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MannyGoldstein

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27. Lincoln should have freed half the slaves?

Reply to hooverville29 (Original post)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 01:05 AM

Oct 2013

I think there *are* some absolutes in a functional government. One of them is that if you budget for something, you have to pay for it, too.

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Nobody wants to accept some pain in exchange for other side accepting pain. Everybody wants victory [View all] hooverville29 Oct 2013 OP

Our side has done nothing but compromise from the beginning with nothing in return. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #1

Well, they've dropped the Obamacare defunding nonsense. What's the next thing they should change hooverville29 Oct 2013 #5

That was not a concession since they had no right to demand it... Deep13 Oct 2013 #7

Bingo. And they didn't drop it to make a concession, anyway. Fridays Child Oct 2013 #24

it's the law. Old and In the Way Oct 2013 #28

don't you think it is about time for Dems to stand firm for what is actually right for the people? NRaleighLiberal Oct 2013 #2

False Equivalence. NEXT!!! nt LaydeeBug Oct 2013 #3

False equivalency. Deep13 Oct 2013 #4

I agree Here Oct 2013 #6

It's unfortunate that delusional sociopaths have any say whatsoever. Deep13 Oct 2013 #8

Hello welcome to DU. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #18

Thanks Here Oct 2013 #19

Your welcome. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #21

And can you explain just what "pain" the Rs or their super-elite donors have had to endure? Deep13 Oct 2013 #9

The weathiest 1%... RichGirl Oct 2013 #14

Fuck that shit. No rewards for extortion. backscatter712 Oct 2013 #10

I don't like pain. It hurts! hrmjustin Oct 2013 #11

We should cut the baby in half, so that both sides can have some stuff. That would be fair. enki23 Oct 2013 #12

Rolling over for hijackers is disaster TheKentuckian Oct 2013 #13

Exactly. It's time we give the teabaggers a choice. backscatter712 Oct 2013 #15

B.S, its repigs who refuse 'pain,' elleng Oct 2013 #16

BTW.... RichGirl Oct 2013 #17

Shoveling crap out for a post. There is only one party that is using extortion, terrorism Katashi_itto Oct 2013 #20

We've been accepting pain for a long time. Now it's time to reap the reward. So fuck that. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #22

Sorry, but that is more of the "both sides do it" nonsense. PSPS Oct 2013 #23

Wrong. Not One Inch. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #25

No. This is saying "No govt. by Constitutional Crisis" RainDog Oct 2013 #26

Lincoln should have freed half the slaves? MannyGoldstein Oct 2013 #27

When I was a little girl, my parents owned a 3000 square foot two-story home melody Oct 2013 #29

World War 1 began in 1914. Savannahmann Oct 2013 #30

LOSER'S MFM008 Oct 2013 #31

Nice try hootinholler Oct 2013 #32

+1000 pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #34

LOL gollygee Oct 2013 #33