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ncteechur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:04 AM Original message |
President Obama is the only one to grab the moral high ground on this issue. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. Right. Another attempt at Capitulation = Great Victory. |
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ncteechur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. I'm sorry that you cannot follow logic and reason. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Tell us the logic of delaying recovery for two extra years? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. yeah I agree that the logic and reason that spins capitulation |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
81. What is the logic for promoting long term damage to our economy? |
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young but wise (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. Then put up a bill with tax cuts for those in more hardship. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Putting up bills is easy, getting one passed is extremely hard. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Was Gandhi's action for political show? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Different Situation |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Explain to me how they can govern, if most of the people see them as wrong. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. We Have Elections |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. So you compare what happens in day to day politics in the U.S. with Ghandi? |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. Explain how Gandhi's efforts had an effect. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
82. Sometimes political show turns into governing reality. But you have to have the |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Hello...they did that and it failed in the Senate. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. So you turn up the volume. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. What about the 99ers who were completely left out of the equation? |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
36. So, we can't help all so we help none. That is your solution? n/t |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. It is estimated that those who fall in the |
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. Borrowing money from the chinese |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Where Are The Votes For A Job Program? |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. So we only vote for what the Republicans want now; just cause they have the votes. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You Can Vote For Whatever You Want But It Won't Pass Without Republican Votes |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. There you go throwing facts at people again. :-) |
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Where is the jobs program? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Who Will Determine How Much These Jobs Pay? |
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. That will be negotiated by the businesses hiring |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Tax cuts for stimulus are the last ditch effort to create more jobs. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. So borrowing more money from China is the moral high ground? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Where Was The Objection To Borrowing Money From The Chinese For The First Stimulus |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Since when did Democrats start believing that tax cuts are stimulus? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. As Chairman Mao Said "Before You Speak, Investigate" |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Since when does the Democratic platform contain trick down economics |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Can You Please Show Me Where I Endorsed Trickle Down Economics? |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Progressives have no problem borrowing money from China, |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
18. What is "moral" about either increasing or decreasing taxes? nt |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Decreasing Taxes On The Poor Is Moral Because It Eases Their Burden |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
67. What is the source of your claim "Moral Because It Eases Their Burden"? n/t |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
80. Simple humanity. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. Rec. The POTUS also kept his word about working across the asile. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Good Catch |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
24. Well the Prsident claims moral superiority on a regular basis |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Heterosexual Privilege Is Not Unique To President Obama |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
73. True. But not too many were for marriage equality before they were against it |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
27. Moral high ground? You have got to be kidding. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Respectfully, When Did The Repubs Vote To Extend UI |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. They would have caved. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Except It Is "Our" Constituents Who Are Disproportionately Bearing The Burden Of Unemployment |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. So you would bet the bank on republicans doing the right thing? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I Posted This Before |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. That quote sums it up. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. There's very little risk here. |
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ncteechur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. They would have? They would have passed them on their own and claimed the victory on their own. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. Oh right, that's why they voted them DOWN the first time. |
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shellgame26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. "they would have caved"--yeah right! |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. Real, real, real stealthy. So stealthy we'll never see it. |
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shellgame26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. well im happy that |
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shayes51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. I was going to write a similar post, |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
46. K&R |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
47. What About Bernie Sanders? |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. What has Bernie Sanders DONE? He gave a very pretty speech. |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Making a point on the Senate floor against continued tax breaks for billionaires isn't a bad thing |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Deleted message |
Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. About time someone other than Obama gave a pretty speech. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. They should have been doing this sooner. n/t |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
50. LMAO. Unrec. n/t |
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great white snark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
54. K&R |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
55. how are we defining morality? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
58. "Moral High Ground!!!" (slapping thigh)..LOL!..Thats a good one. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. This is the moral high ground in America these days. |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
62. And did not |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
65. Ha! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #65 |
75. I do give them points for trying but.... |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
66. You know, it's one thing to defend the compromise |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
68. I fail to see what is moral about defunding Social Security. n/t |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
70. Those on the lowest end of the economic spectrum... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
71. "moral high ground" |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
72. In the same way Marshal Petain "saved" France in WWII. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
77. I wouldn't call caving to hostage-takers the moral high ground. nt |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
78. He is prolonging the Great Recession for two additional years |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
79. .... |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
83. moral high ground? |
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