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Proud Liberal Dem

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18. There's a distinct difference between casting a purely symbolic vote against something
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 03:14 PM
Dec 2012

and refusing to do something that's going to harm our credit rating, economy, etc. To my knowledge, the Democrats have NEVER held raising the debt ceiling hostage like the Republicans did last year which was unprecedented in American history (not to mention an awful idea to begin with). Unless you have contrary information, there is no equivalency between the two situations IMHO.

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