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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:22 PM Original message |
"Obama has signaled he will bow to Republican demands for extending tax cuts at all income levels" |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hell, why don't we all just bow to the inevitable and pull the red lever? nt |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. it makes me want to sharpen my pitch fork now. nice to know |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Its like being wiped out by a burgler |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. If I said, (quoting the Car Guys) that I'd love to give him a |
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haikugal (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. *sigh* |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. That is what Republicans do--blackmail! |
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egoclothes (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. " Any deal would mean a reversal for Obama, who said ..." |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I am beginning to feel like a real dope. I believed all those things he said during the campaign. |
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spartan61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. You are not alone in feeling like this. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. My mom calls him 'spaghetti.' He's all bend. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. I just left a message in the White House 'contact us' web page |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Perhaps "Obama works to extend unemployment benefits" would be a better subject line |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. if he were actually *working* to extend unemployment benefits, that headline would work. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Remind me how you know what deals are being cut in back rooms: you maybe think you have ESP? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Because that's become the norm for conducting business in this administration. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. The country is going to CHOKE on these fucking tax cuts. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. More media spin to favor the GOP: |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. So he should say no to the tax cuts and exending unemployemnt benefits? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. no, he should fight a good fight the way he promised he would. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. So should he fight against extending the tax cuts and tell.. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Democrats could get an extension of unemployment benefits if they decided to fight the Republicans |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Republicans can filibuster anything in the Senate in accordance with Senate Rules.. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 05:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. How? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. IS HE INSANE? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. That means the upper class tax cut is permanent |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
40. Yup - it'll be permanent. Lovely. |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. When will he just change party affiliation and end all the lying once and for all? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. dude/dudette u better get with the bipartisan spirit ASAP lol nt |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Bipartisan spirit would be an improvement. Right now we're deep in unipartisan land. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 05:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Well, no. The deal being discussed is exactly what "bipartisan" looks like |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. If millionaires and billionaires get tax cuts then that's it |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. If he gives in on this, there is no going back. |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Better he's dead to you than millions of unemployed dead literally. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. If this is true... |
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mth44sc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. And this was that line I drew in the sand |
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footinmouth (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm always so quiet |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. Obama is in over his head. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I'm thinking he is. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
44. You're exactly right. He might be the smartest man on the planet, |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. the thugs will please the rich and take credit for the unemployment extension |
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NCarolinawoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. I never want to hear him talk about the deficit again! |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:44 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. and based on your post |
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the redcoat (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. Wow, vote down benefits, then use it as a compromise? Can you say "well planned" |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
41. this is becoming scary. |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
45. Who could have expected anything different? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
46. WHY??? THE U.S. NEEDS THAT MONEY. TAX-CUTS GOT US WHERE WE ARE. |
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