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Barack Obama: "For those that think their social security is sacred and Republicans wouldn't dare destroy it, (Original Post) applegrove Mar 27 OP
Excellent Suggestion form Obama.. TY! Cha Mar 27 #1
President Obama... Ohio Joe Mar 27 #2
President Obama hit it out of the ballpark! Omnipresent Mar 27 #3
This Ferrets are Cool Mar 27 #4
And this is true not only of Social Security B.See Mar 27 #5
People who believe markodochartaigh Mar 27 #6
People took Roe for granted. They take Democracy for granted. And they take Social Security for granted. CousinIT Mar 28 #7
I never took Roe for granted. murielm99 Mar 28 #8
I never took Roe for granted either Skittles Mar 28 #9
That is why I went to DC for 3 Choice marches, rallies... electric_blue68 Mar 28 #10
Right. On. Time. Drum Mar 28 #11

Omnipresent

(5,711 posts)
3. President Obama hit it out of the ballpark!
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 10:51 PM
Mar 27

He just crafted a carefully, concise wedge issue that could be used against republicans this fall.

B.See

(1,240 posts)
5. And this is true not only of Social Security
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 11:21 PM
Mar 27

but of Medicare, Obamacare, Contraceptives, Public Education, Black History, Fair Housing, Consumer Protection, Civil Rights, diversity and inclusion, a free press, and A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS that TOO many take for granted, and don't believe MAGA's fascists WILL take away.

They'd better WAKE THE FUCK UP before it's too late.

markodochartaigh

(1,138 posts)
6. People who believe
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 11:48 PM
Mar 27

that the Republicans would destroy Social Security are probably the sort of people who believe that a Republican Senate Majority Leader would refuse a hearing for any nominee of a Democratic president, or believe that a Republican president would refuse to accept that he had lost re-election and stand by as the Capitol was broken into by a mob.

CousinIT

(9,245 posts)
7. People took Roe for granted. They take Democracy for granted. And they take Social Security for granted.
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 12:20 AM
Mar 28

And they take voting rights for granted.

They can lose ALL of it.

murielm99

(30,741 posts)
8. I never took Roe for granted.
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 12:41 AM
Mar 28

I was a young woman when Roe was decided. My friends and I rejoiced. We never forgot that. We won't forget now.


VOTE

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
9. I never took Roe for granted either
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 12:54 AM
Mar 28

and I am a geezer who remembers when it wasn't around way back in the day

electric_blue68

(14,903 posts)
10. That is why I went to DC for 3 Choice marches, rallies...
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 12:59 AM
Mar 28

and the 3 Women's Marches here in NYC! (pre-covid)

GOTV'd by phone in 2020, and will do so this Nov.

(I've done GOTV before that, too)

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