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56. Rec for the part of me that believes it

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OBAMA ADVISER SAYS PRESIDENT WILL NOT EXTEND BUSH TAX CUTS, EVEN TEMPORARILY: �100% COMMITTED� [View all] kpete Jul 2012 OP

Why, that mother-fucker!!! NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #1

You BlueCaliDem Jul 2012 #12

Too funny! Firebrand Gary Jul 2012 #76

I will wait til it's done to celebrate. annabanana Jul 2012 #2

Pudding-style proof comes in the aftermath. theaocp Jul 2012 #5

1000% agreed. He talks a good game but most often FAILS to follow through. on point Jul 2012 #10

notice what was not said or asked? hfojvt Jul 2012 #23

If the bar is @ $250,000 that little bit for a lot of folk goes back into the economy. Tigress DEM Jul 2012 #96

below $100,000 is most of the population hfojvt Jul 2012 #106

My "most" was from the link I provided 98% in the US make less than $250,000 Tigress DEM Jul 2012 #130

Why does it matter that people are small business owners? MannyGoldstein Jul 2012 #127

Small businesses tend to actually provide living wage jobs. So helping them helps their employees. Tigress DEM Jul 2012 #129

It took more "backbone" back then to extend the cuts than it will take to not extend them now. DCBob Jul 2012 #25

Gave the rich two years in exchange for one year of UI. Sirveri Jul 2012 #58

It was a tough call. DCBob Jul 2012 #69

Um, had he not taken that deal, taxes on the poorest would've went up 50% phleshdef Jul 2012 #133

LOL Skittles Jul 2012 #83

Bingo! It's easy to throw spitballs from the peanut gallery mikekohr Jul 2012 #95

Things are still fragile and the issues always intertwine. What will morningfog Jul 2012 #101

+ My household. truedelphi Jul 2012 #28

Can't say I am optimistic. harun Jul 2012 #87

True, but don't wait to tell Obama, "Keep your word if you want our trust". Tigress DEM Jul 2012 #105

Indeed. The usual game is to do this, then wait for the R's to hold something hostage, then the cave Huey P. Long Jul 2012 #115

Then Work On The Effing Loopholes otohara Jul 2012 #3

Yep, when four hundred famkilies/and/or corporations truedelphi Jul 2012 #29

First and foremost in this discussion ought to be loopholes 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #93

Hallelujah! cpwm17 Jul 2012 #4

Seems I've heard this before. I'll only believe it if it actually happens, Lionessa Jul 2012 #6

Well those of us who have become cynics truedelphi Jul 2012 #33

If you mean "congress" in the narrow reference of Lionessa Jul 2012 #38

She wants to extend the taxcuts for those make $1 million or less. kentuck Jul 2012 #42

And the problem with that is?? Lionessa Jul 2012 #44

It is 100% genuine Republican... kentuck Jul 2012 #50

If you're making $999,000 a year you don't need a fucking tax cut. obxhead Jul 2012 #51

This would have more credibility (1) if Obama had not already extended the tax cuts after saying AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #7

YUP !! russspeakeasy Jul 2012 #9

My thoughts exactly Time for change Jul 2012 #17

one trouble is that the Obama plan hfojvt Jul 2012 #46

I don't understand your numbers SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2012 #78

because members of the top 1% and the top 5% hfojvt Jul 2012 #102

Something that people do not realize - most people who make $ 150K truedelphi Jul 2012 #112

that one I have not heard of hfojvt Jul 2012 #113

Someone here on DU once posted a poll that truedelphi Jul 2012 #134

This could mean BlueCaliDem Jul 2012 #20

What a complicated answer. And no, it doesn't mean that at all. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #21

Politics is complicated. Nothing is as cut and dry as we'd like it, BlueCaliDem Jul 2012 #40

High speed rail here in California is dead in the water truedelphi Jul 2012 #35

It's been approved by the Senate last Friday. BlueCaliDem Jul 2012 #43

Really? That is very welcome news to my truedelphi Jul 2012 #49

I'm pretty happy with this news as well! BlueCaliDem Jul 2012 #57

Wrong. JoePhilly Jul 2012 #59

You're not the President. Obama is. He's going to do what he wants to do. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #80

What a powerful rebutal to my post!!! JoePhilly Jul 2012 #84

Without Congress, he can only do so much - BUT he CAN VETO anything that doesn't meet the criteria. Tigress DEM Jul 2012 #103

Understand ... except Obama actually holds the cards here ... consider ... JoePhilly Jul 2012 #120

Problem is Americans DO NOTICE "inaction" but blame BOTH parties, not just the obstructionists. Tigress DEM Jul 2012 #132

Until something changes. morningfog Jul 2012 #100

Like what? ... what change do you anticipate? JoePhilly Jul 2012 #121

I hope you're right. morningfog Jul 2012 #122

Is there a money quote from the last tussle? Orsino Jul 2012 #109

Not yet. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #111

It is not Obama, it is Congress who has to vote on the bill.......Obama can only sign it into law... BEAU1943 Jul 2012 #123

I sure hope he doesn't extend the tax cost for the 1% Jake2413 Jul 2012 #8

I agree. I'm willing to give up my tax cut if it means the upper income folks give up theirs. Laurian Jul 2012 #13

This time Obama is in a better negotiating position (see my post #24) bluestateguy Jul 2012 #30

I hate Candy Crowley Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #11

The only solution is to let all the tax cuts expire: rich, middle class, whatever alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #14

this interview with Gibbs shows why that's not likely Enrique Jul 2012 #16

I agree with you... Volaris Jul 2012 #92

As I said earlier........let them expire BEAU1943 Jul 2012 #124

We heard the same thing repeatedly during his 2008 campaign Time for change Jul 2012 #15

Action speaks louder than words. bahrbearian Jul 2012 #18

That is easy for Gibbs to say. bvar22 Jul 2012 #19

And here I thought that I could count on you truedelphi Jul 2012 #36

I wish I could recommend this Marrah_G Jul 2012 #41

Here are a couple more of those "puppies" that will be dragged out - by both parties - with the sad sally Jul 2012 #54

Those "puppies" ARE important. bvar22 Jul 2012 #71

Bingo.... vi5 Jul 2012 #77

Why do you hate puppies? hay rick Jul 2012 #73

With Obama's 'threats', seeing is believing. nt COLGATE4 Jul 2012 #22

This time I think I believe him bluestateguy Jul 2012 #24

I'm sorry, but on this issue, he always caves. n/t RandySF Jul 2012 #26

I feel like Charlie Brown 99th_Monkey Jul 2012 #27

OMG! Not again! kentuck Jul 2012 #31

^^^ DU replies, "We Can't Trust Him!!11!!" ^^^ NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #32

That was the biggest mistake of his first term... kentuck Jul 2012 #37

If he let them all expire, he'd be a one term President, period. JoePhilly Jul 2012 #61

Along with not getting.. sendero Jul 2012 #79

I am with you ~ timing is everything goclark Jul 2012 #55

Yeah, Yeah. Promises, Promises...... Shadowflash Jul 2012 #34

I've heard all this shit before Marrah_G Jul 2012 #39

"It's like Deja Vu all over again!" - Yogi Berra Zorra Jul 2012 #45

The problem is...this will not happen Swede Atlanta Jul 2012 #47

They were making hay out of gas prices going up... Blanks Jul 2012 #48

DU rec... SidDithers Jul 2012 #52

I have no dought he will extend them all. The way the economy is going he will have to n/t doc03 Jul 2012 #53

I know .its sicking to see how much Obama Hatred is here. bahrbearian Jul 2012 #62

It's not hatred. progressoid Jul 2012 #82

no hatred, and nothing to eat crow for Enrique Jul 2012 #63

So who ya voting for this Nov. Sid? bahrbearian Jul 2012 #64

Rec for the part of me that believes it unapatriciated Jul 2012 #56

I intend to vote for him. WilliamPitt Jul 2012 #60

They crapped on us kellytore Jul 2012 #65

We're going to kick that damn football to the MOON this time, Lucy! DirkGently Jul 2012 #66

Trial balloom!... frogs Jul 2012 #67

A progressive flat tax mick063 Jul 2012 #68

There is no such thing... kentuck Jul 2012 #70

Noppity-nope. Igel Jul 2012 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author AJTheMan Jul 2012 #74

That makes me so excited! AJTheMan Jul 2012 #75

I'll beleive it when I see it happen and not one second sooner. 99Forever Jul 2012 #81

LOL! -= B U L L S H I T =- Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #85

Aug 18 2009: 'Gibbs insists Obama not backing off public option' Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #86

+1 piratefish08 Jul 2012 #88

There's something about this story that depresses me... kentuck Jul 2012 #89

so fucking true fascisthunter Jul 2012 #94

"quote in this thread now will pop up again later" Martin Eden Jul 2012 #107

Excellent rundown you transcribe. The same worn down crap they pull. -eom Huey P. Long Jul 2012 #116

It's Obama's call and there's no doubt he will extend the rich cuts again. Kablooie Jul 2012 #90

No offense to Gibbs or Obama, but I want to see it happen first. Arkana Jul 2012 #91

I'll believe it when I see it. morningfog Jul 2012 #97

Step right up...Step right up...Find the Little Lady! bvar22 Jul 2012 #98

GOBAMA!!!! Taverner Jul 2012 #99

President Obama is too smart kctim Jul 2012 #104

I don't believe this for a second. hughee99 Jul 2012 #108

I support President Obama 100% on this stance. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #110

It's an election year, so woo me with science Jul 2012 #114

No way. Here's my theory. He pretends he has this stand firm, then the debt ceiling WILL need to be Huey P. Long Jul 2012 #117

Probably you are right. woo me with science Jul 2012 #118

Repubs feel that Obama is an easy mark. kentuck Jul 2012 #119

The rich will keep their tax cuts in the end. woo me with science Jul 2012 #128

I support President Obama 100% here steve2470 Jul 2012 #125

Right. krispos42 Jul 2012 #126

Remember this is campaign Barrack, not President Barrack Doctor_J Jul 2012 #131