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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:19 AM Original message |
Why does it have to take a statement from the President for people to become active? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. uh, when Obama offers to cut social security and medicare, he doesn't deserve our back. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. In actuality no one has even confirmed that...but many have claimed it. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. So, you would prefer for people to wait until he does it before saying they oppose it. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. In actuality I would like some facts than suppositions sold as facts as you put forth. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It is not a silly response. It is the definition of activism. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Why does it have to take a statement from the President for people to become active?" |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. A great majority of Americans aren't political junkies or current on what's happening |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The spending cuts in entitlements are not in our interest. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. Even here, on a board largely of activists, you see people asking for a "leader" from above |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. I think I disagree with your characterization of events |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Do you not listen to the myriad of townhalls and announcements? |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. We have to get rid of the "Chill out I"ve got this covered" idea, he needs help! nt |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. Congressional members don't have the pulpit. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. They don't need prime time. They have the fuckin' district!!!! n/t |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. Whatever the reason, he did the right thing by going on prime.time tv |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Should have done it weeks ago, told Congress he'd veto anything but a clean bill... |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. We're not there to have the president's back. He is there to have ours. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Hello. You lost the meaning in my post to whine to me. |
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