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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:58 AM Original message |
OBAMA: GOP Would Rather Destroy Economy Than "Ask Anything Of Corp Jet Owners-Oil/Gas Co" &The Rich |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. If it's gotta be a war, I prefer the kind most of the American people can win - a class "war". |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. All he had to do is insist on an up/down vote. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. You conveniently forget Unemployment Benefits in that Bush tax cut issue. Why is that? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Nope, but thanks for playing. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Unfortunately, in a game of chicken, the crazies usually win. nt |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. BTW, how can you "stick something in as an afterthought" in a three-line post? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. No rucky, it means you have compartmentalized the issues when they are entwined. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Artificially entwined. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. WRONG. This is a Democratic POTUS bringing the fight to the Republicans' own field and winning. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Exactly. Obama is exploiting perhaps the one proper Rovian tactic. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. I still don't know the real answer, so I'll ask here: |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. My Opinion? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. But it wouldn't be a full default, would it? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. After a default, interest rates would skyrocket. We're already paying what- 40 cents on a dollar? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. How much will they go up? |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Some think the country could go into a full blown depression and |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. There's plenty reason to doubt it. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. 2 or 3 point is small but compounds quickly. When you're talking trillions it's a lot. |
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Muddy Waters Guitars (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Yeah, international trust in US Treasury Bills would plummet |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You forget the anxiety of the marketplace |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Why do the ratings agencies even have an ounce of credibility? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It doesn't matter why |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. True dat. |
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Muddy Waters Guitars (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. They don't have much credibility, but the dysfunction of the US governing system is still apparent |
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99 Percent Sure (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Yes, they're Robbing Peter to pay Paul and gypping them both... |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's important to remember that over 200 members of Congress signed a pledge to Grover Norquist |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Obama should be telling the people this. nt |
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Muddy Waters Guitars (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Definitely, it's not easy with this sort of media |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. The threat of a financial "Armageddon" will not dissuade Republicans |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. the GOP wants to cut down America so the .1% get ALL the money |
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99 Percent Sure (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. And there's no one to stop them. eom |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I disagree |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. “If that’s their only answer it’s going to be pretty difficult to figure out where to go.” |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
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Muddy Waters Guitars (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. He kinda does |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. He could ask Biden to pull a Cheney and threaten every chairmanship and |
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