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marew

(1,588 posts)
75. You've got that right!
Sat Jun 22, 2013, 01:03 PM
Jun 2013

Every time I get a request from the President for a donation- and I get them regularly- I write back that with his approval of chained-CPI I'm going to need every penny I can get! I do contribute to Alan Grayson, however.

And he's got his SS commission to tell lies about SS duffyduff Jun 2013 #1
Peter G. Peterson is an Evil POS warrant46 Jun 2013 #51
Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles are at the top of "Fix the Debt" leadership Triana Jun 2013 #54
And "good 'ol Dem Ed Rendell" fredamae Jun 2013 #56
Him and Obama both Triana Jun 2013 #57
That's it right there- fredamae Jun 2013 #58
We need to jab 'em up the ass with the proverbial hot political poker Triana Jun 2013 #78
If you support "Raising the CAP", you should have voted for this guy! bvar22 Jun 2013 #87
Perfect. They_Live Jun 2013 #95
Hey...anybody surprised? nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #2
But won't that help pay for spying and wars? usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #3
If only you could make it clear what you mean??? truedelphi Jun 2013 #32
If you don't support a Dem president enacting GOP goals you're a racist. nt Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2013 #53
I Didnt Miss It... rsmith6621 Jun 2013 #4
This pisses me off to no end. mick063 Jun 2013 #5
I feel the same way. Nt newfie11 Jun 2013 #35
Yeah, me too. SammyWinstonJack Jun 2013 #63
I agree completely MissDeeds Jun 2013 #82
I am with you rurallib Jun 2013 #69
+ 1000 n/t MissDeeds Jun 2013 #83
If Ms. Clinton were president would she do anything different? nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #6
No. Cleita Jun 2013 #7
How much will be left to sell off if she gets the chance? n/t jtuck004 Jun 2013 #8
No, but Elizabeth Warren might do things very differently. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #18
She will still have to deal with the MIC...though. KoKo Jun 2013 #62
You are exactly right. I am beginning to think that our president is not much more rhett o rick Jun 2013 #74
No... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2013 #26
I trust him as much as Elizabeth Warren. He was made DNC chairman to keep him in line. pacalo Jun 2013 #101
I too would summer-hazz Jun 2013 #31
HRC would do exactly the same. WinkyDink Jun 2013 #41
I agree, 100%. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #42
well damn... summer-hazz Jun 2013 #106
To post a link just go to the address bar at the top of the page it's on and copy and then paste it sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #103
Thank you sabrina 1 summer-hazz Jun 2013 #105
No, and that's why we were invited to choose between those two options. Marr Jun 2013 #73
Remember the night of the Iowa Democratic Caucus? bvar22 Jun 2013 #89
I do remember that, yep. Marr Jun 2013 #91
"have to drop the narrative in deference to basic logic"... bvar22 Jun 2013 #94
I remember that, too Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2013 #108
I think of other words, in my analogy, but truedelphi Jun 2013 #113
K & R. historylovr Jun 2013 #9
I wouldn't expect anything else from Obama...screwing over the vulnerable forestpath Jun 2013 #10
expect kardonb Jun 2013 #14
Sure nobody is perfect. Fuddnik Jun 2013 #15
I can't believe anyone talks like this. This MUST be a parody! forestpath Jun 2013 #16
No chained CPI. No cuts to Social Security. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #19
Agreed. No way. mbperrin Jun 2013 #27
But but the rich would have to pay more newfie11 Jun 2013 #36
Obviously,we think Robme would have been worse. dawg Jun 2013 #50
This ^^^^ ctsnowman Jun 2013 #80
... SammyWinstonJack Jun 2013 #64
Poutrage is an addiction Floyd_Gondolli Jun 2013 #84
Fooled ya! blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #93
K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #11
Correctamundo... ReRe Jun 2013 #12
Yeah, how about that. Maybe the whole reason for the scandals is so we don't notice the truedelphi Jun 2013 #33
Back in the day... ReRe Jun 2013 #38
Supposed "media" Enthusiast Jun 2013 #43
Trashing this. AverageJoe90 Jun 2013 #13
It isn't whether he wants it. It is whether he is willing to accept it. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #22
"Does Obama WANT a no-can-do Republican Congress?" Enthusiast Jun 2013 #44
I think he does too. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #107
*10 avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #109
Oh he does "talk like a Democrat" - when he's running. kenny blankenship Jun 2013 #79
Re: "Why can't he stand up and act and talk like a Democrat?" Believe me........... AverageJoe90 Jun 2013 #112
Yes, Obama the man who fights and fights and fights for the truedelphi Jun 2013 #34
Everything you posted should be plastered all over greatest page newfie11 Jun 2013 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author KoKo Jun 2013 #68
If he doesn't want it why is he PUSHING it? MotherPetrie Jun 2013 #60
Because he's not actually pushing for it, regardless of how the MSM interprets things. n/t AverageJoe90 Jun 2013 #110
LOL, you are not really paying attention. n-t Logical Jun 2013 #72
I could say the same, but I'd be closer to the truth. n/t AverageJoe90 Jun 2013 #111
Head. Sand. Problem solved! nt Union Scribe Jun 2013 #97
someone's gotta pay for those weapons dtom67 Jun 2013 #17
But... But... But... quakerboy Jun 2013 #20
Oh brother. More old news to bash the President. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #21
Hey. We don't create the news. Obama does. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #23
I totally agree with you. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #25
I'm not seeing a whole lot of 'working' for us at this point. SammyWinstonJack Jun 2013 #65
You've got that right! marew Jun 2013 #75
You mean chained CPI is already implemented? Pholus Jun 2013 #52
question: is there any current policy issue that loyalists don't love love love? nashville_brook Jun 2013 #59
Yep. And, giving cover for bad behavior just breeds more of the same. GoneFishin Jun 2013 #66
they have *no* line to cross, and they've been admitting it since 2008 MisterP Jun 2013 #77
And THAT is the Beauty of "Centrism"! bvar22 Jun 2013 #90
Racist progressoid Jun 2013 #24
Obama and his admin won't magically "change". delrem Jun 2013 #28
Very racist to suggest that the President would ever contemplate such a thing jsr Jun 2013 #29
We should look Liberal In Texas Jun 2013 #30
^ Wilms Jun 2013 #39
I'm pretty sure this didn't pass by us. WinkyDink Jun 2013 #40
It is odd that social security has Enthusiast Jun 2013 #45
the business of gov't is business. and that business is war. KG Jun 2013 #46
If that is true, it should not be. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #47
Watch out mick063 Jun 2013 #49
He told us we need to hold his feet to the fire East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #48
nothing more current than april 11? madrchsod Jun 2013 #55
NOT what I VOTED for! SammyWinstonJack Jun 2013 #61
Hey Democrats. 99Forever Jun 2013 #67
Rope-a-dope! Marr Jun 2013 #70
As God is my witness (or not, depending on your religious views), if that subject rears it's ugly silvershadow Jun 2013 #71
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2013 #76
not HiPointDem Jun 2013 #86
wow...that's completely uninformed. nashville_brook Jun 2013 #88
Lol. Union Scribe Jun 2013 #98
Too bad Obama didn't think there should be a red line on SS. ctsnowman Jun 2013 #81
kr HiPointDem Jun 2013 #85
Obama is determined to reform us out of our Social Security savings accounts. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #92
K&R NealK Jun 2013 #96
At the risk of appearing "racist", do I have the right to feel resentment pacalo Jun 2013 #99
Slaves have no say in what their masters do. DeSwiss Jun 2013 #100
If it's significantly less than my last increase bearssoapbox Jun 2013 #102
It has been, is Newest Reality Jun 2013 #104
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