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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:37 PM Original message |
Boehner: "The Pres. is adamant that we cannot make fundamental changes to our entitlement programs." |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh so that's why the President himself said he was for these changes? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. It's called bluffing... and Boehner folded. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Grade A, 100% Premium BULLSHIT. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That's what you're shovelling, not me. Would "rope-a-dope" make you happier? |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. And if Boehner hadn't folded? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Teabagger House Republicans have been saying they'll never ever raise taxes. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. You almost make it sound as though he WANTED changes. |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I know, and I am the first to admit that the NOT KNOWING thing |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I know - it's extra stressful this time for some reason. We're all |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Yes, especially after what we went through and are going through |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, well, well... |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. And...Obama's liberal approval rating just went up a titch. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R -- that's a relief after all the speculation. Although, I'm guessing |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. His entitlement programs? |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. He gave them $650 BILLION from SS/Med. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Why are you "pissed" over a good bluff? Pres. Obama knew the Teabagger House will never raise taxes. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. The Rs aren't lying about it |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Boehner said the WH "never brought a plan" to the table |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. "fundamental changes" = privatize |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Not just cut |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. I have been waiting for these types of words to come from the |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. He has and he will. He's said a default may happen and he's consulting Treasury. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. Let me get this right: You're trusting something Boehner said to make the President look like... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. +1 n/t |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Pres. Obama bluffed, knowing the Teabagger House will not raise taxes. Boehner predictably folded. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. The key word here is "fundamental". |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Exactly, President Obama Was Offering Cuts, But Republicans Wanted... |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That was Bush's plan back in 2005 -- and it cost him the House in the mid-terms in 2006. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. Not any changes. FUNDAMENTAL changes. He himself admitted to offering 650 Mil in cuts. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Contrary to what so many thought, he didn't cave, did he? And those numbers mean nothing. |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Don't Call My Bluff - President Obama Dared The Republicans To Validate Social Security/Medicare... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. I see. Taking Boehner's word over Obama's when it suits you. How odd. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Technically, Obama can't end the charade until the debt limit is raised |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Obama's statements were entirely consistent with Boehner's. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. $650 BILLION is fundamental changes PLUS he lowered THEIR tax cuts. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
35. Define fundamental. |
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