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yurbud

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8. actually, they can clarify things pols are intentionally trying to muddy up

Reply to rock (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 16, 2012, 03:05 PM

Nov 2012

and the GOP uses them to great effect.

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Suppose you were kidnapped by someone who only had a little time left to live... [View all] yurbud Nov 2012 OP

...because in the meantime, the kidnapper can shoot you in the leg and burn down the House... brooklynite Nov 2012 #1

There really aren't though. Chan790 Nov 2012 #3

Exactly RobertEarl Nov 2012 #17

Fiscal cliff = consequences of sequestration. It's a man-made crisis HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #5

It's more like autoerotic asphixiation yurbud Nov 2012 #9

"We have nothing to fear, but fear itself" ... Myrina Nov 2012 #13

I'd help him bleed out a little faster. hobbit709 Nov 2012 #2

well the problem is that republicans still control the house in the new congress. unblock Nov 2012 #4

Conservatives understand fear. Let's jump the cliff and scare the shit out of them! HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #6

My point was much broader than just this particular artificial crisis yurbud Nov 2012 #10

well, sure, say twelve years from now, democrats should be a far stronger force. unblock Nov 2012 #11

If Republicans had the Presidency and one chamber of Congress they would effectively ignore yurbud Nov 2012 #14

that's for damn sure. the power of money unblock Nov 2012 #16

an alternative theory on Dem spinelessness: when big business knows a Repub can't win yurbud Nov 2012 #18

Analogies in politics are like farts on a skewer rock Nov 2012 #7

actually, they can clarify things pols are intentionally trying to muddy up yurbud Nov 2012 #8

I'd wait him out. Or make him take me with him. Myrina Nov 2012 #12

I agree with waiting him out. That's why any concessions Dems give them are so frustrating yurbud Nov 2012 #15

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