"Liberals Balk at Medicare, SS Cuts" - CNN
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Tue Jul-26-11 05:38 PM
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"Liberals Balk at Medicare, SS Cuts" - CNN
WTF? AMERICANS are against touching Medicare and SS; those programs belong to all of us and we are entitled to them. See how they're trying to frame this? :grr:
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Tue Jul-26-11 05:40 PM
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1. I'll gladly take the credit for all the "balking"
Doesn't that imply that the cons are ok with cuts?
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Tue Jul-26-11 05:42 PM
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5. No. It implies that "liberals' (media's a dirty word akin to radicals)
don't want the cuts. More reasonable people would be ok with them. THAT was the implication.
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Tue Jul-26-11 05:41 PM
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2. I don't think it's such a bad thing to frame it that way.
If the general public starts to understand that it's the liberals who are trying to protect SS and Medicare, that's good for us. Tie the protection of these programs to Democrats/liberals and destruction of them to Republicans. Excellent.
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Tue Jul-26-11 05:43 PM
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6. If only the general public would see it that way.
I hope you're right, and my initial take on what I saw, and heard, is wrong.
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Tue Jul-26-11 05:42 PM
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3. CNN moved noticably to the Left today
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Tue Jul-26-11 05:45 PM
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7. Can you give me an example?
Because Jack Cafferty is saying Obama is more worried about re-election than compromising.
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Tue Jul-26-11 05:48 PM
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9. Wolf has been questioning Boehner/TeaParty sanity all day
commentators have not been stacked with GOP talking heads Best it has been in a week
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Tue Jul-26-11 07:58 PM
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17. Better late than never, I guess - I'll take it!
Maybe we'll finally stop hearing them utter their false equivalencies ("Both sides..."etc.)
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Tue Jul-26-11 05:42 PM
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4. The mainstream media is entirely a corporate propaganda apparatus
and cannot be counted on to do anything besides work for their masters and distract from important issues. Lying liars that lie. They are worse than useless.
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Tue Jul-26-11 05:47 PM
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8. "Americans want to be able to eat, sleep indoors, and be healthy."
That's the reality. Until they understand that, they're just right wing toys.
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Tue Jul-26-11 05:48 PM
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The process is working exactly as it's supposed to.
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Tue Jul-26-11 05:49 PM
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11. Unfortunately, yes it is.
Your post gave me chills....
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Tue Jul-26-11 06:01 PM
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12. This Liberal is MORE than "balking".
My cleats are dug in,
and I'm standing firm.
"If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them." --- Paul Wellstonephoto by bvar22 Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed
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Tue Jul-26-11 06:03 PM
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You're damned right I'm "balking." That's putting it mildly!
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Tue Jul-26-11 06:05 PM
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14. Someone better damn well *balk*, don't you think?
Doesn't look like our so called leaders are doing any "balking" over this mess.
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Tue Jul-26-11 06:10 PM
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15. How the fuck do you balk after anyway?
I know I'm doing a lot more than balking.
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Tue Jul-26-11 06:51 PM
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16. Fox "News" Jr. strikes again!
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