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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:17 PM Original message |
GOP adds constitutional amendment to budget fight |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I tell ya what |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You forgot single payer. |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. women's control of their own bodies |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Which is why constitutional amendments have been rare events in partisan times.. |
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Volaris (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. yeah it seems to me that passing a Constitutional Amendment in order to get a balanced budget |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. A flying pony that breaths flames and farts rainbows. /nt |
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Volaris (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. yes that pony exactly. Happy weekend, =) |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Strictly a NON-Starter |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. The Media Is Enabling Them By Not Calling The Amendment The No-New-Tax-Amendment |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. I would posit that the media is enabling them by not explaining the facts |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. The public backs this? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. That is a purely political move. There is no way that they can amend |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. we may never amend that blessed, but much attacked, document again, |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. So what they want is the fun, fun, fun of default? |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. fun, fun, fun of default |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. No, the fun, fun, fun of bluffing, bullying and blackmailing. |
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Betty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Amending the constitution takes years |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That was my first thought. It takes years |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yes they are that stupid these Republicans. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yes they are that stupid these Republicans. |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. That's really true sadly, they have become a very dangerous cult. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Nowadays, it's worse than that. Please see Reply 19. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. Republican behavior is sickening, back in 2002 Bush's budget director |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. Republicans don't get what they want so they want to enshrine stupidity. n/t |
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toddwv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
17. A CA that removes SS from the general pot and requires the military to pay back the IOUs |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 04:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Dude, quit listening to the Republicans |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Odd. I never hear Republicans mention an OASDI trust fund. Which Rethugs have you heard mention it? |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
26. They will never pass an amendment like that ... |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. like the GOP's War Crimes Act of 1996? which they then ignore only Dems |
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