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5. Do you have a link for that? I thought the pukes were the

Reply to bigapple1963 (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 11:23 PM

Feb 2013

ones who wanted the sequester.

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Bob Woodward: Sequester was proposed by Obama administration [View all] bigapple1963 Feb 2013 OP

It's customary to link to your source. Ian David Feb 2013 #1

Thanks, Ian David. elleng Feb 2013 #8

Well said! FarPoint Feb 2013 #26

Your source? DURHAM D Feb 2013 #2

What unsourced crap is this? Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #3

Boehner: "I got 98% of what I wanted" jberryhill Feb 2013 #4

Yes he did, elleng Feb 2013 #10

Do you have a link for that? I thought the pukes were the Autumn Feb 2013 #5

sorry all bigapple1963 Feb 2013 #6

I'll provide a cite, with some info, as you didn't: elleng Feb 2013 #7

I'm shocked to find Bob Woodward playing fast and loose with the facts to smear President Obama. Ian David Feb 2013 #9

Really. elleng Feb 2013 #11

Well, it's only been recently that the Democratic President has been all Black and stuff. Ian David Feb 2013 #12

ok I found the whitehouse transcript bigapple1963 Feb 2013 #13

It says exactly the opposite of what you just said it says. Ian David Feb 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Autumn Feb 2013 #15

What in the world does exactly the opposite mean on planet Ian David? TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #25

Huh? Carney: "It was an idea that the White House put forward." Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #31

"it was an idea that the White House put forward" . . . markpkessinger Feb 2013 #36

Fuck Bob Woodward. He jumped the shark years ago. mwrguy Feb 2013 #16

Boehners July 2011 SEQUESTER PowerPoint for House Repubs: The Daily Beast patrice Feb 2013 #17

Is this today's argument? Who started it? abelenkpe Feb 2013 #18

yes, and we were discussing his strategy at the time Enrique Feb 2013 #19

Until I read what Carney said I thought it was all the pukes idea. Autumn Feb 2013 #20

You mean where he says, "it was put forward by Republican Senator Gramm and Rudman back in the ‘80s" Ian David Feb 2013 #22

I mean the part where he said "it was an idea that the White House put forward" Autumn Feb 2013 #24

Did Graham and Rudman cut a deal with Boehner? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #32

Magical thinking the whole way. People have oversold themselves on the 11D chess myth TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #28

Some magical thinking, but also a LOT of propaganda. woo me with science Feb 2013 #35

Exactly -- the White House played a very dangerous game here . . . markpkessinger Feb 2013 #37

See also: Woodward's Butthurt Lack of Integrity Ian David Feb 2013 #21

No! No! No! He knew it was a bad deal and that's why he vetoed it! Oh, wait........ Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #23

Woodward has always been a Republican water-carrier. nt tblue37 Feb 2013 #27

FAIL. As the lovely DUers who responded so ably, cali Feb 2013 #29

The original repug version didn't touch defence spending, only social programs bhikkhu Feb 2013 #30

No, Woodward is just dumb jeff47 Feb 2013 #33

How Woodward Missed The Mark on Sequester Politics Ian David Feb 2013 #34

even the new york times agrees bigapple1963 Feb 2013 #38

Wow... OGKush Feb 2013 #39

Okay, So Obama Threw the Dice on This One and Lost. He was Wrong, He Made a Mistake. dballance Feb 2013 #40