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In reply to the discussion: OK: common wisdom is (once again): OMFG!!111!! Obama CAVES!!!!! [View all]abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)27. Funny because even Krugman got that old sick feeling over the "trail balloon"
but you just know Obama was kidding and playing three dimensional chess.
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Food stamps are exempted from the sequestration measures embedded in the 2011 Budget Control Act, if
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#52
I hope you are right. My livelihood and that of many of my friends are on the line.
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#3
Thank you! Oh, and I'm alcohol-and lactose intolerant, so a cup of Oolong tea
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2012
#9
Exactly, he knows the Teabaggers will never allow anying except complete capitulation.
Odin2005
Dec 2012
#19
Funny because even Krugman got that old sick feeling over the "trail balloon"
abelenkpe
Dec 2012
#27
Your posts makes no sense. If Obama knows his SS proposal is DOA, why even bother to make it?
MotherPetrie
Dec 2012
#36
Obama tried his best to sell SS and Medicare down the river. He won't rest until he does.
forestpath
Dec 2012
#38
Well, I'm sure glad Obama is having fun with this. People who depend on SS sure as fuck aren't.
MotherPetrie
Dec 2012
#44
Recommended. A BLT & milk sounds good right about now. Anyone who's been paying attention....
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2012
#46
If you want to see how badly the President has screwed the Republicans tomorrow tune into
grantcart
Dec 2012
#50
Doesn't it all dovetail pretty well with the development of Obamacare too? I'm amazed at
patrice
Dec 2012
#56
I learned everything I know about politics from this chilly grantcart motherfucker.
cliffordu
Dec 2012
#68
This may help a little - a VERY interesting read for wide-angle perspective from a profesional:
patrice
Dec 2012
#54
So, to him, the elderly's ability to eat, is a gambling chip in negotiations?
grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#61
Keep watching. I'll expect big humilities down the road from the panic peeps.
cliffordu
Dec 2012
#69