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2016 Postmortem

byeya

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9. If it were a ploy, why did Bernie Sanders, Alan Grayson, et al. get so exercised? And, this left

Reply to Cosmocat (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 09:39 AM

Dec 2012

Pelosi in a weakened position because she had to defend Obama's playing fast and loose with SS.

The simplest explanation is usually the best explanation and in this case it's that Obama was willing to sell out Social Security.

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All Due Respect To A Lot of Good People - Bullshit [View all] Cosmocat Dec 2012 OP

Thanks, it's just ludicrous to believe that he was playing some kind of poker sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #1

Yeah Cosmocat Dec 2012 #2

^ fascisthunter Dec 2012 #8

I've never been called a geek before lunatica Dec 2012 #3

lol...me, too. OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #5

kick bloomington-lib Dec 2012 #4

Thanks Cosmocat for some reality Doctor_J Dec 2012 #6

WTF ever!!!!! Buddaman Dec 2012 #7

If it were a ploy, why did Bernie Sanders, Alan Grayson, et al. get so exercised? And, this left byeya Dec 2012 #9

Occam's razor says n-dim chess is bullshit jsr Dec 2012 #10

President Obama John2 Dec 2012 #11

Agreed Cosmocat Dec 2012 #14

Great post John2 Doctor_J Dec 2012 #15

Social Security and President Obama Rocky888 Dec 2012 #12

AGEED Cosmocat Dec 2012 #13