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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:49 AM Original message |
Obama Misrepresents the History of Social Security |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Recommend |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Obama continues to parrot the fringe right lie |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. +200 |
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Raejeanowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Speaking of fringe lies |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
73. + Another 200 |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
125. Frankly.... |
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nckjm (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #125 |
159. weak, lame, and DANGEROUS |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #125 |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
153. + A MILLION |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #153 |
170. I wasn't scammed and I did not vote for him. NT |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:15 AM Response to Reply #170 |
176. Unfortunately I was and I did |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. k&r |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. K&R |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. k and r |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. Obama does not match up well with a president as accomplished as FDR. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I'd forgotten about the 'FDR waited six months' lie |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Obama is a market ideologue, which passes for "pragmatism" these days. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
119. And all those 'dems' |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. I think he is referring to the time from election in Novemebr until |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That's correct, but there was zero that FDR could do during that time |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I don't exactly know what people say, but that extra 5 and a half months |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I.m reading a fantastic book on FDR's first 100 days |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:07 AM Response to Reply #34 |
172. 4 months |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. You are being too generous. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I defer... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
143. Obama doesn't just buy the right-wing smear. He promotes it. |
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ncteechur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Maybe if he put folks in internment camps he could be more like FDR. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That was inexcusable, but so are the deaths of civilians due to drone attacks in Pakistan. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. If the MSM decided that murding innocent civilians was wrong, it would be a top issue |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
122. Once again for the record.... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Yes, and Lincoln curtailed Habeas Corpus. Both are two of the greatest Presidents, nonetheless. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. And now for some pug sponsored claptrap. |
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FedUp_Queer (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
112. That's just not true. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #112 |
116. Au contraire |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #35 |
162. no where in the constitution... |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #162 |
178. As it happens, I agree with you, except under circumstances where the US is seriously in danger of |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
54. You mean like Guantanamo? |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #54 |
94. Don't forget Bagram. nt |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
70. gitmo will suffice for now |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
74. To be fair. The folks in these camps don't belong in the FDR apologist's "Good Ol' Days". |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. No progressive or person on the left would want to return to the racial politics of those times. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #74 |
99. Times were different, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
87. That could be happening any time now, the way Obama is going ... !! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
128. Good idea. He should start with centrist assholes. nm |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
154. Like Gitmo, perhaps? |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. ...and yet, even FDR couldn't get Healthcare Reform out of Committee |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. You mean health insurance reform? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. The "fringe?" |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #56 |
78. wear it with pride |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #51 |
88. By the "fringe" presume you mean those who didn't want MEDICARE FOR ALL? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
100. If FDR had accepted the Republican version of HCR like Obama did, |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
114. 'the fringe' - as arrogant as the White House. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 04:07 AM Response to Reply #51 |
174. That's a cop-out response, and you know it. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. The sad/scary part.....he KNOWS he is distorting history. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. I wholeheartedly agree. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. He has learned the magic pug trick, proved by Goebels and fux propaganda: |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
52. Exactly |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
89. Agree -- 1000% -- there can't be any more pretending after two years of this!! |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
101. He knows exactly what he is doing. n/t |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
120. Yep! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. K&R |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
17. One has to ask themselves why he would do that |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. Sounds a lot like the health care scenario... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. The pattern is pretty well established now, isn't it? |
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stillwaiting (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
110. And it's the only way he'll get away with it too. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #110 |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. Kicked and recommended. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. He's messed up in retelling the history leading up to the Afghanistan war, as well. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
93. Thanks for the reminders ... though continues to be sad to watch Obama do this ..... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Recommended. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. "Disheartening" doesn't begin to cover it. |
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purrFect (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. He, and the others do it because the media don't call them out on it, other than a few |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. I noticed that when he said it because Social Security |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
144. In 1956 disability benefits were added. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:49 AM Response to Reply #144 |
169. Eisenhower cared about |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. K&R |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
37. Lies and the lying liars that tell them. nt |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
80. +1000 |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. He seems to be very misinformed about SS works |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
40. K&R nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. President Obama was talking about incrementalism |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Obama is pretending that there's historical precedent for his 'incrementalism' |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. "President Obama is right. Much of the progress we have made as a nation has come one or two steps |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Specific example would be useful, thanks. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Social Security |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #47 |
147. Only to the extent that everything ever is 'incremental' |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
151. The pension coverage began first but did not cover all workers. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
149. Obama's statements about Social Security suggest that rather than |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
75. Uhm, Social Security didn't just spring out of whole cloth. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #75 |
111. social security did not originate as a plan to help widows & orphans. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #111 |
115. So, what did the 1860's-1930's version of it cover, then? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #115 |
121. bullshit. but that's no surprise. |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. I see people are catching on to our "friend" |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #121 |
133. Can you refute the assertion with facts? nt. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #133 |
138. Wikipedia. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #138 |
141. Your link. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #141 |
145. The Constitution is actually the Magna Carta |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #141 |
161. you can make up crap until the cows come home. there was no "program that later |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #115 |
135. "Social Security," as is commonly understood and of whose benefits we speak, |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #115 |
148. It was a pension for Civil War Soldiers. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #148 |
152. Hence: |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #152 |
155. Can you show me a single reference to the Civil War Pension |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. Is the official social security website good enough for you? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #156 |
158. No. That's an afterthought that they're both similar in some respect |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #158 |
160. Ah, the goalposts: |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
81. A post worthy of it's own thread n/t |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
91. Why even try? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:14 PM Original message |
"If I could not find another moderate, I would choose a conservative..." |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
146. ProSense, do you have the dates on which Obama made those |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
48. Funded by your tax dollars.. your payroll tax dollars.. not an entitlement. Get your refund plus |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
98. It's an entitlement. Your lack of understanding about the word "entitlement" ... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
84. Lie Lie Lie Yep! He has mastered the art. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
136. I don't think he'll cut benefits for those already receiving it |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #136 |
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highprincipleswork (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
50. What can Obama do? |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
55. Disenchantment. n/t |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
57. Your subject line is misleading, again. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Obama didn't make the incorrect statement about widows and orphans? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Is that detail the focus of the author's criticism? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Misrepresentation appears to be the focus |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. It appears to be a predictable hit-piece pushing the tired meme that Obama is weak |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. The 'trendy fear mongering' about SS is coming from the Administration |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. In fact, the site they linked shows that Obama's point was accurate. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. His point was accurate? So SS originally WAS only for widows & orphans? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. So disingenuous. Are you really claiming to be too stupid to understand Obama's actual point? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Hey now, I may be disingenuous but I'm not stupid |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. The end of the story is that the point Obama was making is correct. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #71 |
105. Social Security, unlike O's HCR, NEVER profited private businesses. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #67 |
86. HB has the part about the orphans and widows right up front and that is |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #67 |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Try reading the post again before you respond this time and not just the subject line. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #68 |
130. Deleted message |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. The detail is irrelevant to the point Obama was making anyway. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. It's a lie, not a 'detail' |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #64 |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
117. Will people understand that criticism of Obama doesn't equal non-support |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. Will people understand that Limbaugh style tactics are still baloney when liberals do it? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
118. Hey, it is not a lie! It is an "enhanced version of an alternative reality" |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
137. Yes he did |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
82. Very well said nt |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
72. K&R |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
76. If the faithful don't feel thrown under the bus by Obama yet, they should when they see crap like |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Should I be convinced by the way the blog misrepresents history |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #77 |
127. Farmers weren't covered in the first version, and I know that for a fact because of my grandfather. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #83 |
96. Agree. |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #96 |
103. Cuz I'm proud to be an American |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #96 |
126. we didn't start the fire. dlc = burning down the neighborhood |
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savalez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #83 |
108. Well said 'Still a Democrat' |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 04:59 AM Response to Reply #108 |
175. "Well said" but deleted. Hmm. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #83 |
157. It's a big deal - it's a fringe-right talking point |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
85. K/R -- and thanks for caring enough to keep the records straight ... !!! :) |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
90. However, Bonner isn't into compromise, the isn't in his vocabulary... |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
92. K&R... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
95. Deleted message |
Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
97. Sad K&R. //nt |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
102. Townsend was an instrumental figure in that fight. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #102 |
150. Indeed. |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
104. Good post HB n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
106. Deleted message |
slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
109. knr nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
113. Deleted message |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
132. Aye fuckamungo. |
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prodigals0n (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
134. Obama 2012? |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
139. k/r |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
140. Obama will promise to fight for Social Security in 2016 |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
142. 2010 sucked presidentially |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
163. K&R, Bigtime! |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
171. K&R He's is clues leaf in the wind. N/T |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:57 AM Response to Reply #171 |
173. Happy New Year everyone |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
177. K & R |
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