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127. But only Nixon could go to china, as the ancient romulan saying goes.

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"Not going to happen"? Guess what: It already fucking happened. [View all] WilliamPitt Apr 2013 OP

And now this horrible policy will be proposed over and over again until the cuts happen. myrna minx Apr 2013 #1

The TABOO has been lifted....by a DEMOCRATIC President. bvar22 Apr 2013 #79

Carter and Clinton cut SS. nt SunSeeker Apr 2013 #108

But only Nixon could go to china, as the ancient romulan saying goes. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2013 #127

Yep. Thank you for saying it Will. n/t Triana Apr 2013 #2

That's what bugs me about this. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #3

Great post and excellent questions you've asked. PearliePoo2 Apr 2013 #13

social security can only be killed by a democratic president RedstDem Apr 2013 #40

This will go down in history as one of the biggest blunders when the next several elections are RKP5637 Apr 2013 #4

More like life rafts. Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2013 #71

Exactly. sendero Apr 2013 #98

One of the Biggest Blunders? bvar22 Apr 2013 #80

... perhaps a wolf in sheep's clothing ... n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #95

Horrific. And plotting strategy for here for 2014 and saving SS and Medicare going forward is stevenleser Apr 2013 #5

They WANTED it. Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2013 #72

I think we need a new forum here "Politicians who are tone deaf" Ninga Apr 2013 #6

Tone deafness is a generous reading. Look at the cabinent secretaries and his advisors and byeya Apr 2013 #10

Golf is the game for "doing business." I've known several people maddiemom Apr 2013 #64

The way Obama's governed, I'm assuming he doesn't want a Dem majority in Congress. Eom TransitJohn Apr 2013 #41

I fear our president is very bull headed and/or has extremely poor and unperceptive advisers. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #47

Nah how about "Politicians who are big fat poopie heads!" whistler162 Apr 2013 #52

I think we need to recognize that we live in a single party state. iemitsu Apr 2013 #106

It's maddening. Whatever momentum may have been in play for our side is stopped dead byeya Apr 2013 #7

Maybe this was the plan? It's hard to believe that anyone could have been this stupid that they sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #8

Or it could be the bait for the real trap... zeemike Apr 2013 #25

I like your thinking dreamnightwind Apr 2013 #34

That would be my guess too. zeemike Apr 2013 #36

K&R forestpath Apr 2013 #9

sometimes the obvious needs to be said, I don't understand why some aren't getting this quinnox Apr 2013 #11

They get it, they don't care. One good thing about this final betrayal, and I say final because a sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #69

+1000 sendero Apr 2013 #100

Well for some people, it's because they have blind faith. alarimer Apr 2013 #99

K&R Oilwellian Apr 2013 #12

Flip a coin... if it lands on heads or tails.... we're fucked world wide wally Apr 2013 #14

I Fail To See How Having The GOP Screaming to Protect SS From Cuts Is A Bad Thing Skraxx Apr 2013 #15

Obama has made the choice clear daybranch Apr 2013 #84

+100,000 Auntie Bush Apr 2013 #123

Well Said, The Transpareny Frame is Spot on! Thats Exactly What This Skraxx Apr 2013 #131

What you said. Welcome to DU. cliffordu Apr 2013 #90

OMG another think tank cronie.... grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #116

Because the R's will say we have to privatize it to save it. Eyes opened? grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #115

That Worked So Well The Last Time Skraxx Apr 2013 #132

Spot on! It is truly amazing Obama did this. badtoworse Apr 2013 #16

So will the Always Right brigade blame the Left when the GOP Rex Apr 2013 #17

What are we going to do? Cleita Apr 2013 #18

Maybe run as many FDR Dems as we can in 2014, and hope for the best, Zorra Apr 2013 #28

+1 - eom dreamnightwind Apr 2013 #35

what does +1 eom mean? sorry for my stupidity YOHABLO Apr 2013 #56

Not stupid. IveWornAHundredPants Apr 2013 #60

But what does approbation mean? dreamnightwind Apr 2013 #126

I fear the democratic party is full of Trojan horses! It's not the party I joined years ago. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #49

65? God forbid! maddiemom Apr 2013 #65

WE don't get to pick who runs. bvar22 Apr 2013 #86

The dlc controls who runs for d presidential candidate. dotymed Apr 2013 #105

but, but, but...THEY (the GOP) started it! It was THEIR idea! antigop Apr 2013 #19

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It's certainly starting to look that way. It looks like a mercy killing of the poor and middle RKP5637 Apr 2013 #50

Well it has Changed the fact the Repubs are always saying, the Democrats will not put entitlements Thinkingabout Apr 2013 #21

The Apologists Have Their Work Cut Out With This colsohlibgal Apr 2013 #22

Kinda seems like he uses the "shrub" playbook. Gin Apr 2013 #51

Nothing has happened ProSense Apr 2013 #23

thank you, Dense. nt tomp Apr 2013 #94

You're welcome, Lame. n/t ProSense Apr 2013 #107

"The fact that the proposal was in the budget in the first place is the catastrophe. " kentuck Apr 2013 #24

That is it, indeed. (nt) enough Apr 2013 #27

Agreed--putting SS on the table was a HUGE mistake, regardless of how it turns out AndyA Apr 2013 #33

truth 840high Apr 2013 #26

And now we will have to defend this terrible idea forever (until it happens) and we will beyurslf Apr 2013 #29

It was also in the NRCC budget that about half the House GOP voted for a month ago antigop Apr 2013 #31

People don't remember procedural budget votes - they tend to remember what presidents say/propose hatrack Apr 2013 #42

I'm certainly going to make use of the info in my district. My Repug rep voted for it. nt antigop Apr 2013 #63

Thanks for your post. nt SunSeeker Apr 2013 #109

That's what's so wounding about this whole thing. myrna minx Apr 2013 #66

We simply cannot trust DLC types, and that includes Hillary Clinton. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #30

^^This^^ !! nt NorthCarolina Apr 2013 #37

I agree Marrah_G Apr 2013 #55

Afraid you are correct. avaistheone1 Apr 2013 #61

Which is why the corporate media dubbed Clinton and Obama the only "viable" Democratic Marr Apr 2013 #104

The Party Power Brokers are already anointing her. bvar22 Apr 2013 #111

to which they will reply..."So what are you going to do? Vote Republican?" nt antigop Apr 2013 #114

so are du feminists Doctor_J Apr 2013 #117

I like to point out that... bvar22 Apr 2013 #119

+100 nt antigop Apr 2013 #120

Such stupid bologna! Auntie Bush Apr 2013 #125

K&R woo me with science Apr 2013 #32

Exactly. Thanks for stating it, Will n/t markpkessinger Apr 2013 #38

K&R demmiblue Apr 2013 #39

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Apr 2013 #43

. . . Whisp Apr 2013 #44

for once i agree with you Doctor_J Apr 2013 #130

K&R 99Forever Apr 2013 #45

Bush tried, multiple times, to sell the privatization of Social Security and got winter is coming Apr 2013 #46

I don't understand why the lesson wasn't learned -- by BOTH sides. Bush got away with gateley Apr 2013 #53

Yeah well, we're just all hatin' on the pres. He's just playing 3D chess or poker or .......... SammyWinstonJack Apr 2013 #48

Oh really? Like he's got some masterful move up his sleeve? We're not that stupid YOHABLO Apr 2013 #59

Ronald Reagan? bvar22 Apr 2013 #83

Thank you for this Will Marrah_G Apr 2013 #54

It is a general budget problem not a SS problem ... slipslidingaway Apr 2013 #57

Will "We were just fuckin' with your heads" be the 2014 campaign slogan. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #58

I can't help it, I laughed my ass off at that comment, bvar22 Apr 2013 #122

*What wasn't going to happen already happened! ReRe Apr 2013 #62

Alert the media. gulliver Apr 2013 #67

So behind in so many categories steelmania75 Apr 2013 #68

Of course it will Obama is a disaster. broadcaster75201 Apr 2013 #70

Yup n/t Timbuk3 Apr 2013 #73

K&R Jamastiene Apr 2013 #74

Wish Dr. Dean or Warren would run eom littlewolf Apr 2013 #75

Kick and Rec! Fuddnik Apr 2013 #76

Mr. Pitt! Yikes! MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #77

As another DU poster said yesterday.... blackspade Apr 2013 #78

No. This IS Chess. bvar22 Apr 2013 #82

In other words.... blackspade Apr 2013 #85

I'm afraid the game is rigged. bvar22 Apr 2013 #87

You have to change the rules. blackspade Apr 2013 #88

A pawn is sometimes the winning piece, you know. randome Apr 2013 #97

A Pawn has never WON a game of Chess. bvar22 Apr 2013 #113

I meant 'winning piece' as in checkmating the King. randome Apr 2013 #124

Just like it required more than a few pawns to sacrifice themselves to let the other side win. THEY sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #129

words have impact daybranch Apr 2013 #81

Well known factoid about Obama is... Mr.Pain Apr 2013 #89

Maybe we should just ask both Obama and Biden to resign davidpdx Apr 2013 #91

Saturday morning rant. The Wizard Apr 2013 #92

Question to all: What is the goal? TheAmbivalante Apr 2013 #93

I find your analysis hard to believe. fasttense Apr 2013 #96

Oh, good. Winning another DLC presidency. Alkene Apr 2013 #101

That excuse is absurd now as when I first read it months ago. Marr Apr 2013 #103

Don't get me wrong, I was just as pissed TheAmbivalante Apr 2013 #110

"These Repubs are forcing the President to serve up YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY..." WorseBeforeBetter Apr 2013 #128

You are right and it makes me sick Progressive dog Apr 2013 #102

Support for the Chained CPI "goes on your permanent record" Babel_17 Apr 2013 #112

Sadly, Obama has opened Pandora's box CountAllVotes Apr 2013 #118

Obameh! GeorgeGist Apr 2013 #121

Up WilliamPitt Apr 2013 #133

Dems fear Obama Social Security cut will haunt them in 2014 races ProSense Apr 2013 #134