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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:46 PM Original message |
Obama: Enough is Enough in Debt Talks, ‘This May Bring My Presidency Down, But I’m Not Yielding’ |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wha? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I am paraphrasing, I need to go look for more info |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. See post #5. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. no way. it will flip the house. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. This is end game, purely |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Blah blah blah |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. He quoted what |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yep, looking for the exact quote now |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I think it will |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Found it, changed the OP |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. sehr danke! |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. I imagine the WH is making plans for a prime-time speech even as we speak. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. That speech has already been written |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Good point. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Hah. Neither would I. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. purple monkey dishwasher |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. You made me laugh. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. Not if he now goes to the American People. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. If he does, I hope his message is clear. concise. to the point -- |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:01 PM Original message |
What he doesn't have |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think the networks would feel they have no choice but to carry this* address. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
34. That is changing, as we speak. A seismic shift is |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. So you think if he announces he's making a prime-time speech next week, |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 03:51 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. He is the president, so yes, of course he would. He always does |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 04:41 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Because he DOESN'T! You're living in the past, apparently, |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Lol, you are being silly now. now you're saying that |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. Thanks Nadine for the edit. :) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. You welcome |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. Some of us don't have anything to lose. Repukes should not under-estimate how much of Obama's |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Oh yes you do |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. So, perhaps I should re-phrase that to "some don't care anymore about what they have to lose" and if |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The problem is that it will hurt you, and me in ways |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Perhaps there are those who relish the thought of MOST of us starting off again from the same |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I really do not think you understand what this could |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. No, I do really, just contemplating all of the possible and not so possible permutations for those |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I think Patrice is simply trying to express some of the abject DESPAIR that's out there. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Have you considered that the group you speak of forms the smallest percentage of the "base" in 50 |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. And at 0 the rich get a tax increase of 50% and |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. More quotes and links at this earlier thread -> link in message |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. Oh how nice, we're about to be hungry, naked and homeless... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Actually I get it where he is coming from |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
36. Surely there must be some dirt someone has about that sh*thead, Cantor... |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Would Ronald Reagan be sitting here?" --What's that mean? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Reagan would have never acted that reckless way |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. The debt limit was raised 11 times during the Reagan presidency. Obama is alluding to the fact that |
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iwishiwas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 04:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Obama is saying Reagan would not sit there and take it and |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. In the end, he can invoke the 14th Amendment. |
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