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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:19 PM
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This speech wasn't for you...
It was for the non- political hobbyist who hasn't been talking about the debt ceiling for the last 5 months.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:20 PM
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1. True.
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tallahasseedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:20 PM
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2. Exactly...
Recommended!
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:20 PM
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3. Who isn't watching
And I don't think they want their Social Security slashed, either.
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:21 PM
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5. +1
n/t
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:21 PM
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6. How do you know they aren't watching Manny? If you stopped being such a negative force.....
You might be able to see past your own nose.
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:22 PM
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8. Same way you know they *are* watching
Edited on Mon Jul-25-11 08:24 PM by MannyGoldstein
I hate being negative. It totally sucks ass. But it's the only thing that fits these days.

We need Churchill, not Chamberlain. We need FDR, not Hoover.
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:21 PM
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4. How'd he like it?
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Big Blue Marble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:22 PM
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7. You are so right.
This is for the millions who have no idea how close we are to falling off the cliff.
He wanted to tell them without having a major panic. Personally, I thought he did it quite well.

We will soon see if it was an effective way to reach those millions.
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:59 PM
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11. Looks like it may have been effective....all congressional websites down
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Parker CA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:24 PM
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9. Ding ding ding. It was a professor laying out exactly what DU talks about daily, except that we talk
Edited on Mon Jul-25-11 08:25 PM by Parker CA
about it in much more detail and nuance. People will respond to what he said, people that haven't been hearing daily updates and reading online endlessly.
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Raschel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 09:49 PM
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15. He let people know that this isn't something new that is done. I'm glad he mentioned it.
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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:26 PM
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10. Been here, done that.
Edited on Mon Jul-25-11 08:27 PM by Davis_X_Machina
A hundred and fifty years ago, another promoted-over-his-head, compromise-obsessed old Springfield state house hack, another bunch of intransigent mostly-Southerners, another elaborate minuet to make sure the other guys fired the first shot and took the blame. What ever happened to him, I wonder.

Bor-ing.
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 09:00 PM
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12. well then by gollly, i hope they aren't calling in favor of Obama's plan to slash Medicare and SS.
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 09:00 PM
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13. Then he shouldn't have wasted it by selling GOP Conservative policies
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ellenfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 09:16 PM
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14. exactly. eom
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