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In reply to the discussion: Where is that Chained CPI Everyone Was Sure Was Coming? [View all]Odin2005
(53,521 posts)24. It's like that invasion of Iran they are sure is coming.
It's always right around the corner and has been so since 2004.
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i do not mess with anything until it happens cause really, there is so much information out there
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#2
Am I right in thinking I heard the Dems (Obama and Biden specifically) weren't willing to even
gateley
Jan 2013
#34
what i find so often is what appears a contradiction. we will hear it is not... then obama says
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#70
And, just because he says something is on the table doesn't mean he's really going to consider
gateley
Jan 2013
#74
On the floor, next to $1 trillion of the $1.6 trillion Obama promised to raise from the 2%
MannyGoldstein
Jan 2013
#6
Well said. And if anyone said Rep Pelosi supported it, I agree with them. Being worried isnt a bad
rhett o rick
Jan 2013
#72
fair enough but I would also add that if someone is suggesting that it was offered without
grantcart
Jan 2013
#98
Greenstein was on LO and said that it was his understanding that the offsets were
grantcart
Jan 2013
#106
The deal (as yet not House approved) does not include any debt ceiling concessions and so
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#13
Tom, you're smart. I know you see the strategy here. Next round will bring the deluge.
chimpymustgo
Jan 2013
#22
I guess they thought the Obama admin and the Republicans had the votes for it.
Karmadillo
Jan 2013
#15
That short exchange is a perfect snapshot of the cognitive dissonance afflicting Obama Stalwarts
whatchamacallit
Jan 2013
#82
Yes, just downstream, and pining philosophical about our binary, limited, progressive thinking
DisgustipatedinCA
Jan 2013
#99
I thought I had seen it all on DU, but quoting Lindsey Graham??? Really?? Yikes. nt.
OldDem2012
Jan 2013
#21
You asked what happened to the Chained CPI talk. The Republicans will now pick it up.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#32
Already have. Same shit, different day. The Teabagger wing of DU scours the nets for bad newz.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#39
Happy New Year, sheshe! We're both going to have a great day, every day, unlike some...
freshwest
Jan 2013
#86
Isn't it amazing how many people imagined that Obama said chained CPI was on the table?
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#50
So, Obama and Pelosi were lying when they said chained CPI was part of Obama's proposal?
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#44
The OP seems to think that Obama was lying when he said chained CPI was on the table.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#40
Alot of people seem to think he did it as some kind of a fake-out move to trick the gop.
limpyhobbler
Jan 2013
#48
And if it was a trick (which I don't believe), it was a cruel cynical ploy...
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#52
Proudly and insistently guilty my man. That is EXACTLY how I want it to be, Odin.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#69
You're welcome. I don't get any value from your point but am glad to help. I embrace it and wonder
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#80
I actually think McConnell took it off the table almost immediately after putting it on the table.
MoonRiver
Jan 2013
#38
Ooh, seeking praise for not dropping the axe OBAMA held over seniors' heads,
woo me with science
Jan 2013
#81