprotect   Sep-09-11 07:21 PM   #47 
  - Nailed it!  GreenPartyVoter   Sep-10-11 10:25 AM   #79 
  - He does not agree with the progressives  treestar   Sep-09-11 04:30 PM   #18 
  - thank you  Claudia Jones   Sep-09-11 04:42 PM   #21 
  - I believe that one  billh58   Sep-09-11 06:19 PM   #37 
     - true  Claudia Jones   Sep-09-11 06:20 PM   #38 
  - He's also entitled to be terribly, terribly wrong. Over and over.  JackDragna   Sep-09-11 05:04 PM   #27 
  - Mmm..but he (and you) will certainly take our votes.  muffin1   Sep-09-11 05:22 PM   #29 
  - If a Dem kills SSI, then we are fucked for decades.  Rex   Sep-09-11 04:33 PM   #19 
  - Do you see any Democrats standing up against this ... ??? We have Koch/DLC party now--!!!  defendandprotect   Sep-09-11 07:30 PM   #51 
  - A friend, who is NOT a political junkie, told me yesterday  zalinda   Sep-10-11 11:22 AM   #82 
  - K&R.  William769   Sep-09-11 04:48 PM   #23 
  - No he DOESN'T UNDERSTAND AT ALL! He doesn't care either.  SammyWinstonJack   Sep-09-11 05:03 PM   #26 
  - If we want to dislodge Koch/DLC-Third Way Dem Party ... we need to start now !!!  defendandprotect   Sep-09-11 07:35 PM   #53 
  - Nope. All you've got to do is two things:  Bake   Sep-09-11 05:07 PM   #28 
  - Do you think he was talking about us?  Bucky   Sep-09-11 05:41 PM   #32 
  - Yes, sir, there are, and they are called  hifiguy   Sep-09-11 05:44 PM   #34 
  - .  fascisthunter   Sep-09-11 06:30 PM   #41 
  - +  Bluebear   Sep-09-11 06:36 PM   #43 
  - and some are neo-liberal trojan horses in the dem party  fascisthunter   Sep-09-11 06:31 PM   #42 
  - +1 -- Still many who want to avoid the reality of Koch/DLC Dems -- Corporate Obama ... !!!  defendandprotect   Sep-09-11 07:33 PM   #52 
  - It's sad, because whether your are well off or not, the end game is gonna hurt.  fascisthunter   Sep-09-11 08:40 PM   #56 
     - Truth can be frightening ... and this won't stop with Social Security and Medicare ....  defendandprotect   Sep-10-11 12:35 AM   #62 
  - 'Some in my party' don't know they're being played.  tblue   Sep-10-11 02:33 AM   #68 
  - Neo-liberal horse shit. Nt  xchrom   Sep-09-11 06:37 PM   #44 
  - There are" some in my party" who would blow FDR/New Deal/Social Security/Medicare to the winds -!!  defendandprotect   Sep-09-11 06:38 PM   #45 
  - Extend it down to a healthier population and give our heathcare corporate  mmonk   Sep-09-11 07:37 PM   #54 
  - Wouldn't that be a reform?  JoePhilly   Sep-10-11 10:16 AM   #75 
     - Reform in political doublespeak of the Republicans and their twins in the  mmonk   Sep-10-11 07:51 PM   #84 
  - Everything he said after the word 'but' only affirms that I've made the correct choice  Occulus   Sep-09-11 10:11 PM   #59 
  - There are some in your party who don't want GODDAMNED FUCKING CUTS!!  eridani   Sep-10-11 12:15 AM   #60 
  - More than some.  chill_wind   Sep-10-11 10:53 AM   #81 
  - "There are some in my party"  dflprincess   Sep-10-11 12:19 AM   #61 
  - ironic, isn't it?  Claudia Jones   Sep-10-11 12:53 AM   #63 
  - "there are some in my party"... news flash, Barack:  Capitalocracy   Sep-10-11 12:59 AM   #64 
  - There are some who will primary this president! rungaryhart.com  Hart2008   Sep-10-11 01:51 AM   #67 
  - Did you see the standing ovation this line got? Disturbing.  mattclearing   Sep-10-11 02:50 AM   #69 
  - There are LOTS of Democrats AND Republicans that don't want cuts in SS/Medicare  stillwaiting   Sep-10-11 07:20 AM   #72 
  - Yes, like 71% of Democrats. And a majority of Americans, period.  chill_wind   Sep-10-11 10:20 AM   #77 
  - Just "Some", huh? Well, he's going to have to do it without anything that can be called cuts  chill_wind   Sep-10-11 10:13 AM   #73 
  - He can't even use the D word in reference to himself, can he?  Maven   Sep-10-11 11:43 AM   #83 
 

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