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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:28 PM Original message |
So he's saying, "We basically agreed to throw you all under the bus but that wasn't good enough for |
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Pholus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yup. So much for "gossip" because it sounds like it was pretty accurate... |
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Marsala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Everyone on DU should get down on their knees and thank Grover Norquist |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. No, he didn't say that. You did. President Obama simply didn't cave as so many expected. |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Really? He said he agreed to wide ss cuts. I just asked a room full |
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That is true |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. first it was your ex- |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Yep. One earlier this week, and the other was today. BO agreed to a harsher cut than the gang of 6 |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. It's nothing but a strategic ploy, which Boehner walked away from. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. There's not a diaper big enough to contain that. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Can he borrow yours, then? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. When you give it back. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Sorry, it's way too big for me. Fits your rhetoric perfectly, though. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Now that I see what you've done with it, I don't want it. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yes, I know how fact-averse you are. Better than what you put in it daily, though. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Maybe but I don't call a press conference to announce it. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. That's because no one would show up. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. It wouldn't be as big a pile. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. So he was never REALLY going to give away SS, even though he offered to? |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. So he is playing Jedi mind tricks again? Please |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. do you promise that it won't be part of a future agreement that Obama is part of? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. Why not ask that room about NSPD-51? |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. wow. Just wow. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 06:24 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. It's sort of like a nuclear bomb. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not quite. He's upset because he wasn't allowed to cave. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. What a pantload of nonsensical rhetoric. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Wow, I must reconsider ny position. |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. That's exactly what it sounded like. But I can hope he learns from this |
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Pholus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Really? The press conference *I* heard was that he was mad because he was ready |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. What's odd is that people on here are acting like the deal |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Luck had nothing to do with it. Republicans have been saying all along they wouldn't vote for it. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. lol |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. We stil DO NOT KNOW what the deal was |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Did you watch the presser? |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. BUT WE KNOW HE WANTED A HARSHER SS CUT THAN THE GANG OF SIX WANTED SO STOP PLAYING POSSUM |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. There was no luck involved. Obama knew all along the Repubs. wouldn't vote for ANY revenues. Now |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Some of that 11th |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That's exactly right. He's a lot smarter than you give him credit for. n/t |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. haha |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Yeah, sure. That's why the "deal" included over $1 billion in revenues which he |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. I mean over $1 trillion. n/t |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. I KNOW!!! I never thought I'd see the say we were lucky Boehner was more of a spoiled oompa loompa |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You DON'T know. You think it was "luck" that had Boehner walk out? Obama (and most of us) |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. If President Obama praises it, the Teabagger House will not vote for it. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. ~SIGH~ |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. No, he did NOT. |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Um...yes he DID. He even said he was willing to go farther than the gang of six. |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. I thought the deal was done... |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Did you not hear the President? He agreed to cut Social Security...it was a done deal AND HE EFFING |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Guess you missed the part |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Hilarious! |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. Keep trying with your... |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. It's not a talking point. It's the truth. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. as long as we try to get down to the heart of the matter, but my will gets weak... |
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