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In reply to the discussion: If Democrats cave now, do you *really* think things will *ever* get better? [View all]SunSeeker
(51,784 posts)99. "Tis" what? You just agreed the parties are not the same.
This thread is a call for Dem party unity in the face of the Republican onslaught. Sad that you want to use it to bitch about how Dems aren't pure enough for you.
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If Democrats cave now, do you *really* think things will *ever* get better? [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Sep 2013
OP
had it been Democrats creating aHomeland Security or TSA, they'd have screamed about the implication
Old and In the Way
Sep 2013
#108
That's a good point. This really should be something the liberals and the conservative Democrats
rhett o rick
Sep 2013
#8
I don't want my Guv-Mint negotiatin' with terrorism, especially financial terrorism aka extortion nt
99th_Monkey
Sep 2013
#11
Remember this classic BBI thread? "Why the Supreme Court Should Kill ‘Obamacare’"
joshcryer
Sep 2013
#22
Right. The Republicans are like the two-year-olds who refuse to eat healthy food
JDPriestly
Sep 2013
#25
The DEM Party is a ruse to fool the little people into thinking they have a choice.
blkmusclmachine
Sep 2013
#30
I presume you're suggesting the old saw is bullshit, not my claim that it exists ...
Scuba
Sep 2013
#91
I would hope that he would not bargain away SS either, through the deceptive chained CPI. The
sabrina 1
Sep 2013
#74
Screw the GOP. If holding the nation hostage works for them, they'll do it again and again. n/t
Mister Ed
Sep 2013
#35
The whole centrist mantra of 'bipartisan orgy room politics' has always left me cold.
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#51
Things have gotten worse in this country for virtually every year I've been alive.
Romulox
Sep 2013
#58
Let's hope that the GOPiggies blink on this. If they don't it will indeed be painful for many.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2013
#62
Blackmailers never stop. Give in on this debt blackmail & get blackmailed on the next debt round. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2013
#67
EVER is a very very long time. I think within "ever" there could be better times.
HereSince1628
Sep 2013
#86
Caving in is what got us here. Bipartisanship requires movement by both parties...
marble falls
Sep 2013
#107