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JDPriestly

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29. I'm glad you feel that way. He has done a lot of good things, but he has not done much
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 05:00 AM
Dec 2012

for seniors. And his human rights stance is abominable. He did not prosecute the torturers. He has approved surveillance on law-abiding citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.

Also, he has protected Wall Street.

He is good, but could be a lot better, a lot better.

He is, all said, a wonderful human being, but he is weak on a number of issues. He could speak out more.

So... 99Forever Dec 2012 #1
I think he has been working with this congress for so long that he knew what they would do. Maraya1969 Dec 2012 #3
Would you care to answer the question I actually asked now? 99Forever Dec 2012 #7
I'm going to answer it in a new thread. Look for it. Maraya1969 Dec 2012 #12
Oh, please. Hatchling Dec 2012 #21
Here Maraya1969 Dec 2012 #14
Again. 99Forever Dec 2012 #17
I take back my statment that it was a risk. I say he did it with 100% certainty that it Maraya1969 Dec 2012 #19
Another fucking sidestep. 99Forever Dec 2012 #24
I don't get it. Who was fretting away? Who has been relieved and astonished and why? TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #31
He KNOWS for a fact that the Repubs have written off the 47%, why would he not try to get a patrice Dec 2012 #6
Did you know that the President can veto legislation? Maraya1969 Dec 2012 #25
So are YOU willing ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #27
I'm willing to acknowledge that a dollop of whipped cream on top of a steaming pile isn't a sundae TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #32
Okay n/t 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #33
Whatever you need to tell yourself. (n/t) WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2012 #2
Please! Sincerely, I do wonder why that doesn't ALSO apply to you. Can you tell me? nt patrice Dec 2012 #5
“It's going to have to be tweaked the way it was by Ronald Reagan and Speaker WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2012 #8
I think it's a mistake to look at ANYTHING to do with SS as separate from Medicare & Obamacare. patrice Dec 2012 #9
I agree with you newfie11 Dec 2012 #11
I think PO was also talking through Boehner to the working-class in Boehner's base who most patrice Dec 2012 #4
I think Obama wants to cut Social Security. He could care less about the elderly. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #10
+1 n/t duffyduff Dec 2012 #13
Here Maraya1969 Dec 2012 #16
Here Maraya1969 Dec 2012 #15
To save others the effort of having others clickling on your link. Hatchling Dec 2012 #23
I don't think that and I am one of those senior citizens.. he Cha Dec 2012 #28
I'm glad you feel that way. He has done a lot of good things, but he has not done much JDPriestly Dec 2012 #29
When billions of dollars are at stake, I suspect it takes millions of people to act, not just one. proverbialwisdom Dec 2012 #30
Then why didn't he put the DOD budget on the table? leftstreet Dec 2012 #18
^THIS!! Hatchling Dec 2012 #20
My impression is that anyone who helps put it on the table mmonk Dec 2012 #22
Perhaps I could interest you in something with unlimited potential… Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #26
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