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In reply to the discussion: Want to know why this is happening? The bottom line? This. [View all]AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)32. There is money to be made
by anyone who controls the Federal government and determines
(1) the priviledges that can be extended to the super-rich and
(2) what laws are or are not enforced.
I hope that we can see the end of the Tea-baggers.
I also hope that we won't be threatened further with the Keystone pipeline, the chained-CPI, the TPP, and the appointment of more Republicans to high-level positions in the Obama Administration.
In any event, it is too soon to tell.
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after the default, the economic woes get blamed on Obama, just as they were before.
robinlynne
Oct 2013
#15
Crappy economy we left you there, Mr Obama-be a shame if it got worse while you were still president
NCLefty
Oct 2013
#34
Add 25 years of wingnut radio/TV & a decade+ of internet echo chamber nonsense
displacedtexan
Oct 2013
#5
Won't all those donors be really sad when Cruz is kicked to the road at his next election.
Maraya1969
Oct 2013
#6
You may be overestimating the presence of any brain matter inside their skulls.
calimary
Oct 2013
#10
Another grifter, risking the nation's People to rake in a few dollars. Now his PAC can buy his book.
Scuba
Oct 2013
#12
Actually ... "For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil" (1 Timothy 6:10)
eppur_se_muova
Oct 2013
#19
He's running for Fox TV. Passing a clean bill will be his exscuse to quit the Senate. And ....
marble falls
Oct 2013
#20