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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:07 PM Original message |
Paul Krugman: The President Surrenders ('A Catastrophe On Multiple Levels') |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. The President's Guiding Principle: Cave, Concede and Capitulate |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
42. That's his understanding of the word "compromise." |
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emsimon33 (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
108. Obama's definition of compromise is to give the other side everything |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #108 |
114. And I thought "we" didn't negotiate with terrorists. nt |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #108 |
144. For those open minded enough to look at the details see the washington monthly's political animal |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. I'm wondering |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
79. I know what you mean ... |
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nineteen50 (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
139. Clinton too |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
104. That gets my vote! |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
75. But...but...but....he's a master chess player! |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #75 |
145. Plans to get $4 trillion back in revenue and with a new congress we can start new programs |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #145 |
151. um, yeah, that'll work |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
93. you forgot collude. nt |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
102. "It's so easy even a "caveman" can do it" |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. While I sometimes disagree with him |
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Beavker (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Exactly |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
45. I used to think he was more intelligent then bush |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
64. Paul Krugman IS A TOTAL MORON. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
94. except for all those times... |
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pauldg0 (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
147. Agree.... |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. There will be more choke points. Oh yes. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
76. It has always been a principle to not pay ransom because it just |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Rec n/t |
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rhombus (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. The same Krugman who called for nationalization of the banks? |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Can you please provide a link to back-up your claim? n/t |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
61. No links. Just attacking the truthful messenger because |
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A Physicist (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
80. Here's a link |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. That link argues for nationalization - where's the one where he |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #80 |
154. Thanks for the link. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. It's hard to picture nationalizing the banks making them any worse than they are... |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Bush's bank bailout had the same effect. |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. What Krugman said (or didn't say) before, right or wrong, isn't at issue here.... |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
50. Worse in what way? Resulting in austerity measures? |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
95. The banks that caused the |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #95 |
120. +1000% --- all economic advice was to nationalize the banks -- |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
97. WRONG!!! check out Bloomberg's take on ICELAND-THAT is where we'd be |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #97 |
121. +1 -- |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
110. Bet He's been Right more than you have |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
118. We should have nationalized the banks -- !! Raham bragged about not doing it -- !! |
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nineteen50 (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
140. Really |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
143. What an irrelevant red herring |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. k & r n/t |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Krugman loves that word "catastrophe". |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. You don't think we're there yet? |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
81. Spot on reply. Those numbers say it all. So many millions are in a living catastrophe, and as is |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
122. This is a depression and has been for at least a year -- Obama stimulus was too little .... |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. Well, Let Me Know When the Catastrophe Ends, Will You? |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
57. But somehow Krugman didn't predict the crash... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
123. Well, I doubt that Krugman knows what the Sopranos are doing day in and day out --- |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
77. callous response, to be blunt. It is a catastrophe for thousands of new people daily |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
85. Too bad no one listened while there was still time.n/t |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
88. From my POV, the economy has BEEN in catastrophe for about |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
96. Of course the District of Columbia lives by predicting catastrohpe |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
125. He also predicted the housing collapse back when everyone else thought he was crazy. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
128. he's been right and you have been wrong |
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YOHABLO (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
137. Socio- Economics! |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
146. And here we are |
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pauldg0 (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
149. He does seem to like that word. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
153. Now I understand why you're so pro-Obama. |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. The second to last sentence is the OP is what bothers me the most. Success by hostage taking. nt |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. A new mechanism of governing has just been invented and proven: the House threatens all our lives |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. add it to the GOP Senate's all filibuster all the time. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. right. forget the dem house and congress, who actually have to pass a bill. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Hopefully, they still have enough integrity not to pass this one. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Krugman is right about economic matters, but seems kind of naive when it comes... |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
82. Of course it would never have gotten through Congress without the PRESIDENT using his bully pulpit |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. There are sinple analogies he could have used that everyone understands. |
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lib_wit_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #91 |
115. Yep. The Republican Marketing Department is well funded and unflagging. Frank Luntz tells them the |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #91 |
126. Because he's a corporate president -- working to undo the New Deal -- !! |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm with Krugman on this one |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. The last three Presidents have provided the US with a trifecta of disaster |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
127. As Al Gore makes clear ... "Congress is under control of oil and coal industry" .... and Obama? |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
148. They're certainly HERE! nt |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
16. kick nt |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
17. This piece is not specific to this deal; it could have been written word for word about any deal |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That's true of the initial $900 billion, but not of the 1.5 trillion. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. But the only reason the trigger mechanism wouldn't kick in is if Republicans agree to Democratic |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Regarding defense spending specifically, I don't think that's particularly likely. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I was talking about what happens if there is no deal, which is more likely. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Seems specific enough to me, look at the date he wrote it. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I generally support what Krugman says. The problem is that he doesn't understand politics |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Well, he says he is a liberal. And from what he says, I tend to believe he is more liberal than |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
86. See what happens if we have another 'shoe bomber' or 'underwear bomber' |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
131. Definition of Politics is "shadow cast over government by corporations" ... !! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
141. So now "politics" is all about a "Democratic" president never deviating from Repuke messaging |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Obama could simply threatent to end the wars and cut the war dept budget by 60%, if a clean bill |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
132. Agreed -- but Obama already just INCREASED the MIC budget --- !!!! |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. The GOP has finally destroyed President Obama's narrative as the one to make government work |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Get reelected? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. So? |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
25. Exactly. Where are the tax hikes? How do you balance a government without taxes? |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Obama don't need no stinkin' gummint! |
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AllTooEasy (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Answer to your second question... |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
32. Monday Morning Kick nt |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Thanks for kicking this, Hissy. I'll add my own. This has the makings |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. Recommend |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
39. no kidding |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. "a fact confirmed by many studies of the historical record." |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Thank you |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Not in 2012. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
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rep the dems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
109. You mean this Mitt Romney? |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #109 |
150. Is that supposed to embarrass me? |
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rep the dems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #150 |
156. If you're suggesting that he's to the left of Obama, which you are, |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. If your standing up for Obama after this episode, you're taking too much Viagra. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
134. +1 -- but my concern is getting Obama out of the White House as soon as possible ...!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #134 |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
43. Fuck off Krugman/Cramer. You are never right!! |
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pauldg0 (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. That seems to be true lately. |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. Thanks for that intelligent contribution to the discussion at hand. |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Gushing requires flowery praise, none of which I do. I am opposed to the incessant bashing that goes |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
103. Hair on fire? |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
47. K & R n/t |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
49. Obama, please resign |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. +1000 |
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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. So Who Ya Voting For???? |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. myself n/t |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. Right now, write-in for Bernie Sanders |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
65. +10000. |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. incompetent n/t |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #71 |
130. Or a brilliant and competent orchestrator of the enactment of a RW PNAC vision into law? |
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Dutchmaster (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
54. What a coincidence they get a plan just in time for congress to be forced to pass it |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
55. As long as they don't call it austerity |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
62. Wrong Krugman. The President got **EXACTLY** what he wanted. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
78. +1 |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
63. This is so obvious that we have to ask the question. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. I think we know the answer to that - |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #69 |
84. The party is being misused. |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
67. Reagan, who O admires, was said to be the Great |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
68. K/R |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
72. It's all about the last sentence in your OP. Recommending. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
73. He didn't surrender. He's taking a victory lap. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
83. KR |
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letmedrinkuin (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
90. Obama Is Not a Leader! |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
92. the great concession on a loop |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
98. And the feckless Obama will celebrate this as another 'deal' |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
99. Obama is not sane. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. He's sane. He's just not good. Or honest. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #106 |
116. he fucking SUCKS |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
100. The problem with your last sentence Mr Krugman is that Democrats |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
101. Maybe the Tea Party has outplayed both Obama and Boehner. |
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lordsummerisle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
105. K&R n/t |
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spicegal (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
107. I'm disillusioned to say the least. |
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Marnie (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
111. I agree with Krugman. It would be hard to have come |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
112. we just have to eat our peas i guess. |
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libmom74 (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
113. Progressive Party Time |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
117. Obama is one of the worst things to happen to the nation --- and the party - !!! |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
119. Krugman = the hyperbolic king of advocating policy ideas THAT CAN NOT PASS. Find the Earth Paul. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
124. Looks like Krugman is under the bus again. n/t |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
129. Obama has lost the primary. Don't even mention the election. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #129 |
133. Obama will win re-election easily- greater margin than in 2008. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #133 |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #136 |
152. But 85%+ will vote for Obama. Or did you think Dems will vote for the Repug candidate? |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #152 |
155. What you are saying, sir, is that he's better than a tea party candidate |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #133 |
142. You really should do a stand-up comedy act |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
138. K... And... R... !!! |
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