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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:45 PM Original message |
Harold Ford (DLCer) on "Hardfball" said Hillarys gax tax holiday will buy you "a lot of lunchmeat |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. I believe he means, specifically, |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. dont disparage the poor. for many americans $30-$50 means something. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Spread out over 4 months it's chump change. |
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bluebellbaby (275 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. "Chump Change"...wow.... |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Perhaps you should read further down the thread and |
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bluebellbaby (275 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. thanks, I did read the responses...some made sense as yours does... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Yeah, I've been there, too. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. The term isn't mine; it was used by an economist, cited here: |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. The poster didn't disparage the poor |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Thank you. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Then why not get behind Barack's tax cut proposal which |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
65. Same here. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:49 PM Original message |
So send them 30-50 bucks Why screw around with baloney? She should give them that for their vote.. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. not over 3 months it doesn't. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. yes, and i have been there myself. it may not be huge, but its something and my trucker father is |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. My brother is a trucker. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. My Dad's a Teamster, and my mom worked in the front office of a trucking company... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. It doesn't have a prayer of a chance |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Sure it does |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. "False hopes". Thank you. It's a cynical tactic, for which she has no credible backing. NONE. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. It will cost them more in the damage it does |
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DMorgan (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Are you poor? Did you consider NOT DRIVING? |
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gmudem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. That's assuming gas companies dont jack up oil prices anyway |
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FARAFIELD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
64. Personally I like to drive on Highway Bridges that dont Collapse |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I think you are correct. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. That was the first thing I thought of. I'm amazed he was so forthright about it. |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. LOL! |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Hell, you can't buy lunchmeat for 30 cents a day! As Bill Clinton would say, "Give me a break!" |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not for |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah, $30 worth. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Except after the price rises 18.4 cents |
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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. His jealousy of Obama is so blatant. nm |
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Iceburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Most pathetic response of the week ...make that weak! /nt |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
70. Except that he and Obama are friends... |
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Saturday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. People care about getting a few bucks back even thought you like |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Can you name |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. She's making a promise she KNOWS she can't keep! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. no. according to the new CBS/NYT poll, 70% think this is pandering |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
54. You're being deliberately obtuse |
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bigdarryl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. what do you expect from a fellow DLC'er |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. Did he mention a dollar amount? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. LET THEM EAT LUNCHMEAT. Fuck Bush-Clinton-Bush and the POWERFULE ELITE |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Lordy, blm. I cannot in good conscious vote for a DLCer, |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Are you kidding? I want a way back machine to go back to 1992 primary and STOP EM COLD THERE. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. *Sigh* You are so on target with that one. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. "Crumbs to the people"... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. So, in pictures... |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Good one Bornagin..., except that looks like expensive baloney! nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I figure five dollars per package... |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. What's to keep the oil companies from raising the price of fuel!??! HRC Supporters = short sided |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. What a fabulous segment on Hard Balls; a Clinton supporter |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Speaking of the "great Clenis." Get a load of the manure Bubba is shoveling in NC! |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. mmm. here you go! |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. HOMETOWN GAL! |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
43. How elitist!! |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
46. yay for lips and assholes mashed in a bucket and made to look like meat. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. "Trickle-down" Bolgna is might tasty if served up by a posturing politician. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
50. Condescending elitist. nt |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
51. A ridiculous post from someone |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Well, you guess wrong, buddy. |
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Leo 9 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
56. Bologna for Bologna. |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
57. Did you know that for some of us |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. maddie, if you knew a little more about my life you would not assume |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I was addressing your post |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I was mocking the cynical ploy McCain and Clinton have put out there. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
58. Harold Ford lies.... Though it's beyond most Americans, Atrios has a nice lil explanation... |
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malik flavors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
60. I couldn't believe that he agreed with this fake ass gas tax holiday. What a joke. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
66. Actually, that is not true, Harold. Yesterday, during my 33 cent |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
67. I actually heard that |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
68. That, or the mocking cry of the new Obama blogcult. |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
69. Y'all just can't stop yourselves, can you? |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Sick to death of the same-old, same-old.... |
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