Obama Takes Heat From Left Over Spending Freeze

Quixote1818

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Tue Jan-26-10 11:45 AM
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Obama Takes Heat From Left Over Spending Freeze

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Others are comparing the move to President Franklin Roosevelt cutting back on government spending in 1937. "The results were catastrophic. The economy tanked. And so did the fortunes of the Democratic Party. Predictably, Republicans won 79 seats in the 1938 midterms," Jed Lewison warned on Daily Kos.

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Hello_Kitty

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Tue Jan-26-10 11:46 AM
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1. Dirty fucking hippies!! eom

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Tue Jan-26-10 11:49 AM
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2. Again, the Moody graph should certainly be used.

Cut spending on programs that cost more than they return.

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Tue Jan-26-10 11:50 AM
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3. That "heat" is the whole point of the thing. It's triangulation,

a subject on which Obama could school Clinton himself.

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Quixote1818

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Tue Jan-26-10 12:18 PM
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5. Your probably right. nt

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Tue Jan-26-10 12:32 PM
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6. "See," he said to the Republicans, "those God-hating hippie leftists hate me,

so I must be doing something right. Now will you finally love me?"

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mdmc

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Tue Jan-26-10 11:51 AM
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4. Cutting nickles and dimes from the poor, but billions into Afghan schools

:shrug:

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