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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:04 PM Original message |
"Nope. Zero," the pres said to the speaker. Mr. Boehner tried again. "Nope. Zero," "John, this is it |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. They -- including this "senior Democratic aide" -- need to stop considering women's health as a |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Only the health of billionaire males counts when it comes to "bottom lines" |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. If you don't think health is social policy, what do you think it is? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Can the horse shit. The anti-choice/pro-choice debate IS a social issue. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. He should have done that WEEKS ago. No. I take that back. MONTHS ago. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. agreed, calimary. but then, he wasn't running for president at the |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. And that was a huge mistake. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. they don't want to get dirty. I will do it for them. I remember how |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Hey, I don't mind getting dirty, either. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. A "senior Democratic Aide". Who exactly is that? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sorry, |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. that name seems very apropo to me |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've become so cynical about this administration |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Sounds like it offends you that it can be honestly said that Pres. Obama drew a line. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. first of all it is not a blatantly liberal cause |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. First of all, yes it absolutely is. Secondly, bullshit. And Thirdly, bullshit. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I guess it's more believable that |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
67. No, it's more believable that Big Business told the GOP not to shut the government down. Links: |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. He couldn't draw a line on anything else for the poor......he just did it for political points |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. PP is the Only Access to Health Care for a Lot of Poor Women |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. He could have drawn the line on other things but chose not to. PP would have cost him campaign $. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. He Would Have Had to Back Down to Prevent a Shutdown |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. No it wouldn't, if a shutdown was a total victory for the Tea Party, then it would have happened. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. A shutdown would of scored Obama points. People would of rallied around the |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. So what, precisely, are you mad about? That Planned Parenthood didn't get defunded? |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. No, I'm upset that other programs that benefit low-income people got big cuts while keeping PP |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
43. Deleted message |
tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Dispelling the "wimp factor" |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Agree.nt |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. gotta give you credit for admitting you are cynical- |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. Exactly. I wouldn't be surprised if Daley put this out there. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
69. Cynical, Now more than ever. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. If This Is True, Sir, And that Is a Long If, By The Way, It Has To Be Stuck To |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. looks like more spin to me- whether it's true or not |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. You May Well Be Right, Ma'am.... |
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brandywine (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. This is coming straight from the screen writers to fluff up the drama. Why are these SECRET? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. ... |
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brandywine (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Excuse me? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. CAVER!!1111!1...nt |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. Such chutzpah like I've never seen. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. "Convenient" that this nameless aid was |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. If it wasnt true I suspect Boner would be crying about it by now. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. If it was an 'inside report' saying Obama was eager to end social security next week |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Like flies on shit, as they say. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. +1 n/t |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. If he had taken that attitude toward them in 2009 |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. and thats what the obama appologists will never admit |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. hey, i'll k&r just for the heart-warming quality. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. Political salesmanship. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. BINGO. This is just some bullship story dreamt up to keep the grassroots from completely flipping. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. wow.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. convenient that the line doesn't help the poor |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. PP does help the poor. n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Like it or not, the GOP controls the house. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. No, we lost |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Right, but we're not in power, not in the house. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #59 |
73. the GoP was in "the minority" for the first two years of Obama... |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Providing healthcare access to poor women is more important than any of that. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. Continued funding to Planned Parenthood at the present levels, |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. the bank bailouts? This is what you're mad about? |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. You couldn't possibly have missed the "extenstion of the Bush Tax Cuts, etc.", part of |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. No, the extension of the Bush tax cuts is inexcusable. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. We'll just have to disagree on that. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. And I agree with some of that, too. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Yep-- I agree. n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. Woo-Hoo! |
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mfcorey1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. Are republican men willing to forgo all intimate acts that would lead to pregnancy and a woman |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. It's not the women they're intimate with that they're interested in controlling, silly. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. those POOR, and colored women |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
45. Sounds like it was written by a comic book writer. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
70. In an alternate universe this happened... |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
74. No, zero, John. We already didn't pass a budget so you could have your way with us. |
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