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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:56 PM Original message |
ABC News: White House, Republicans Strike Tentative Deal To Raise Debt Ceiling |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. WH and R's. Where the hell are the Dems?? If true, garbage, but unfortunately not unexpected. nt |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Agreed. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. You don't negotiate with the people who agree with you. nt |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
51. Don't try to be rational |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Shit! |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. There ya go. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Wanna bet Harry Reid endorses this? |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. With tears borrowed from the crying tangerine. |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is bullshit. n/t |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. This has been the plan all along, create chaos and urgency and ram something through at the last |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yes... but this "something" does not have SS cuts, does it? |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. No, just cuts to that worthless program medicare. Winning! |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:50 PM Original message |
There are no cuts to Medicare. And there never will be because.. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. You hope. nt |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Yup. And progressives have nowhere to go at all... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. The "plan all along" being how the vast majority of legislation |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
49. Absolutely! |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. NYT has a similar outline: |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. Raw Deal. There is no real emergency. The Fed would cover the Treasury if there is |
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SoutherDem (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. Where does the $1 Trillion come from??? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. What about Sanders? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. If there are no new taxes, no new revenue, Republicans will strut & crow that they won. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Newsflash: If this is the deal then they did win. nt |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. How so? What did they get? |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. No new revenue, automatic cuts to Medicare - do you really think |
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CelticThunder (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. Fucked without getting kissed, as usual. |
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toddwv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. I would LOVE to say that I was wrong... |
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Jon Ace (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Last minute cluster-fuck... yet again. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. So much for Obama wanting a "balanced" approach... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Back off, you don't know what the fuck deal was struck or even if there really is one. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. He called for a balanced approach. Neither house of congress did that. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Got anything to add other then hate? What did the republicans get? |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. This concerns me... if true Obama's blundered his 3D chess game... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. 2.8 trillion over ten years? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. NO! This is a complete sell-out of the American people. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Surprise! |
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adhd_what_huh (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. The R's look hateful and greedy....the Pres. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Lolololol |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. All the Dems had to do was DO NOTHING AND THE BUSH TAX CUTS WOULD HAVE EXPIRED |
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adhd_what_huh (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. just not true....these fake cuts take place years from now |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. You got an itemized list of those "fake" cuts? Didn't think so. |
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adhd_what_huh (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. do you have a list of THE CUTS...back at ya! |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. You are the one falsly claiming the cuts are 'fake'. They are real and will most likely result |
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adhd_what_huh (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. which cuts take place in 2012 and which occur the 9 years after |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. And i don't believe the future congress will do anything about it even if we do win it back, |
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adhd_what_huh (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Look-it...we did not have enough Senators to block |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. What we traded was one year of unemployment, for the current crisis which is headed toward |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. ********************* There is NO deal yet ************************** |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. I'm more prone to believe Youngman's being fed disinfo... |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. recommend. |
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socialshockwave (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm confused. Is there a deal or not? n/t |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. The deal is unofficial until talking points are issued. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. @whpresscorps (White House Press Corps) now reporting ABC info incorrect |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. But the info can't possibly be incorrect. It MUST BE a trial balloon |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. You've been Shock Doctrined |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
39. Obama leads R's to 'cuts only', 'congress canceling', 'no tax on rich amendment' "compromise". |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
44. Medicare ... part D? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
48. and yet this may not be enough to keep our AAA rating. |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
50. Tentative Deal? I'm skeptical |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
52. So the poor, working class and middle class get fucked over AGAIN |
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