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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:54 AM Original message |
No Democrat Would Use Social Security As A Bargaining Chip With Teabaggers |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. No, no- those who use SS as a bargaining chip are the REAL DEMS, those who protect SS are.... |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. The bend over for the other side and call it "flexible". nt |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. I have no doubt that Obama suggested it was on the table being the whole reasonable meet in the... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. You know that he has said that Social Security |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Do you have a source for that claim? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yes, he did, but then he contradicted himself at the G20 |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Social Security isn't in danger if we have long term deficit problems? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Nice spin. But he said what he said. He is not a stupid man |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I'm not going out of my way to "interpret" anything, it's clear to me that he was saying... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. And it's clear to me what he is saying. Which means since |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Obama is being obtuse on the issue for a reason. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. I don't know for sure what the reason is, Enthusias, but |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
64. Blair should be in prison beside Bush and Cheney. |
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Babel_17 (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Yes, it's called conflation |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Welcome to politics. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. If there are cuts, he is no Democrat, period. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. It really isn't rocket science is it? The reason numbers 1 through 6 are not on the table and the |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. That is absurd. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Well said bvar22 |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Sabrina, you rock! Keep up the great posting you do here. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. So do you, Divernan! |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
68. Seriously? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Then he's an amateur negotiator. n/t |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
58. +1 |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
61. Looking at the debt deal, its hard to say anyone could do better |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. False flag operation, it has been from the start |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. 'By their works you shall know them' |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The Kock brothers got their moneys worth with that DLC organization of their's |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. 'The third way is part of a two pronged attack from both sides' |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Many people don't read what they write, most of it is boilerplate Reaganomics |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. This deserves its own OP. These 3rd way Dems are as low as Republicans. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. They have done more harm than Republicans. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. Obama offering. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. That pic quote is why the uber rich need to be taxed out of Olympus. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. Alas parties change |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes, they do. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Here |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Thank you, I will read it. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
39. The irony |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. I know, that was what struck me, but then the reaility of it |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. It also changed when working class white people started voting Republican |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. Oh no, that would never happen |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. I'm now proud to say that Obama was my third choice, but I did vote for him. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
25. If so-called Democrats would not have wasted their votes on NADER... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. How many times do you need to be told? |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Ah - so the Supreme Court, Katherine Harris, the butterfly ballot and voter caging had |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Nader is the Dems Clenis. |
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cantbeserious (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. False Proposition - GORE WON! - Go Read The History! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. And they still don't get that it did not work |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Exactly. They're still talking the same dumb strategy now. nt |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Gore won the 2000 election. |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. You are right we should not vote against our best interests, hence I will not vote for an enabler |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
59. Yes, it's people that voted for Nader's fault that Obama is doing exactly what they said Gore would. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. And as time goes by, more people are learning that Nader was right. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
30. The American People have NO firewall against the thieves. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
41. You mean the entire program is going to be abolished? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. Deleted message |
RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
46. Well I hope we electy a Democrtat next time |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. There is absolutely no excuse for it |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. But we saw Democrats stick together this week without one of |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. File this one under: "fucked premise" |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. No Democrat has done any such thing... just those who claim to be Dems but are Tea Party zombies |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I think a lot of people will be doing the same thing. I hope |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I'm not going to let anyone I know forget this betrayal - hope everyone on DU spreads the word |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:02 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. And those hundreds can reach hundreds more and they can reach |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. I'm not letting the congress or the Prez off the hook on this one... they all allowed the mistake... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. That's how I feel. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. When the Prez made a speech which included putting SS, Medicare on the table |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. I know, they do come up with the lamest excuses for why, even |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. When the Prez made a speech which included putting SS, Medicare on the table |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
65. Anyone who does not recognize that is a complete dolt. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
66. No True Scotsman. Google it. eom |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
70. Phoney "bi-partisan" "New Democrats" do. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
74. Obama is no mistake.. he is a cruel plant by the Koch Bros. |
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