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stevedeshazer

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9. Of course he is.

Reply to Poll_Blind (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 11:30 PM

Jun 2012

You've nailed it. It's what he does. I acknowledge that this is good, but I won't forget his support of Medicare privatization with Paul Ryan. I want him primaried and replaced by a real progressive in 2016. To think he based his career on his work with the Gray Panthers and senior citizens, now he wants to rip their Medicare benefits.

Dude is a total windsock. And he lives in New York, not Oregon.

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Wyden blocks intelligence bill amid concerns over civil liberties [View all] stevedeshazer Jun 2012 OP

K&R!! jannyk Jun 2012 #1

Wyden jpbollma Jun 2012 #2

Wyden may be grandstanding- he did the same thing less than a year ago and... Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #3

Of course he is. stevedeshazer Jun 2012 #9

I've voted for him since '96. He's hardly a windsock and still has acres more... Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #12

What happened to him? Quantess Jun 2012 #14

It's like there's an election coming up. OnyxCollie Jun 2012 #11

Thank you Senator Wyden. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #4

yes! Phlem Jun 2012 #5

Thank you, Senator Wyden. JDPriestly Jun 2012 #6

Way to go Ron!! Jake2413 Jun 2012 #7

How is the Pres Obama admin weighing in on this issue? nm rhett o rick Jun 2012 #8

Makes me proud to call him my Senator. WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2012 #10

SEN. WYDEN NEEDS SUPPORT BY FENCE SITTING SENATORS drynberg Jun 2012 #13