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tblue

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4. That photo says it all.
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 12:19 PM
Feb 2013

Thanks for this post. I wish I could say I'm surprised. At least we got a nice SOTU speech.

It is indefensible. Period. [View all] woo me with science Feb 2013 OP
It's indefensible and ProSense Feb 2013 #1
Some say POTUS plays chess evilhime Feb 2013 #12
No, it has become crystal clear to me that he is Cleita Feb 2013 #33
Actually, ProSense Feb 2013 #38
I hope the Pres doesnt cut SS benefits. But he did soften us up rhett o rick Feb 2013 #50
Some say POTUS plays chess...? bvar22 Feb 2013 #47
I've been reading on an article by the CBPP and I wonder if Autumn Feb 2013 #2
Actually, it is according to Thom Hartmann. Cleita Feb 2013 #35
Great. A child of Simpson Bowels. Autumn Feb 2013 #42
Thanks for the link. woo me with science Feb 2013 #58
Have you seen this one? Autumn Feb 2013 #59
That's a chilling article. woo me with science Feb 2013 #61
That article woo me with science Feb 2013 #62
That is a pretty chilling puicture right there MindPilot Feb 2013 #3
Those cops JEB Feb 2013 #16
That photo says it all. tblue Feb 2013 #4
It's obscene that Democrats have to ask a Democratic president to spare Social Security jsr Feb 2013 #5
Here's a clue. RC Feb 2013 #6
Yep jsr Feb 2013 #8
SUPERB graphic, RC.... tpsbmam Feb 2013 #37
+1 deutsey Feb 2013 #41
Please OP! grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #53
It's obscene that progressives campaigned for a guy who said... joshcryer Feb 2013 #48
It never fails to amaze me. Bonobo Feb 2013 #57
What defending? joshcryer Feb 2013 #64
No excuse for a Democratic POTUS to propose cuts in Social Security. nt PufPuf23 Feb 2013 #7
And he hasn't, as far as I know. Post your link to a valid news source, please. Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #23
I am not at all surprised..... Swede Atlanta Feb 2013 #9
Sequester is well under 1% of GDP - won't collapse the economy MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #18
Perhaps you are right...... Swede Atlanta Feb 2013 #44
Surely we know cutting social security and/or Medicare is the right-wing's plan for indepat Feb 2013 #10
Yep. 99Forever Feb 2013 #11
+10.000 smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #17
Perhaps President Obama has already "made arrangements" and knows whatever is proposed xtraxritical Feb 2013 #20
Perhaps monkeys ... 99Forever Feb 2013 #21
Well, open a window & light a match! xtraxritical Feb 2013 #70
K&R abelenkpe Feb 2013 #13
Every time I see a post about this I look back to George Carlin zeemike Feb 2013 #14
Absolutely spot-on clip. Thank you. woo me with science Feb 2013 #63
A caption for your picture, woo. jtuck004 Feb 2013 #15
Thank you. Also from Obama: "This is not a bloodless process." woo me with science Feb 2013 #32
Thanks for putting all the parts together, Woo! MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #19
Sounds like under the mistaken impression that Obama has proposed SS cuts. Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #22
War is Peace! woo me with science Feb 2013 #24
That was downright Oilwellian Oilwellian Feb 2013 #68
He offered a superlative chained CPI on the White House website. Again Autumn Feb 2013 #25
No, not necessarily. The chained CPI can be selectively used. Some Dems have clarified that... Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #65
See post 21! nt woo me with science Feb 2013 #66
Is this a joke? MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #28
The WHITE HOUSE WEB SITE HAS PROPOSED CUTS Doctor_J Feb 2013 #40
Thank you! Dozens of times people have claimed that he wants benefits cut. UrbScotty Feb 2013 #43
Corporate lobbyists in DC, corporate person hood, unlimited campaign contributions... L0oniX Feb 2013 #26
A sad K&R for an excellent summation. Thanks woo nt riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #27
Obama is alot smarter than most of them. He may have something planned to alleviate any suffering judesedit Feb 2013 #29
See post 21! woo me with science Feb 2013 #30
Nicely done, Woo pscot Feb 2013 #31
K&R. THIS reveals who President Obama is. forestpath Feb 2013 #34
Excellent summation, woo! Thanks.... tpsbmam Feb 2013 #36
K&R MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #39
And Yet... There Will Be A Defense... Just You Watch... WillyT Feb 2013 #45
Here IS the "defense". bvar22 Feb 2013 #49
Yup. woo me with science Feb 2013 #67
Blue links for everybody! nt OnyxCollie Feb 2013 #51
K&R me b zola Feb 2013 #46
A 50% cut on the big war budget merely puts us back at 1999 levels. Starving granny is wrong. grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #52
Great thread. Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #54
EAT THE RICH nt cbrer Feb 2013 #55
Obama will get his Grand Bargain. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #56
Cuts to SS & other entitlements should not be a bargaining chip. sellitman Feb 2013 #60
I feel like I'm playing a game of chicken with my whole government... Jasana Feb 2013 #69
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