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25. 'close' as in it didn't happen.

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Mon Mar 16, 2015, 08:05 AM

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Lindsey Graham says Obama came close to cutting a "mini Simpson-Bowles deal" on Social Security [View all] ND-Dem Mar 2015 OP

Lindsey Graham is a lying piece of shit too NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #1

he may well be. i report, you decide. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #5

There's that.. and also.. Obama's budget rejects House Republicans' Social Security hostage-taking Cha Mar 2015 #21

Indeed Lindsey Graham is a lying piece of shit tularetom Mar 2015 #52

Yay for 'liberals, led by Bernie Sanders'! nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #2

I miss Hannah Bell on threads like this. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #3

So you're claiming there was no such deal? MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #10

Manny, I know I'm being a bit inside baseball, and I think you also know msanthrope Mar 2015 #18

IOW, you're busted. MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #22

Busted? You think professed belief in anything Lindsey Graham has to say msanthrope Mar 2015 #24

Got it. Your don't dispute that Obama made the deal, MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #26

A sack of shit Republican who called WH officials "scumbags" is your source? msanthrope Mar 2015 #28

Did I say Graham was my source? MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #29

He's the source of the OP, Manny, and you want to discuss his remarks. msanthrope Mar 2015 #30

No, I want to discuss your baseless attack on the OP. MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #33

Are the first two words of the OP not "Lindsey Graham?" nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #36

That does not imply agreement in any way, and MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #37

When one quotes the right wing, offering them up without critique? msanthrope Mar 2015 #47

No. MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #54

Yes. You should believe it. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #56

Manny, sometimes you have to ask yourself Aerows Mar 2015 #59

I don't give a rat's ass about Graham MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #60

And you know what? Aerows Mar 2015 #62

I have a pretty simple view on all this... MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #63

What in the hell are two good Democrats arguing about? Aerows Mar 2015 #57

Precisely. ....and the idea that he should be taken at face value makes me puke. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #58

I'm all for supporting team-Democrat, but people need to be aware ... dawg Mar 2015 #4

Really, it's come to this? Andy823 Mar 2015 #6

If it fits their narative they'll believe it. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2015 #8

Really. For once in his ****** Lying life.. he's going to tell the truth. Uh huh.. 'course there Cha Mar 2015 #19

This deal is well known, despite what the DU Revisionist History Team claims MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #7

Yep, his offers to cut SS were widely reported and actually included in the 2014 WH budget proposal. pa28 Mar 2015 #9

Where would that be found in the report? Rex Mar 2015 #12

That would be on page 41 of the document you've linked to. pa28 Mar 2015 #15

Page 12 (very last page) Oilwellian Mar 2015 #16

Thanks for the verification. Found on p. 46: ND-Dem Mar 2015 #17

Obama's budget rejects House Republicans' Social Security hostage-taking Cha Mar 2015 #20

I don't know if the liberals will be able to hold Hillary back Doctor_J Mar 2015 #11

Graham agrees. Hillary is so going after SS. NCTraveler Mar 2015 #23

Wait Bobbie Jo Mar 2015 #13

Is it not basically true, though? nt MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #27

Basically true? Bobbie Jo Mar 2015 #35

"Rep. Conyers: Obama Demanded Social Security Cuts--Not GOP" MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #38

You're trying too hard here... Bobbie Jo Mar 2015 #40

So you claim that Rep. Conyers was lying? MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #41

So.... Bobbie Jo Mar 2015 #42

After Obama is out of office, progressives will post links about how they were almost right alcibiades_mystery Mar 2015 #45

"progressives" Bobbie Jo Mar 2015 #48

why doesn't this win us votes? it's won us approval by oligarchs! MisterP Mar 2015 #14

'close' as in it didn't happen. spanone Mar 2015 #25

Graham musta lost count fredamae Mar 2015 #31

For those who think Graham is lying, can we accept these sources? Doctor_J Mar 2015 #32

Apparently not. MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #39

The Nation is a well-known source for far right pro-corporate propaganda Doctor_J Mar 2015 #50

crazy, crazy grasswire Mar 2015 #53

Apparently it did; multiple documentation in this thread. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #34

what were the specifics of this mini Simpson Bowles deal that actually didn't work out? Sheepshank Mar 2015 #43

oh bull. 2014 is really that long ago? ND-Dem Mar 2015 #46

lovely linkys that still don't clarify what is meant by "mini Simpson Bowles" Sheepshank Mar 2015 #49

Horseshoes and hand grenades, Lindsey alcibiades_mystery Mar 2015 #44

Oh Lindsey, you funny little liar...stop making my sides hurt NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #51

And now, flash flood watches Aerows Mar 2015 #55

It didn't quite happen that way... stevenleser Mar 2015 #61

K&R woo me with science Mar 2015 #64