The Republicans are criticizing Obama for cutting the NASA Budget

Tony_FLADEM

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Thu Apr-15-10 04:25 PM
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The Republicans are criticizing Obama for cutting the NASA Budget

I thought they were for cutting spending?

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Posteritatis

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Thu Apr-15-10 04:26 PM
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1. Only when white conservatives do it. (nt)

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Pirate Smile

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Thu Apr-15-10 04:29 PM
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2. He increased the NASA budget, he didn't cut it.

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Posteritatis

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Thu Apr-15-10 09:28 PM
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8. Being contemporary Republicans...

...the fact that he increased the budget is proof, to them, that he's cutting it.

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csziggy

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Thu Apr-15-10 09:29 PM
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9. Just like when Bush announced expanding NASA's mandates and CUT their budget

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johnnie

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Thu Apr-15-10 04:30 PM
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3. He's not cutting it

Republicans are idiots.

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Ian David

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Thu Apr-15-10 04:35 PM
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4. Enough with the socialized space program! Let the Private Sector do it better!

Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 04:36 PM by Ian David

And I'm not just saying that because I own a bunch of worthless shares in SpaceHab and SpaceDev.

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gratuitous

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Thu Apr-15-10 04:40 PM
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5. Daily Kos had a poll: where should the budget get cut?

They asked folks where government should cut spending. No area asked about (military, social services, etc.) got even a majority vote except one: foreign aid, which is about 1% of the federal budget. Republicans talk big about cutting spending, but they didn't cut it at all when they had total control of the budget, and when actual cuts or cuts in the rate of increase occur, they're the first ones to jump up and yowl about it.

You may say that they don't know what they're talking about when it comes to the budget. You may certainly say that. And you may be incredibly right.

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Tippy

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Thu Apr-15-10 04:40 PM
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6. The problem is the republicans have told so many lies

For so long, they now believe their own lies to be truths....

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Warren DeMontague

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Thu Apr-15-10 05:04 PM
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7. He didn't cut the NASA budget. And the folks on our side cheering the end of manned spaceflight

Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 05:05 PM by Warren DeMontague

are going to be majorly disappointed.

I may not agree with everything he's done vis a vis NASA, I think it's a way forward, he has clearly reiterated his commitment to a vigorous MANNED as well as unmanned space program, and I'm especially glad we have a stated goal to develop a heavy lift launcher by 2015.

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