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In reply to the discussion: Boehner asks what he gets for $800b. Obama: "You get nothing." [View all]democrattotheend
(12,006 posts)24. That's a good way to put it
And someone pointed out to me on another thread that you can access the whole WSJ article through Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=How+'Cliff'+Talks+Hit+the+Wall&sugexp=chrome,mod=6&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
I highly recommend reading it...apparently our president is not such a spineless wimp after all.
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I was thinking more like Michael Corleone in the Godfather to the Senator from Nevada. "You get
monmouth3
Dec 2012
#20
Does this mean the Speaker is going to have a dead hooker problem in the near future? n/t
DefenseLawyer
Dec 2012
#35
Not to nitpick. Only because The Godfather II is maybe the only sequel I liked more
brewens
Dec 2012
#52
Me too! I was thinking Vito Corleone with Johnny Fontaine's manager when Boehner
appacom
Dec 2012
#82
President Obama has the patience of a saint. I would have given Boehner something to cry about!
Sunlei
Dec 2012
#50
You're right. Very patient. He's going to keep insisting that SS be cut until Boehner accepts it.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#81
If he supports cutting SS with chained-CPI, shouldn't you? Why so unhappy about it?
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#94
Not a cut for low income with the exemptions. The Romneys of the world will miss
Sunlei
Dec 2012
#106
You get the satisfaction of knowing that our nation is in better condition than before. That is what
jwirr
Dec 2012
#5
They also don't realize that what is said publicly is not what goes on behind the scenes
democrattotheend
Dec 2012
#26
I actually described three things which will destroy the deficit, without dividing, undersand?
freshwest
Dec 2012
#100
Yea, well, this wouldn't be getting out unless president Obama wanted it to get out...
WCGreen
Dec 2012
#63
And when corporations send jobs overseas that means less taxes from workers.
LiberalFighter
Dec 2012
#48
If you google the headline, usually one of the links to it lets you in behind the pay wall. I don't
Pirate Smile
Dec 2012
#62
Sounds like Obama is almost ready to have his very own "Network" moment. You know, that
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#30
I want a hamburger, no a cheeseburger. I want a hotdog. I want a milkshake.
DefenseLawyer
Dec 2012
#33
Great comeback by Obama. I'm sure the article is an interesting read but............
George II
Dec 2012
#47
Not to mention making them pay for trying to take him down these past four years..
Kahuna
Dec 2012
#70
Me too! It's been HARD to watch & scarey too! I could figure some of it out, but NOT enough.
patrice
Dec 2012
#71
Chuck Colson worked for Nixon, not LBJ. And you attribute such a vulgar quote to LBJ?
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#98
What you say is besides the point. The issue is whether LBJ or Colsen said that.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#120
LBJ might as well have said it. After all, it is indisutable that LBJ
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#122
No. What is falsely being attributed to LBJ (a Democrat) is the exact opposite of what he said
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#123
Oy vey. I hope you have a good holiday, my friend. I'm amused by LBJ's
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#127
He needs to crush some balls, not try to compromise with these repugnant a-holes
budkin
Dec 2012
#99
seriously, you've NEVER heard/read the press refer to any presidents as "Mr...." ?
eShirl
Dec 2012
#105
I've always understood the usage to be a step up from just using their last name
bigtree
Dec 2012
#116