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Ok people. I guess I was wrong in thinking that more people would catch on to my reference, but since everyone on this thread seems to be too ignorant (yes, ignorant is in fact the appropriate word) to take the time to watch a highly rated film relating to our election, it doesn't seem I can have a discussion with anyone here. Have fun creating your own meanings and continuing in your "Yes We Can" bubbles.
Boehner has just said that he's open to "higher revenues" in return for cuts in social programs and tax reform.
There's still work to do but there WILL be a deal.
Ken
I agree there will be a deal. But Barack Obama did not arrive with a mandate on taxes, no matter what he says, and no matter how hard you try to push the theory. The House has much more leverage than the President on taxes and spending. Boehner doesn't have to do anything the President says if he doesn't want to.
The only issue I see with same-sex marriage in relation to this election is that I believe many young liberals voted with this as their main incentive. Which isn't right.
And I believe many old conservatives voted with abortion as their main incentive. Which also isn't right.
Boehner has just said that he's open to "higher revenues" in return for cuts in social programs and tax reform.
There's still work to do but there WILL be a deal.
Ken
Which is exactly what Obama proposed before. LOL
Everybody has to grandstand to make their bases happy and look "tough", but no one wants to deal with the consequences of no deal. So there will be one.
And I believe many old conservatives voted with abortion as their main incentive. Which also isn't right.
Absolutely it's not. Voting should not be based off of one issue. You have to agree with a candidate's policies in general. I do understand that some issues specifically are more important to some than others, but not when you have 1 A and 17 F's. (Grade reference - for some of you slow folks [not you, pch]).
PS - if the "old" conservative was referring to me, I am 23. That is another common misconception that liberals are young and conservatives old, mostly for conservatives though. I truly meant the YOUNG of the liberals, not "young liberals," as if that's all there are. Just to clear that up.
I agree there will be a deal. But Barack Obama did not arrive with a mandate on taxes, no matter what he says, and no matter how hard you try to push the theory. The House has much more leverage than the President on taxes and spending. Boehner doesn't have to do anything the President says if he doesn't want to.
No, Boehner doesn't have more leverage - and he KNOWS it, that's why he's responding as he is. Nothing more can be done to the President. He's President for the next 4 years and that's all there is to it. That's NOT the case for Congress - they have an election again in 2 years.
Not only that but Congress' approval rating is already WAYYYYYY lower than the Presidents' Congress' approval rating right now is down around the lowest Congress has ever had.
The Presidents' position is much stronger than anyone in Congress.
Everybody has to grandstand to make their bases happy and look "tough", but no one wants to deal with the consequences of no deal. So there will be one.
Ok people. I guess I was wrong in thinking that more people would catch on to my reference, but since everyone on this thread seems to be too ignorant (yes, ignorant is in fact the appropriate word) to take the time to watch a highly rated film relating to our election, it doesn't seem I can have a discussion with anyone here. Have fun creating your own meanings and continuing in your "Yes We Can" bubbles.
I couldn't think of anything that would be a bigger waste of mine or anyone elses time. No thanks.
More loons will be appointed to the Supreme Court as many of the current justices are getting up there.
Bankruptcy.
Rising unemployment rate and lack of jobs (but at least it will be easy to get government support when we are struggling to find work!)
Oh, but gay marriage is legal.
Priorities
Really? Are you people really that delusional?
So Islam, a religion which counts a whopping 2% of the American people amongst its members, is going to somehow take over the US? And they're going to do it in just 2.5 years? Really?
I don't understand how such crazy people can function...you have to be truly insane to think that Islam is taking over the US. If anything, radical Evangelical Christianity is making desperate efforts to take over the US, but the suggestion that Islam is trying is beyond dumb.
And unemployment has been falling for the last 3.5 years, not rising. Try facts for a change, they tend to tell the truth more than insane theories about Islam taking over the US.
Literally one of the dumbest threads in City-Data history.
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