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In reply to the discussion: Guess who’s not coming to dinner? [View all]Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)2. This isn't 12-dimensional chess,
it's capitulation and collaboration with the same entities who have BOTH parties firmly in their pockets.
How often were we told, "He'll be more liberal in his second term." As we can see, he's gone full-tilt boogie in the opposite direction because he's got nothing to lose. Between cutting SS benefits and MANDATED health insurance (as opposed to health care), the Democrats are going to suffer a bloodbath in the midterms. "Vote for the Dems because they're better than the other guy" will ring hollow by then.
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Especially when you compare it to Ike. He wanted a top marginal rate of 100% to pay for WWII.
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#22
Hillary didn't screw Dean. That's just absurd. Dean screwed Dean, and he'd be the first to say so.
MADem
Apr 2013
#34
"White House is hosting a dozen Republican Senators for dinner" When in the spot light...
L0oniX
Apr 2013
#10
Too hard to say when I don't know what you mean any more than you know what I meant ;)
fadedrose
Apr 2013
#38