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| ncteechur
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Fri Dec-10-10 05:45 PM Original message |
| This is quite an amazing time, indeed. Members of DU willing to kill a bill that extends |
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| stevenleser
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Fri Dec-10-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
| 1. There you go throwing facts and reality at people. I am sure you will be punished for it |
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| Doremus
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
| 38. If you want facts and reality why don't you offer some? |
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| stevenleser
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Sat Dec-11-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #38 |
| 100. I'm happy with the job the OP did, but thanks for trying to tell me what I should do n/t |
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| elizm
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Fri Dec-10-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
| 2. Well said! nt |
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| Name removed
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Fri Dec-10-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
| 3. Deleted message |
| Duer 157099
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Fri Dec-10-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
| 4. So in your world, giving in to terrorists is the correct strategy? |
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| Bluerthanblue
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
| 22. sometimes it is. Just as Pres.Obama said. He pointed out the unreasonable |
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| Whisp
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Fri Dec-10-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
| 54. the publics face is owned by media, and they are not on our side. |
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| dkf
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Fri Dec-10-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #54 |
| 68. You don't think we had enough media this election when we accused the Republicans of being for the |
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| ZombieHorde
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Fri Dec-10-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
| 50. Not negotiating with terrorists has yet to work. nt |
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| Hippo_Tron
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Sat Dec-11-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
| 90. Sometimes you have to in order to save lives |
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| littlewolf
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Fri Dec-10-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
| 5. and gives a club to the GOP in 2012 .... your taxes went up ... you lost UI .... etc etc |
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| Donnachaidh
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Fri Dec-10-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
| 6. as opposed to the *your taxes WIIL go up* club he is giving them now? |
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| Jackpine Radical
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Fri Dec-10-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
| 7. There are so many things wrong with this bill it's like |
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| CakeGrrl
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Fri Dec-10-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
| 8. k/r for a reality-based perspective outside the bubble. |
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| Name removed
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
| 14. Deleted message |
| Union Scribe
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
| 42. Oh look the word of the day. |
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| CakeGrrl
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Fri Dec-10-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
| 70. I most certainly did! |
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| Name removed
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Fri Dec-10-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
| 9. Deleted message |
| DemocratSinceBirth
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
| 17. For Forty Percent Of The Uninsured Unemployment Insurance Represents Ninety Percnent Of Their Income |
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| brentspeak
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
| 31. It will provide a miniscule boost for a short time |
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| brentspeak
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
| 10. s/del dupe |
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| Milo_Bloom
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
| 11. *SIGH* |
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| jobycom
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
| 12. Takes more than a civics book to get things done. |
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| ncteechur
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Fri Dec-10-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
| 71. Um, Jim Bunting already blocked UI one time. They don't care about UI or being unpopular. |
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| struggle4progress
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
| 13. Meh. It's just the usual wedge-driving by keyboard commandos |
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| Bluerthanblue
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
| 15. hard words, but true- |
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| high density
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
| 16. Yes, damn members of DU for not liking Bush tax policy. NM |
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| Bluerthanblue
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
| 18. I don't believe the OP said anything about "liking" - |
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| high density
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
| 25. Obama says he doesn't like it... |
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| Bluerthanblue
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
| 27. you seem to think this is a dictatorship. It isn't. I don't understand |
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| high density
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
| 30. What? |
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| Bluerthanblue
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
| 37. I think the Pres. is pretty frustrated by this too- but what is he to do? |
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| girl gone mad
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
| 19. It's a bad deal.. |
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| sudopod
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
| 20. eating your seed corn is a bad idea. nt |
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| DemocratSinceBirth
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
| 23. Where Did This Fetishization Of The Deficit Come From? |
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| sudopod
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
| 29. Who knows? It's silly isn't it? |
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| ChimpersMcSmirkers
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Fri Dec-10-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
| 60. Critics around here will take anyones argument and try to use it. Lot's of Ron Paul |
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| DemocratSinceBirth
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Fri Dec-10-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
| 62. This Recession Has Cost The Economy Two Trillion Dollars In Aggregate Demand |
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| ncteechur
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Sat Dec-11-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
| 97. so is eating your own or screwing some of our most vulnerable to screw the other side. |
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| Whisp
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
| 21. please don't count me in that selfish group |
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| ljm2002
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
| 24. "because they can't stand that the rich get something too"... |
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| democrat2thecore
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
| 40. Absolutely. And why not fight and put the Republicans on record |
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| ncteechur
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Fri Dec-10-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
| 59. They are already on the record. They have been on the record and the STILL won in November. |
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| sabrina 1
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Sat Dec-11-10 07:59 AM Response to Reply #59 |
| 95. They won because Democrats didn't fight. So, a lot of people |
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| ncteechur
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Fri Dec-10-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
| 61. Then why extend unemployment or give the middle a tax cut period. All dems are in favor of that. |
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| ljm2002
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Sat Dec-11-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #61 |
| 99. Why extend unemployment? |
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| FrenchieCat
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
| 26. Yep. Retribution and making someone pay is key..... |
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| Bluerthanblue
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
| 33. It is sad. |
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| unapatriciated
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Fri Dec-10-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
| 55. It has nothing to do with getting even, it's about stopping the erosion of.... |
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| Pirate Smile
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Fri Dec-10-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
| 74. A better bill isn't coming. A worse one will. They will probably tack on something so the House |
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| elocs
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
| 28. I wonder how many of the unemployed whose benefits will run out would favor killing the bill? |
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| high density
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
| 32. Ask the Republicans why they support the rich over the poor. |
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| Bluerthanblue
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
| 39. this was Pres.Obama's talking point at the press conference, but |
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| elocs
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Fri Dec-10-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
| 53. The way it stands it's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. |
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| CakeGrrl
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
| 35. Exactly. I doubt that any of those who say "let them expire" have rent or food depending |
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| EFerrari
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
| 41. Most unemployed people don't have UI. n/t |
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| CakeGrrl
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Fri Dec-10-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
| 45. So hey, let 'em ALL swing while we play political football? |
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| EFerrari
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Fri Dec-10-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
| 48. It's not "political football" to stop the sucking dry of our economy |
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| CakeGrrl
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Fri Dec-10-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
| 69. Spoken like someone who can pay their bills. |
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| EFerrari
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Sat Dec-11-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #69 |
| 87. Again, you couldn't be more wrong. I can't pay my bills |
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| elocs
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Fri Dec-10-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #41 |
| 51. I know. I'm unemployed and I don't, but I wonder about those affected by this bill |
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| EFerrari
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Sat Dec-11-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #51 |
| 86. It's a no-win situation. If they get their UI |
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| ellie
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
| 34. No kidding |
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| apocalypsehow
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Fri Dec-10-10 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
| 36. Kick, Rec. It's amazing how the smugness just drips through the keyboards of those who, as you say, |
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| stray cat
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Fri Dec-10-10 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
| 43. I favor letting the tax cuts expire and preventing cuts that cost jobs |
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| Name removed
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Fri Dec-10-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
| 44. Deleted message |
| CakeGrrl
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Fri Dec-10-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
| 75. "The GDP"? |
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| niceypoo
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Fri Dec-10-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
| 46. The bill harms the unemployed |
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| elizm
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Fri Dec-10-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
| 58. Don't know if you are an economist or not.... |
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| OhioBlue
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Fri Dec-10-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
| 77. I agree with the compromise but I see his point... |
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| Pistarkle
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Fri Dec-10-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
| 47. Right On! |
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| Warren Stupidity
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Fri Dec-10-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
| 49. Capitulationist thread number 274 |
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Fri Dec-10-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
| 66. Deleted message |
| Warren Stupidity
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Fri Dec-10-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
| 67. 'either' |
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| ncteechur
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Fri Dec-10-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #67 |
| 73. Since your post consisted of yawn- my response was perfect just the way it was. |
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| unapatriciated
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Fri Dec-10-10 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
| 52. Maybe some of us stand with Bernie and the CBC |
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| ncteechur
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Fri Dec-10-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
| 63. Did Bernie (and I love Bernie) vote for the first stimulus? |
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| InvisibleTouch
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Fri Dec-10-10 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
| 56. That's amazing to me too. |
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| jtuck004
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Sat Dec-11-10 07:15 AM Response to Reply #56 |
| 94. Respectfully, if one listened to Senator Sanders it does not |
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| Jakes Progress
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Fri Dec-10-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
| 57. Amazing all right. Members of DU willing to argue for a republican bill. |
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| ncteechur
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Fri Dec-10-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
| 64. There are plenty of parts that we dems want too. why do all bills have to be one sided? |
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| Jakes Progress
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Sat Dec-11-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #64 |
| 93. Too surface thinking. |
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| jenmito
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Fri Dec-10-10 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
| 65. K&R up to 1. I've been posting similar posts all day. I can't believe what's going on! n/t |
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| Politicub
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Fri Dec-10-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
| 72. It's not the extending of tax cuts that bothers me, its the Social Security contribution cut |
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| ncteechur
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Fri Dec-10-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #72 |
| 76. I get your concern. Randi Rhodes explained the SS thing yesterday. |
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| OhioBlue
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Fri Dec-10-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #72 |
| 79. I understand that. |
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| JamesA1102
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Fri Dec-10-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
| 78. Don't confuse the demagogues with facts nt |
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| jefferson_dem
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Fri Dec-10-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
| 80. This place has gotten all fucked up. |
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| Jakes Progress
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Sat Dec-11-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #80 |
| 98. I know. All these supposed Democrats |
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| akbacchus_BC
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Sat Dec-11-10 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
| 81. Correct me if I am wrong, didn't President Obama wanted this passed |
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| CakeGrrl
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Sat Dec-11-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #81 |
| 82. Yes, people like to ignore that inconvenient fact. n/t |
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| akbacchus_BC
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Sat Dec-11-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #82 |
| 84. That is what is so amazing but the chickenshits are at work. You have |
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| ncteechur
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Sat Dec-11-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #81 |
| 83. Yes, that was his timetable. Now he and we are painted in a corner. |
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| akbacchus_BC
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Sat Dec-11-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #83 |
| 85. Never mind, President Obama will Prevail! I believe in him and he will |
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| damonm
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Sat Dec-11-10 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
| 88. Too bad I can't rec this about 5 million times... |
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| ProgressiveEconomist
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Sat Dec-11-10 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
| 89. K&R! Spot-on rant! |
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| Citizen Kang
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Sat Dec-11-10 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
| 91. Did you support the Bush tax cuts last time? |
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| ncteechur
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Sat Dec-11-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #91 |
| 96. I did not. But that was when we had a surplus, and we didn't have this crazy unemployment, and |
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| Warren Stupidity
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Sat Dec-11-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #96 |
| 101. "But that was when we had a surplus" |
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| cornermouse
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Sat Dec-11-10 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
| 92. I don' t hate him. I never have. |
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| Vinca
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Sat Dec-11-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
| 102. Whether it's a Democratic plan or a Republican plan, extending |
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| DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Dec-11-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #102 |
| 103. Those Are Good Ideas |
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| Vinca
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Sat Dec-11-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #103 |
| 104. Promise them anorexic ponies? |
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| DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Dec-11-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #104 |
| 105. Because They Are As Sincere About The Defecit As The Dems Are |
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| mwooldri
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Sat Dec-11-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
| 106. "The filibuster is meant to protect... |
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