Maybe it will have ZERO impact, but I just wrote to President Obama at the White House

Mike 03

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Wed Jan-28-09 06:34 PM
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Maybe it will have ZERO impact, but I just wrote to President Obama at the White House

I was getting so obsessed with the repukes that I was only writing to them. Then I got the bright idea :sarcasm: to write directly to our new and great President of the United States and ask him directly, what the fuck can we do to support you and shame the repukes for trying to sabotage you right out of the gates.

If I get anything back I will post it here.

Wow... I am so fucking pissed at the repukes I can hardly see or type straight...

Thank God for DU. Otherwise, I am sure I would have suffered a stroke or aneurism by now.

The debate in the House today was a disgrace, pure and simple.

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polichick

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Wed Jan-28-09 06:36 PM
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1. Our side made concessions for NOTHING, and should have known it...

Now the Senate will make concessions when they don't have to ~ Dems will obviously NEVER learn.

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4lbs

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Wed Jan-28-09 06:46 PM
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3. He didn't make concession for nothing. Just watch, he's setting them up for future bills that they

won't have as much political ammo to fight.

Remember, this stimulus package isn't the only federal spending that will happen over the next 18 months.

There's still healthcare reform and the multi-trillion dollar federal budget.

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polichick

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Wed Jan-28-09 06:50 PM
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6. Why would they be more inclined to go along on those??

imo we should write the bills they way we want and they either vote with us or not ~ this way we'll get a bunch of bad bills.

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4lbs

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Wed Jan-28-09 06:54 PM
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7. Because by then the GOP will be seen by most of America as a bunch of obstructionists.

With more of the American people on the side of the POTUS and Democrats in Congress, the GOP will have little power to do much of anything.

They can ram things though the House already, so Obama doesn't even need House GOP votes. He just wants to be seen as TRYING to bring them in. Because they are fighting him, it's to their detriment in the eyes of the US public, not his.

That hundreds of millions of family planning that was yanked? Expect it to make a reappearance in the healthcare reform act/bill later this year.

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polichick

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Wed Jan-28-09 06:58 PM
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8. Hope you're right, but as long as we're making bad concessions...

...we're still acting as if they are in control.

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Jane Austin

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Wed Jan-28-09 07:01 PM
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9. Surfer boy is right. . . . .. . . ;n/t

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4lbs

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Wed Jan-28-09 07:02 PM
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10. What bad concessions has he made?

n/t

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polichick

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Wed Jan-28-09 07:04 PM
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11. They took out the money for the renovation of the DC mall (jobs) & family planning...

...and I'm not sure how much they added in tax relief to placate them. All to get not one single vote.

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4lbs

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Wed Jan-28-09 07:06 PM
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12. I already said that the family planning will most likely be put in the healthcare reform.

Also, why couldn't the DC mall renovation be part of the federal budget later this summer?

Everything that was "yanked" will be put back into future bills later this year.

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polichick

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Wed Jan-28-09 07:07 PM
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13. We'll see. I just hope the Senate has learned something from this.

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liberalmuse

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Wed Jan-28-09 06:39 PM
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2. That's why I love it here.

There are actually people who give a shit. It's not so easy to find people like that in my little 3D world. I've been so angry I'm ready to pass out at times. Reading that others feel the same, and also the humor here has helped calm me down enough that I'm not a danger to anyone.

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mmonk

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Wed Jan-28-09 06:47 PM
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4. Results tend to be better if you contact our side.

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ColbertWatcher

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Wed Jan-28-09 06:48 PM
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5. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=265292&mesg_id=265292

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