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In reply to the discussion: Anyone notice that the DU Obama doubters are out today.. [View all]Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)5. Those type of threads are pretty much dumb
because not only do they divert from what is actually going on in government in real life, but like one poster said--they offer ZERO evidence whatsoever that entitlements will be cut. For Chrissakes, Obama has had well over FOUR YEARS and Republicans in Congress willing to help him if he really wanted to wipe out entitlements! WTF is taking him so long?
People really have to use their heads. All this seems to be is more hyperbolic fear-mongering against a President who has seen rising poll numbers this past week, as more Americans are falling in love with Affordable Health Care. We've seen this movie before about how he was supposedly going to start another war in Syria, but guess what--it didn't happen!
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you got to work 7 days a week for kochs when there's a country to ruin & a president to hate
Sunlei
Oct 2013
#4
I've noticed more than one thread like this one, castigating others for standing up for
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#8
When your fighting for the Country’s welfare sometimes you have to play the part of----
busterbrown
Oct 2013
#11
Go right ahead, and that tag to Obama’s name is obnoxious and non- effective
busterbrown
Oct 2013
#19
President Obama MEANT IT when he said "Your job is to hold my feet to the fire." He NEEDS us to do
Faryn Balyncd
Oct 2013
#30