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GoneOffShore

(17,339 posts)
25. Thank you. Too true.
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 04:48 PM
Nov 2012

But we must give equal weight to all opinions, no matter how wrongheaded or stupid, lest we not seem progressive enough.

I'm in the let it go over the cliff camp. Stinky The Clown Nov 2012 #1
Well I am too except I put it rock Nov 2012 #26
Moi aussi. We've got our foot on the necks of the Rape-publi-scum and now is coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #32
dems will have more leverage in the new congress. what's not to like? nt msongs Nov 2012 #2
Going over the cliff Isoldeblue Nov 2012 #3
Over the cliff we should go. n/t NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #4
okay... Deep13 Nov 2012 #5
The cliff is bullshit. Let the tax cuts expire. Avalux Nov 2012 #6
Do you think the President is considering this option? kentuck Nov 2012 #8
Yes I think he is. Avalux Nov 2012 #9
Let em all expire. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #7
l'd rather go over the cliff than be stabbed in the back by some bogus "deal." forestpath Nov 2012 #10
If I had been advising the President... kentuck Nov 2012 #11
Only thing complex is what items of spending should be cut. Seems obvious that its impossible to jody Nov 2012 #12
Well of course not Aerows Nov 2012 #18
Understand but the only lasting solutions will require compromise between those two groups. nt jody Nov 2012 #22
Unfortunately, the Republicans have decreed the non-existence of the idea of "compromise." 2ndAmForComputers Nov 2012 #24
Yep Aerows Nov 2012 #39
Agreed Aerows Nov 2012 #38
I agree with you but how can that happen when corporations fund both sides and keep us fighting jody Nov 2012 #42
If I could answer that question Aerows Nov 2012 #44
If you could answer that question I would follow you to hell and back. nt jody Nov 2012 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science Nov 2012 #41
"We all have our opinions and one is as valid as the other."... are you sure of that.? Bigmack Nov 2012 #13
Yes, you are correct. kentuck Nov 2012 #14
Not true! Some opinions are actually informed, others not so much Spike89 Nov 2012 #15
Are you saying the perception is not the reality? kentuck Nov 2012 #16
The perception is never the reality Spike89 Nov 2012 #19
Ooh, I like the cut of your jib. Obama needs to go all Al Capone (in De Palma's coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #34
Over the cliff Aerows Nov 2012 #17
This I like. NCTraveler Nov 2012 #21
I like the way you think, my friend Aerows Nov 2012 #40
It is all insignificant at the current time. NCTraveler Nov 2012 #20
no, not all opinions are valid. datasuspect Nov 2012 #23
Thank you. Too true. GoneOffShore Nov 2012 #25
All opinions "are equally valid" is a sore spot around the house... HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #28
+1 And some widely hyped opinions are smoke screens, too. freshwest Nov 2012 #37
"Opinions are like buttholes, NashvilleLefty Nov 2012 #27
YOU HAVE CONVINCED ME kentuck Nov 2012 #29
Cool! Then we agree on TWO things! NashvilleLefty Nov 2012 #36
"one opinion is as valid as another" is horseshit TrogL Nov 2012 #30
Illinois went apeshit when raising taxes 2% in 2011. Last time I brought it up, all replied, "when ieoeja Nov 2012 #31
I think over the cliff BarackTheVote Nov 2012 #33
bu$h* only got these taxcuts passed by making them 'temporary' spanone Nov 2012 #35
Stop Calling it the Fiscal Cliff... or Slope or curb... PoliticalBiker Nov 2012 #43
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