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2016 Postmortem

intaglio

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9. If a deal is made on the fiscal cliff

Reply to we can do it (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 07:53 PM

Dec 2012

There will be a load of noisy whiners saying "... the President betrayed us ..." and jabbering about how he is about to impose a RW dictatorship in the USA.

If there is no deal then real left wingers will worry about the elderly, the unemployed and the possibility of recession whilst the noisy whiners mentioned above insist that the President govern by fiat and become some sort of dictator ...

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If a deal is made on the fiscal cliff intaglio Dec 2012 #9

This is what you will hear davidpdx Jan 2013 #10

I Vote For "Politics 2013"! There will always be Politics.. :) Cha Jan 2013 #12

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