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Takket

(23,715 posts)
14. logic would seem to indicate that....
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 12:55 PM
Oct 2014

If Obama is going to lose a senate seat in a traditionally red state, like Montana for example, it is because people there are "buying into" the MSM idea that he is an ultra left wing tax-and-spender, not because he proposed a "right wing" idea on Social Security.

to be honest I have not seen or heard chained CPI mentioned on anything I have seen or heard about this election.

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Only 3 more Ratfucking Days until the Midterms! FSogol Oct 2014 #1
Jury decision... (here is a hint, someone is losing their alert privileges for a little while...) stevenleser Oct 2014 #7
I would have voted the same way for the same reason. nt Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #18
LOL, thanks for posting the results. n/t FSogol Oct 2014 #31
You're welcome! I was juror #3. stevenleser Oct 2014 #33
I would have voted the same way, for the same reason. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #42
Which means that you're calling me a "ratfu$#er" brentspeak Oct 2014 #55
"If you are bashing, trashing, undermining, or depressing turnout for our candidates during FSogol Oct 2014 #57
Since it's been Obama who managed to undermine Democratic candidates with brentspeak Oct 2014 #58
I believe this is what he means Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2014 #74
If the shoe fits, wear it. If the shoe is uncomfortable ... 11 Bravo Oct 2014 #85
I am afraid I do not understand ... littlewolf Oct 2014 #62
Some things are just mysteries, and doomed to remain so... PatrickforO Oct 2014 #65
Let me explain. To curb frivolous alerts, the admins instituted a rule, if you alert and the stevenleser Oct 2014 #70
thank you for clearing that up for me. sometimes I feel a bit thick. :D nt littlewolf Oct 2014 #71
No. If an alert results in a 7-0 vote to leave the post, MineralMan Nov 2014 #115
Rats need love too IronLionZion Nov 2014 #95
Wow. The person who issued the alert completely misread the post. DesertDiamond Nov 2014 #98
what is this alert???!!!! heaven05 Nov 2014 #108
" 'Rats' is is what the RW calls Democrats." brentspeak Oct 2014 #10
"Rat fucking" is a political term since at least the Nixon era and has nothing to do with Lee FSogol Oct 2014 #30
I think the term goes back to MIT and, especially, CalTech pranksters hifiguy Oct 2014 #38
Yes, I looked up the slang term 'ratfucking' and according to PatrickforO Oct 2014 #64
Tell us all what the "political dirty trick" here is n/t brentspeak Oct 2014 #92
I first heard the term, shortened to RFing, in the 70s from UCLA fraternities.... DesertDiamond Nov 2014 #99
At least we know who lost their alerting privileges. joeglow3 Oct 2014 #52
Ok, who was it? brentspeak Oct 2014 #59
You Better Believe It! Ikonoklast Oct 2014 #32
I predict that sometime before the weekend ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #43
true. man. mopinko Oct 2014 #50
I like concise posts sharp_stick Oct 2014 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author brentspeak Oct 2014 #93
+1 LadyHawkAZ Oct 2014 #91
Brava. nt msanthrope Nov 2014 #96
Yes, we are losing Senate races in red states because Obama is too conservative. Ykcutnek Oct 2014 #2
Is Barack Obama running for the Senate in red states? brentspeak Oct 2014 #3
Because Democratic candidates are not losing races for any of the issues you raised. nt Ykcutnek Oct 2014 #4
How would you know that? brentspeak Oct 2014 #6
logic would seem to indicate that.... Takket Oct 2014 #14
You haven't heard the Democratic candidates speak much about how their brentspeak Oct 2014 #17
You did make it clear. Lots of people intentionally misunderstand. Like you, I Nay Oct 2014 #36
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #46
That's all we're hearing in Iowa. justgamma Nov 2014 #118
We are losing the Senate ... Trajan Oct 2014 #5
Nowhere else to go? give me a friggin break randys1 Oct 2014 #28
Joe and Jane read the headlines that banks have made profits larger than any in history. The jtuck004 Oct 2014 #44
Karl Rove gets downright giddy when he sees stuff like this, think about it randys1 Oct 2014 #47
I think about it more than you know. But why kowtow to Karl Rove? That's not our only choice. Might jtuck004 Oct 2014 #66
That's the best come back you have? Many voters are staying home. rhett o rick Oct 2014 #83
Oh jesus, Rove loves your comment even more than the first one... randys1 Oct 2014 #84
Maybe you, jesus, and C. Rove can clean it up. You all seem to be the most interested. n/c jtuck004 Nov 2014 #113
I hope you will consider turning this post into its own thread. It's very poetic and KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #61
Right. JDPriestly Nov 2014 #111
Not to mention that 1/3 of the country are full on hardcore racists......and the vast VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #80
Speaking as someone that's done door knocking and phone banking in a red state, JoeyT Nov 2014 #94
Funny ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #101
What are coming up as the top 20 issues over all in your area? JDPriestly Nov 2014 #114
I'm not sure where you're getting that. JoeyT Nov 2014 #117
Reducing the number of democrats is the best way to punish the president IronLionZion Nov 2014 #97
No ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #103
We must punish the American people! IronLionZion Nov 2014 #105
Something like that! ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #107
The point is that Democrats win when they focus on key economic issues that favor working people. JDPriestly Nov 2014 #116
Only Nixon could go to China. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #8
Ridiculous OP...it comes down to the people who are actually on the ballot BeyondGeography Oct 2014 #9
"attacked from the left by Karl Rove" brentspeak Oct 2014 #12
Here's what it means BeyondGeography Oct 2014 #13
That link supports the issues raised in my post brentspeak Oct 2014 #15
You really need that explained to you after reading the article? BeyondGeography Oct 2014 #21
Thanks for contributing nothing that makes sense to this discussion. n/t brentspeak Oct 2014 #24
Your link does NOT support your claim. bvar22 Oct 2014 #78
More reading comprehension issues BeyondGeography Oct 2014 #79
Total BS! nt Andy823 Oct 2014 #11
Near as I can tell the GOP hasn't been running on SS reform. nt Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #16
More to the point, the Democrats haven't been running on protecting Social Security brentspeak Oct 2014 #20
Protect it from what? As I noted the GOP isn't running on SS reform. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #26
At least one prominent GOP senate candidate actually is running on SS "reform" brentspeak Oct 2014 #27
And Braley's running ads against all that. justgamma Nov 2014 #119
Retraction please ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #53
They have attacked Democrats for having proposed cuts to SS. Marr Oct 2014 #22
Correct. It's a nonsense OP. I happen to have disagreed with the President publicly on chained CPI stevenleser Oct 2014 #37
Who cares if you disagreed or not with Obama on chained CPI? brentspeak Oct 2014 #45
Actually it doesn't cut benefits catnhatnh Oct 2014 #19
Christ, I can't believe anyone is still trying to sell that garbage. Marr Oct 2014 #23
+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #63
Agreed. It was an utter betrayal of the voters and the party. Marr Oct 2014 #25
BS. still_one Oct 2014 #29
Great post, thank you. Broward Oct 2014 #34
I publicly disagreed with the President on this but it is having zero impact on the election stevenleser Oct 2014 #35
Republican lite and there are those that want Obama II with Hillary INdemo Oct 2014 #39
bullfuckingshit! She is to the Left of Obama....about equal to EW....I have shown over and over... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #81
You keep thinking that and when the corporate dollars are tallied INdemo Oct 2014 #87
You keep thinking YOU know something VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #120
I don't know where you are ... staggerleem Oct 2014 #40
Welcome to DU wryter2000 Oct 2014 #68
Thank you, elleng Oct 2014 #76
Many are deep inside a fantasy world where republicans don't exist IronLionZion Nov 2014 #106
Like Governor Wallace said many years ago " there is not a dimes worth of difference between the geretogo Oct 2014 #41
I just KNEW Nader didn't come up with that all by himself! 11 Bravo Oct 2014 #86
Why we need a real Progressive INdemo Oct 2014 #88
With out a doubt . geretogo Nov 2014 #121
GOP have chained CPI in their RSC budget spedtr90 Oct 2014 #48
I'm sorry, but you're mistaking your audience for one that cares about the quality of the MontyPow Oct 2014 #49
Tragically true. blackspade Oct 2014 #51
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/democrats-social-security_b_6071482.html stupidicus Oct 2014 #56
Proof? Drunken Irishman Oct 2014 #60
If you removed all of the Democrats that voted for those terrible trade agreements and Dustlawyer Oct 2014 #67
Bingo Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2014 #72
his term has been a debacle for the party. The repukes were on the ropes in 2009 Doctor_J Oct 2014 #69
Well said. The people of the country and the world were behind him... polichick Oct 2014 #73
You will never have to vote for President Obama ever again IronLionZion Nov 2014 #100
"remove the corporate Democrats and their flunkies from party leadership" brooklynite Oct 2014 #75
k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Oct 2014 #77
The reason Germany and Sweden have strong unions is not a lack of trade or trade agreements. pampango Oct 2014 #82
K&R The hard, cold truth. This is your party on corporate cash. woo me with science Oct 2014 #89
Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Larry Summers, and the band plays on. L0oniX Nov 2014 #112
Yes--Simpson Bowles fucked us over royally in 2010 eridani Oct 2014 #90
Yes, We Do Need To Elect More Middle To Left Democrats... ChiciB1 Nov 2014 #102
It's too late vi5 Nov 2014 #104
Well, - fact is SS benefits are not a top voter priority. maced666 Nov 2014 #109
K&R. Because the perfect example of a Democrat who will make the same mistakes JDPriestly Nov 2014 #110
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