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Republicans mount shock comeback, erase Democrats’ edge in eyes of Americans

pbrauer said:
Did you know when the Dems won the House in 2006, the Republicans crippled the Post Office?
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Really? The GOP crippled the Post Office? You aren't getting mail in Oregon? I get mail in TX 6 days a week.
 
Conservative said:
Of course you would, you are part of the 40% that are called Obamabots
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Is "Obamabot" an official designation? Do they have matching jackets? :roll:

Where are you getting your 40% figure?
 
Kobie said:
Is "Obamabot" an official designation? Do they have matching jackets? :roll:

Where are you getting your 40% figure?
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Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval

Obamabot

 
NIMBY said:
And you are part of the 9% called just-say-No-bots, as you would phrase things..
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Nothing but rhetoric from you, certainly no substance. You see, results don't matter. 17.1 trillion debt, no problem. High unemployment, no problem, low economic growth, no problem. Are you a racist because you support Obama only because he is black?
 
NIMBY said:
saving your pension comeback huh??
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My pension? I don't work for the post office. How many billions is the post office in debt? Guess that doesn't matter either since you probably are one of those who aren't paying the debt service on the debt
 
You didn't catch that part about being a retired Chem/Physics teacher??
Conservative said:
My pension? I don't work for the post office.
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How many billions is the post office in debt?
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How many public pensions are front-loaded??
Guess that doesn't matter either since you probably are one of those who aren't paying the debt service on the debt
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More rightist insults..
How does it feel to root for something to fail all the time??
 
Green Man said:
I would repeal it.
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Repeal =/= phase out.

At least, unless you mean "repeal it in such a way that it is phased out". and then you need specifics.

Either give those specifics or agree you mean repeal as in "quit cold turkey".
 
Conservative said:
17.1 trillion debt
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How much of Obama's add-on has come from interest on debt before Obama??no problem.
High unemployment,
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44 straight months of private sector job growth, all pooh-poohed by the rightists.. no problem
Are you a racist because you support Obama only because he is black?
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Today's GOP posters calling someone a racist, which I'm not allowed to do by the rules .
 
Monday makes seven weeks for ACA, and the beginning of another week of worse than nothing from the House GOP, since they are in session..
Conservative said:
Nothing but rhetoric from you, certainly no substance. You see, results don't matter. .
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More cryptic insulting by conservative, no problem as he would say..
 
The Mark said:
Repeal =/= phase out.

At least, unless you mean "repeal it in such a way that it is phased out". and then you need specifics.

Either give those specifics or agree you mean repeal as in "quit cold turkey".
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I think it should be eliminated in as expedient a manner as possible.
 
Green Man said:
I think it should be eliminated in as expedient a manner as possible.
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Then, IMO, the term "phased" has no place in any statement of yours regarding what should be done. As it denotes a gradual change, or at least not instant.
 
The Mark said:
Repeal =/= phase out.

At least, unless you mean "repeal it in such a way that it is phased out". and then you need specifics.

Either give those specifics or agree you mean repeal as in "quit cold turkey".
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Yes indeed. Lets see those specifics.

Is this something that he would do today? Next year? Over ten years? Over twenty years?

Will nobody collect who has already paid in? Will some collect who have already paid in? Will all collect who have begun to pay in?

The devil is always in the details and we need to see them.
 

Wow, you really have no understanding of the budget or how it works, do you? Bush didn't have any debt service on the trillions he inherited, did he?

44 straight months of job growth and we still are 3 million less than when the recession began?


When will those shovels ever arrive for those shovel ready jobs from the stimulus in February 2009?

Now answer the question, is it racist to support Obama simply because he is black?
 
haymarket said:
at once? For all?
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I would suggest that we allow anyone to opt out, and if they opt out they would receive in retirement no more than the amount the had already paid in up to the time they opted out.
 
Conservative said:
Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval

Obamabot
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So, Kobie, you asked a question and I answered it. What say you now or are you truly an Obamabot who runs when challenged and proven wrong? Obama approval rating according to Gallup is 40%. Real Clear has all the polls at a little over 41%. That 41% seems to be the people who don't care about results and simply buy rhetoric. You appear to be in that group
 
calamity said:
What good is all the growth when the end result is a crash which ruined the economy for a decade? You cons never cease to amaze me though. I actually found one who is defending Bush's job with the economy. :lol:
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What good is economic growth? It destroys liberalism and makes people less dependent on govt. What you fail to recognize is the part that govt. spending played in the Obama economic growth numbers. That spending was offset by the debt created, debt due to too much spending and too few of taxpayers. Noticed that you ran from the numbers so I am going to post them again

2001-32o billion
2002-350 billion
2003-360 billion
2004-530 billion
2005-760 billion
2006-870 billion
2007-630 billion
2008-240 billion


Notice anything about the time the GOP policies ran the Congress and the country? Has the light bulb gone off yet as it relates to Congressional responsibility and results?
 
NIMBY said:
Monday makes seven weeks for ACA, and the beginning of another week of worse than nothing from the House GOP, since they are in session..

More cryptic insulting by conservative, no problem as he would say..
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I'm sorry, Nimby, but YOU of all people complaining about being insulted is laughably hypocritical.
 
Green Man said:
I would suggest that we allow anyone to opt out, and if they opt out they would receive in retirement no more than the amount the had already paid in up to the time they opted out.
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Could you please present the figures which would establish that this would be possible without threatening the overall sustainability of the program for those who do not opt out?
 

Two words: Housing Bubble
 
pbrauer said:
Two words: Housing Bubble
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Your opinion noted. How can someone with your supposed intelligence continue to support the incompetent in the WH right now? Have those shovels arrived yet for those shovel ready jobs?
 
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