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In reply to the discussion: Angry with Obama, GOP threatens political war next year [View all]global1
(25,246 posts)14. Lose The Current Filibuster And Don't Give The Senate Repugs A Chance To Make Such Threats And......
stonewall. Let the Dems and PBO turn this economy around without them. Then the Repugs will have no chance in gaining back control.
They are just blowing smoke now. They know they don't have any leverage. Call their bluff on this and then shut off the current filibuster and make them really work to stonewall.
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especially since they can't start another one overseas, they're itching for a war at home
wordpix
Dec 2012
#65
No kidd'g:"especially since they can't start another one overseas, they're itching for a war at home
duhneece
Dec 2012
#97
Lindsey, you and your party have been at war with President Obama for four years now.
tanyev
Dec 2012
#4
Exactly! If you want Greece, allow the elite tax dodgers to flourish. Austerity is Nonsense. n/t
adirondacker
Dec 2012
#98
Lose The Current Filibuster And Don't Give The Senate Repugs A Chance To Make Such Threats And......
global1
Dec 2012
#14
I think Senator Graham and the Grand Wizards he rides with have had their 15 minutes and are
Ford_Prefect
Dec 2012
#35
In other news GOP declares Picketts Charge at Gettysburg was really successful.
Katashi_itto
Dec 2012
#48
Unfortunately, this threat, while morally deplorable, may be tactically sound.
Jim Lane
Dec 2012
#59
Hell, the GOP should still have to pay for Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover.
olddad56
Dec 2012
#64
Oh Lindsay, the joke is on you. President Obama will get the last laugh cuz he has what you don't
jillan
Dec 2012
#75
Mostly I was being rhetorical as we have been in a "political war" since about March 2009.
OrwellwasRight
Dec 2012
#117
They're becoming modern enemies of the Union and a threat to our national security.
Politicub
Dec 2012
#110
BWAHAHAH... Count on these fudgesticks to prevent US from becoming like Greece, by... simply...
Amonester
Jan 2013
#123