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Stuart G

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October 7, 2013

An Important Sign that The Mainstream Media Has Shifted.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/06/bob-schieffer-john-cornyn_n_4054600.html

Bob Schieffer has challenged Cornyn on Obamacare


Bob Schieffer confronted John Cornyn for a moment in the above interview with the hostage word. Schieffer is the mainstream media at CBS..and this was no mistake. In a piece that has been put up here in this forum, by Fumesucker, Paul Krugman argues that there has been a shift to more equal coverage or certainly fair coverage in this crises. The teaparty fools probably are realizing it now, and they need to deal to deal with it. They have even lost their total support of people like Schieffer. They need that support to make their position legitimate. If the media has shifted on this one, and sees the danger of Cruz and his ilk, then their game is over. I believe that others in the mainstream media will take this position as we close in on default. The right wing crazies will seen standing with no clothes. It is about time..

Here are links to Fumesucker's post and the Krugman article too

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023798827



http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/shorting-out-the-wiring/?_r=0


October 5, 2013

Reid Spox: Senate Spending Bill Was Boehner's Idea in the First Place

Source: Talking Points Memo

Dylan Scott – October 5, 2013, 9:18 AM EDT


As the House continues to pass partial spending bills rather than the Senate bill to re-open the entire government, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took to Twitter to lambast House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) for failing to deliver on his promise to pass a clean funding bill.

Adam Jentleson, Reid's communications director, said that Boehner had approached Reid first about a spending bill that maintained sequestration without touching Obamacare. That's the bill that the Senate passed prior to the shutdown.

Boehner also said, according to Jentleson, that he could get the bill through the House. The series of Saturday morning tweets is below.

first tweet:
State of play: House Rs are sitting on a clean CR which was @SpeakerBoehner's idea in the 1st place and would re-open the entire govt today.

second:

Adam Jentleson
@AJentleson

@SpeakerBoehner first proposed the idea of a clean CR at $988B to Reid in a meeting in Boehner's office on July 17. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/

third:
Adam Jentleson @AJentleson

In a meeting on September 12, @SpeakerBoehner reiterated to Reid that despite growing resistance, he could still pass a clean CR at $988B.







Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/reid-spox-senate-spending-bill-was-boehner-s-idea-in-the-first-place



This liar promised that this would pass, (as recently as 3 weeks ago) if the Senate voted for it. So, the Senate voted for it, and he couldn't keep his word. Now it is there for all to know... The absolute truth: The Emperor Has No Cloths...(he never did.......) what an asshole..my apologies to all assholes out there...he is the worst......
October 4, 2013

I must admit, I am enjoying seeing these people haters .. "squirm".

That is it. They are nervous....not knowing. The word is "squirm" They have hurt so many people in the past 30 years. Now, it is their turn. They don't like it cause they don't know what is coming, good!! They have it coming and they will get it. The total wrath of 75 percent of this country. It is a storm over the horizon. It will not go away..

October 4, 2013

Why the Republicans Don't Believe That They Made a Huge Mistake With this Shutdown.

Some are just too stupid and self centered. But some just haven't a clue cause of the sources of information that they look at..
Proof: On election eve, Carl Rove threw a fit for all to see because he didn't realize the Republicans had lost. He looked like a crazy man, screaming to Fox News (ug) ..that it was wrong to concede. Even Romney could not believe it. Here is why they do not believe the truth. These people are totally uninformed, totally..

Nate Silver predicted the outcome of two elections ....They don't want to go there. Why? The truth is too unpleasant for them. They want to believe something else....I was there once. I didn't want to believe that I needed major surgery. So, I kinda looked around. Yes, I found a couple of doctors that said I didn't.. But in the end it became so clear that I had to have it or die. I had it and survived, because that was the truth.

So, soon, these people will have to admit the truth, or die. Millions want health insurance, this is cheap reliable health insurance. Set up to help those without it. The Republicans will have to admit sometime very soon they made a mistake..(which seems unlikely) or die.

October 3, 2013

GOP Rep Stuzman Walks Back from 'I Don't Know What We Want ' , Comment

Source: Talking Points Memo

Republican Congressman Marlin Stutzman (IN) walked back remarks saying that Republicans "have to get something" out of the government shutdown impasse even though they "don't know what that even is."

On Thursday, Stutzman released a statement saying he misspoke.

"Yesterday, I carelessly misrepresented the ongoing budget debate and Speaker Boehner’s work on behalf of the American people," Stutzman said in a statement. "Despite my remarks it’s clear that the American people want both parties to come to the table to reopen the government, tackle this nation’s debt crisis, and stop ObamaCare’s pain."

A day earlier, the Washington Examiner reported Stutzman saying "We're not going to be disrespected."

"We have to get something out of this. And I don't know what that even is," Stutzman said.


Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gop-rep-stutzman-walks-back-don-t-know-what-we-want-comment



Too late asshole...you let it out...it ain't coming back..You defined yourself and your extreme views better than anyone else could...

You are commended for once telling the truth about who you really are....even though you are back to the old lies...
October 3, 2013

I think the MSM will completely turn on these hostage takers..Here is Why.

In the long run, they are large corporations, plain and simple. Large corporations will not do well if this shutdown continues and our debts are not paid. It really isn't rocket science. The large corporations do not want to see the United States government default on its debt. So, they will turn on these people. that is it...and you will see these Tea Party dumb asses destroyed by the media that built them.. It has started. The slanting and reporting will gradually become evident. "This is destroying the country". That will be the message clear and simple. Over and over again..story after story on how the country is being destroyed.. to destroy the leaders of ridiculous move.. And that reporting will become clear to almost everyone. Obama will have poll after poll showing he is our leader and doing the correct thing. They will be destroyed. It will hurt the bottom line of the corporations, and that is totally unacceptable.

October 2, 2013

Sen. Ted Cruz Apology to US Filipino Vets 9/30/13





I posted this because I have never seen this asshole apologize for anything he said...He compared his long winded speech/ego trip to the Bataan March During WWII...so here he has to eat that one... It won't be the last I am sure.

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I thought I knew a lot, and I found out... how little I knew about what I know. And how much more there is to learn, if I listen and read what others have to say.
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