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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:19 PM Original message |
Sanders: "I applaud the president for standing up for Social Security." |
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HeroTwins (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. How long til Bernie gets tossed under the FDL bus?? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. 5,4,3,2 ... |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm surprised they didn't toss him under the bus for his support of healthcare reform! |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. That's because he was a staunch defender of real reform and said so |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
76. He called it what is was, Health Insurance Reform not Healthcare Reform. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hear hear! |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. Breaking news ... FDL is shutting down after an epidemic of heads exploding. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
68. When will FDL apologize to its readers for their exploitative fear mongering? |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
69. One could ONLY hope that cesspool would shut down. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bernie gives credit where its due, and criticizes when its warranted. I love him. nt |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yes he does. He's a good man. Probably the only "liberal" left in |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. That's not 100% true. He joined the bandwagon of wagging tongues from the left on SS. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Yes - I see the point you're making. I went to look for Obama quotes |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Hiya....I'm speaking about the two posts below with the same quote or implication. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
59. Hi - thanks for the quotes! Should have know I didn't need to look further than |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
67. I wonder why that is? |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
72. He sure did. Last week he added fuel to the fire. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Me too. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. I applaud him as well |
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namahage (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. How did he do that? Link? |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. He didn't.... |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. I would accept some significant tinkering with S.S. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. They're not considered. The idea is that Obama is a traitor to the American people. |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
66. No, , sadly, |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
63. How often are those proposed by serious lawmakers? Changes terrifies |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. Good to see something positive from Bernie re: Prez O. Thx |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. President Obama |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. He didn't inherit two wars |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Bull... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. You don't remember history. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
71. +1 million, vaberella |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
73. "Inherit" is a tricky word... |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
60. Yes he absolutely DID inherit two wars. What the fuck do you think "inherit" means? |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not screwing with SS is what I'd expect from Democratic President. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
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VeryConfused (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
28. Credit where credit is due |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
29. Is it conceivable that perhaps Obama began listening to the base? |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
30. hailing a dem prez for this is fuckin crazy, it should be expected. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Hail the president after people make a concerted effort to drive BS stories on how he will cut SS |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. praytell, what does everything on the table mean. Have you looked at the make up of the "deficit" |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I intend to speak loudly on the horseshit that surrounded the president on SS |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. How do you know all the "hysteria" isn't what prevented cuts to ss? |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Ah yes, the unprovable. "Obama never said he wasn't going to cut SS, so... |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. the same was said about the PO...... He LIED..... |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. First he was going to announce SS cuts tonight. He's not. So now we have to claim |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. how about this. you practice your politics how you deem necessary |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Conflating the current issue with your interpretations of the past is not evidence |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #46 |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. What didn't occur during the HC PO debacle or Bush's tax cuts?? nt |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Bwahahaha, keep changing the discussion and spinning when you have obviously lost! n/t |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. there has been no change in the discussion of spinning. I have made the |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. you may think past actions and words are mutually exclusive |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Sorry that I don't find false equivalencies in this issue |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #51 |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. mea culpa for what. being right about the PO and bush tax cuts? |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. so you are good with cuts to ss as long as the debt is resolved. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Oh dear god, solvency means I'm ok with cuts? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. How about hailing a Democratic President for |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. The technology he is employing is fascinating. nt |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
37. Sanders: "I talked right out my ass, and now I appear histrionic" |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I think he might be trying to box the president in. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. well, Obama administration has indicated otherwise |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. and you know for sure. With words like '"everything is on the table? |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #50 |
58. yeah, actually, the point is that there is little to know validity to the smears |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
78. Just because they SAY everyting is on the table |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
44. Bernie Sanders on |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
61. I applaud Bernie for forcing him to do it. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
75. Nice rewrite of history. Bernie got all excited over rumors he heard |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
62. K&R...Bernie For President!!!!....nt |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
64. Earth to everyone! Obama won't mention SS in his speech. He didn't say |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
77. Careful. |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
65. So does the tiny anti-Obama liberal fringe throw Sanders under the bus? n/t |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
74. Hard to tell from this thread |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
70. But . . . but . . . Bernie, I thought you said he was going to cut it even |
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