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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:56 PM Original message |
The Daily Dish: Why Obama Won |
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jemsan (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. He lost because he's begun the dismantling of Social Security |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. right you are. Most are overlooking this. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Bull. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Many Ds and commentators who I respect like this deal, and I can't ignore that. |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Exactly! Much like the R's, some Liberals/Progressives were fixated on tax cuts for the rich |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Last night Rachel Maddow... |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Except for cutting any entitlements, I agree with Sullivan. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Consumption tax" = another fucking regressive tax |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Not always true. A consumption tax can be a luxury tax or surcharge |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Then they are called "Excise" or "Luxury" taxes |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I'm just giving a fellow DUer the benefit of the doubt that the |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. An unattributed defense of Obama the Appeaser? |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. People here want to be mad and outraged. They don't want anything that is common sense, just purist |
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