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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:03 PM Original message |
MSNBC says that Pres. Obama has said today that if no agreement is reached, |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. It works by scaring your viewers into staying glued to the tube. nm |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. So, it's not true? He (or the administration) didn't say that? |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. No, it works by scaring the voters into pressuring the Repukes. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. But he can guarantee that veterans and the military will get theirs? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. I am betting vets will not either |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hopefully it works by forcing Republicans to vote on a clean debt limit |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Will military retirement checks go out? Social Security is not part of |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Stop muddying the water! This is spin time, baby! Give all those seniors a heart attack wondering |
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Yuugal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. It works like this: |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. He did a similar thing during the threatened government shutdown... |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. Said in an interview with Scott Pelley of CBS News... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Maybe then he should not have taken those billions for war |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Thanks for the link, Ozy! |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. Scare tactic that says pass whatever we say or Grandma doesn't even get catfood. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. Now if you could just see us tweaking SS just a itty-bit, the checks will go out, and I can... |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Don't You Think This Is A Tactic To Scare The Repugs?..... |
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democrat_patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Yes it is. And a default give the President UNPRECEDENTED power. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Actually, it may be a tactic to scare the Senate Dems. n/t |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Except the Republicans walked out on that deal. Aren't you even paying any attention? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. It works by getting seniors attention and draws focus on McConnell's foolish statement. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Ah...yes! The cuts come faster! That's the ticket. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Another excellent example of political theater. nt |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. yep. it seems like that is all |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Playing politics with peoples lives. |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. No? Really? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. No. That translation will take at least one full news cycle to become the meme. nt |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. WTF? Keep paying Social Security |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. "We have nothing to use but fear itself"? |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. In the meantime, how many seniors will have a heart attack wondering how they will buy their pills |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. This is exactly what he needs to be saying. |
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democrat_patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Agreed. Should have been saying this a month ago. How am I affected? |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Yep. Until people are hit by the shutdown, they can afford to be idiots |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. Why? Social Security is still in the black. n/t |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. It doesn't. |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. If only we had a 'Lock Box' someplace to keep that money separate. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. This is the Right Tactic |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. That Will Wake Up The Senior Vote |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. McConnell first and foremost. |
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