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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:25 PM Original message |
Oh Okay. I see. Now it's Obama Wants To "dismantle" social security. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Soon they will say "abolish" |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Irony alert: WHO, in the modern analogy, worships the Golden Calf? |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Irony Alert ; Calling out hyperbole is worshipping the golden calf. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. You compare Obama to MOSES and I'M the one using hyperbole??! |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
46. I didn't compare him to Moses at all. That's your warped |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. They won't take it because he wants tax hikes for the wealthy |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think that's what he WANTS at all. He, more than a lot |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. + 1000 eom |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. How many people can buy groceries or pay rent with his good intentions? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. None, and I'm not justifying or agreeing to his decisions. I disagree. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Who says the poorest people's benefits are to be cut? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. And what about the unemployed that he's done nothing to help? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Where is it actually established that poor people's benefits will be cut? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Oh, baloney. Those benefits only helped a small fraction of the unemployed |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Ask the people in that small fraction what they thought of it |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Ask HIM why he took that issue off the table during the |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. he wanted the bush tax cuts gone before the election. the dems in congress were too scared to have a |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 01:23 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. That's ridiculous. The public was overwhelmingly in favor |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm seeing that same hyperbole all over |
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DaveT (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Do you really believe that critics of Obama |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. He merely wants to unnecessarily and cynically cut Social Security benefits |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's pretty hilarious considering how much time Reid and Pelosi |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Moses was a myth. So is the liberal Obama. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. He's still talking about "entitlement reform" TODAY. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. Bit o'conflict here: |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. One can only weigh the evidence. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. You would never say you are dismantling the big 3. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. ^^^This^^^ |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. By George, you've got it! nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Why would any candidate campaign on what they would do with |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
54. Clear-eyed post alert. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
57. +1 |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. While Beck flogs the Golden Calf. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. You want to know how to dismantle a dam? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. I know, I know |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. Honey if you are seeing ardent support for Social Security |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. K&R |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. They won't even admit to the exageration. Instead they pile on |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
63. I keep reading posts that say every thing is fine.... |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. He's so "hell bent" to dismantle it ... and yet, he can't get a bill |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. At least his base sticks up for him. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I'm anti-knee-jerk. |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Yep. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. +1000 |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. lol |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. good point - the hyperbole of usage of terms like "gutting" and "dismantling" |
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Ryano42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
34. Jeez! Don't you know it's ALL OVER??? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. +1000 ... one could get rich selling fainting couches on DU. |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. They put the emo in Democratic Party |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. I disagree with Moses being a myth - but you're right about the hyperbole. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Can someone here just post the facts? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. I don't see any reports QUOTING Obama on this either, the rest of these guys are reacting |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Hmmm you are right I haven't seen a quote |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
39. K&R |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. I'm thinking long term, hence my ire. Long term in my mind is well beyond an election cycle. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. If you are so upset with Conyers you should write him |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. LOL |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
49. Was Moses a Democrat? |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
52. He's an enabler, if not a prime mover. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
56. Obama put it on the Bargaining Table, |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
59. It was obvious with his executive order creating the catfood comission after congress denied it. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
62. ridiculous and... unsavory, to say the least. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
65. Looks like a lot of people believe that to be true already. |
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