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Old 08-16-2011, 03:11 PM
 
Location: OCEAN BREEZES AND VIEWS SAN CLEMENTE
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You do realize Democrats controlled both houses of Congress in late 2010, right?
Na i think some have very selective memory issues? quite obvious.
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Old 08-16-2011, 05:24 PM
 
Location: Old Town Alexandria
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True, the current brand of Repubs are damaging. I miss the GOP of old.
William F. Buckley was the last respectable one. He is long gone. CNN puts imbeciles like Eric Ericson on (redstate.com) Buckley must laugh in his grave at the illiteracy.
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Old 08-16-2011, 05:42 PM
 
Location: Land of debt and Corruption
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Thats bcs the far right cant read history before 1997 and Clinton.
Say what you want, but at least we know how to spell 'because' and properly punctuate 'can't' and 'That's'. is right.
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Old 05-22-2012, 09:41 AM
 
Location: On the Edge of the Fringe
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I just saw that the Republicans are stooping to NEW LOWS to obstruct OBAMA
WHY CAN'T people work together and just get work done?!?!?!

Check this out!!!!
http://v.theonion.com/onionmedia/vid...?1337701170642

And yes I know what the ONION Is, Amazing how Humor cuts right to the point sometimes.
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Old 05-22-2012, 10:27 AM
 
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I just saw that the Republicans are stooping to NEW LOWS to obstruct OBAMA
WHY CAN'T people work together and just get work done?!?!?!

Check this out!!!!
http://v.theonion.com/onionmedia/vid...?1337701170642


And yes I know what the ONION Is, Amazing how Humor cuts right to s.
Yeah, right. Like the Democrats haven't tried to obstruct a Republican president in the past. It is just a fact of life that both parties try to obstruct each other because they both have different political views on the issues. That's why we can't get anything done in this country.
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Old 05-22-2012, 11:04 AM
 
Location: On the Edge of the Fringe
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Yeah, right. Like the Democrats haven't tried to obstruct a Republican president in the past. It is just a fact of life that both parties try to obstruct each other because they both have different political views on the issues. That's why we can't get anything done in this country.
Well , they mention that in the video as well
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Old 05-22-2012, 11:08 AM
 
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Republicans love the country to be in debt. Then they have a ready made excuse to cut benefits to the poorest and most vulnerable.

Bill Clinton had the country running with a huge surplus and the national debt was on track to be paid off by 2016.

GW Bush started 3 expensive wars and cut taxes to the most wealthy. So he tripled our expenses and cut our income.

And the GOP's solution is to cut medicare, cut social security, cut welfare, cut education. See how that works?

That is Republican "fuzzy math" I guess.
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Old 05-22-2012, 11:17 AM
 
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"President Barack Obama has been increasing the national debt during his presidency by an average of $4.24 billion per day ($4,240,506,004.34) putting him on a pace to increase the national debt by $6.2 trillion ($6,195,379,272,340.74) by the end of his term on Jan. 20, 2013, according to the debt figures published by the U.S. Treasury."


Four billion dollars a day. Six trillion in one term. Swooners need to zip it and read some facts published by the US Treasury for once. This is beyond insane. What is their answer? Why to spend more of course.
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Old 05-22-2012, 11:28 AM
 
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at the end of 2010, the DEMOCRATS still held BOTH houses of congress. the republicans did not take over in the house until jan 7, 2011. and the democrats did not pass a budget since 2008, only continuing spending resolutions.

when the republicans did take back the house, they indeed passed a budget to get the government through the end of the 2010 fiscal year, but the senate refused to even take matter under consideration, and thus we had more continuing spending resolutions, which the republicans tried to make a small as possible, but the democrats fought them the ENTIRE way. the republicans have passed a budget for 2011, but again the senate has done NOTHING about it.

it is the democrats that are the party of NO right now, and they are only doing it for political reasons. at least when the republicans were in the minority they tried to block legislation that would hurt the country as a whole.
Exactly. I wonder if the OP will bother to check these simple facts or just continue to put out uninformed ramblings. There is a lot of blame to put on republicans as well, but the OP is way off on this one.
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