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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:18 PM Original message |
Obama's speech makes it official. Social security cuts and medicare cuts will take place |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, cuts to entitlements and social programs are NOT progressive ideals. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. This president is doing his best to redefine what progressive means. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. And here we have the current |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yup. Makes you wonder if the OP even watched the speech...nt |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I did, sounds like you 2 didn't. Here: |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. This is why it's important to read the transcript |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Wasn't that a part of the Health care Bill that Republicans railed against |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
62. If republicans were against it |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. The fact he didn't get specific is what worries me |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. I completely understand :) nt |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
100. exactly |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
74. No, he didn't. He said that there will be cuts made to Medicare/Medicaid in terms of |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
91. Isn't that what teabaggers do - take a word or line and parse the hell out of it, and the next |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. You don't parse the words politicians speak? How well has that worked out for you? |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #96 |
106. He did come out and say no cuts. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #91 |
104. Wow. |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
109. parsing ,,,typical |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
122. You did not watch it. You were watching reruns of Symbionic Titan. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
57. Sid that is ridiculous. Every time you don't agree with |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. You better watch it. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. You are telling me this president didn't say social security and medicare will be cut? |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. So your claim |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. There you go, you just proved my point. "we will reform these programs" |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. reform = cut? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Yes, in this case reform=cut |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #47 |
71. Kind of like tax "relief". |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
90. Then he's adding to MC, SS! |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. LOL! That's exactly what I was going to post! |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
78. Reform=Cut?? You are insane!!!! n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. I haven't examined the speech quietly without distraction yet. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. He needs to stop bringing it up. He can't afford a 'read my lips' moment |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Err... he didn't "do" anything to Single Payer. He never ran on it |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. You are 100% correct! n/t |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
81. Exactly. He said it many times on the campaign trail. While he prefers single payer, this country's |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. I did not hear that or read that in the speech text. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I added the part of the speech I was talking about in my OP, sorry I didnt include it originally |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. You missed the point, the point being that social security and medicare will be cut |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. No, they won't |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Then why wouldn't Obama say that up front? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. He did |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. You can be done here, I'm gonna bookmark this thread and get back to you in June |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Find the word CUT in the speech |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. A politician using political rhetoric to spray perfume on a pile of shit, you don't say.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. He didn't use the word "cut". |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. BINGO! All he had to say is, "WE will NOT be making any cuts to SS or Medicare." |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. If he did, you guys would be parsing what "cut" meant |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. That bizarro world you speak of is known as critical thinking. n/t |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. the fact is he didn't say it |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Well, I am enraged. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
48. Oh, rest assured...he won't touch Medicare and SS until AFTER the 2012 election. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. Yeah, that looks like the plan to me. n/t |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
113. See it worked! The OP makes shit up and people get pissed! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. He said we will "improve" Medicare and "strengthen" SS |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. Epic fail |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:35 PM Original message |
"I will veto any health bill that does not include a robust public option". |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. So he took a robust non-profit option instead |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Non-profit is on local level. Public option is national. But you understand that well |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. No, the "public option" plan was state-by-state (nt) |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Nope, flat out wrong. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Oh come on that was the language that was DOA |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I believe that was the last version of the public option before it was stripped |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
51. Made up quote...nt |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. The President allowed himself plenty of "wiggle room" n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. He is soooo concerned about "higher health care costs" that he rewarded the insurance companies! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. Some changes ARE needed |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
44. I truly didn't get that from it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. His language was squishy. Here is the part that tripped my triggers: |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
66. I'll tolerate a certain amount of squishiness when a plan is first unveiled. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I think we'll wait until after the election as others have pointed out. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #67 |
88. We should start seeing any telltale signs well before that. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
114. I see you chose not to bold the last sentence where he clearly fucking |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. Why don't you show me where he says he won't cut Social Security. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. You probably had this OP ready to go before the speech even started |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. What if the retirement age is rasied? Will you still have your avatar? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
60. I rec'd your OP because I think you're right. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. And I unrec'd it because I knew you would. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Being ugly to other posters doesn't make the president's case, just fyi. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. Just as being ugly to the president doesn't make yours. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. I haven't characterized the president in any way. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #80 |
92. You mean in this thread? Don't make me go searching. I'm familiar with your postings. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Oh, have at it. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. If I thought for one moment it was worth it, I would. Buh bye now! |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. Nicely done. Attribute false positions to a person then when asked for examples back out |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #98 |
105. Nicely done. Complain that someone won't break the rules for you. n/t |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #98 |
111. If I provided said example, I think I'd be in violation of DU rules. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #111 |
120. You've been violating the rules all night. WHy stop now? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #92 |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #60 |
84. Thanks for being one of the few reasonable responses here |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. I know |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #84 |
107. Reasonable. Like sniffing bullshit and coming away calling it chocolate. nt |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
63. PATHETIC. Unrec. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
72. Well that's an interesting argument. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
73. On Medicare/Medicaid, this information is directly from the White House's Fact Sheet |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
75. What the hell speech did YOU listen to? n/t |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. The one I quoted in my OP |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
77. Me thinks you are out of line with most everyone here |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. Not entirely. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
79. The TRUTH about Medicare from the White House |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #79 |
89. All of that material is about saving money on the backs of Americans |
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Volaris (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
85. ummmmm...... |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #85 |
101. "through the remaining lives of the Boomers" |
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Volaris (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #101 |
128. quite the opposite, what I should have said was |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
86. FACT SHEET: The President's Framework for Shared Prosperity and Shared Fiscal Responsibility |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #86 |
95. Would you find it unacceptable for any cuts in social security and medicare to take place? |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
97. The speech said no such thing, as many others have |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Are you okay with any cuts to social security or medicare? |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #99 |
121. The retirement age will be raised. We've all known that for years. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #121 |
125. How is decreasing a benefit we all paid for not a cut? |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #99 |
124. Stop moving the goalposts. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Yes, it did. By refusing to rule these cuts out this late in the game they will happen. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #126 |
127. He didn't explicitly say "We will not invade Venus"... |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #127 |
131. Nobody is worried about him invading Venus. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #131 |
132. I'm still waiting to hear about those huge SS cuts people |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Why did you not answer my question? Are you not worried at all that cuts will take place? |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #133 |
134. I'm about as worried as I was when you were screaming that DADT would not be repealed. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #134 |
136. Duly noted. You're not worried at all. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
102. Unshakable fealty to the MIC. Unparalleled fervor to dismantle the New Deal. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
103. /facepalm |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
108. Wrong. Instead of falsely parsing words, try acknowledging facts from the WH itself --> |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
110. your hearing aide or your reading glasses need some reform. big fat UNREC. |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #110 |
116. Perfect. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
112. HAHAHAHA |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
115. It's clear to me you are wrong, or maybe just not listening for some reason. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
117. Plus, the bastard did not take using PUPPIES as a food source off the table!! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
123. Like some others here... |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #123 |
135. If we have to wait to see which version of truth becomes reality then it's already too late |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
129. kr. surreal to read some of the comments. nt |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
130. I don't suppose President Change ever considered |
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