Re-taking both houses is now within our grasp! All we gotta do is bring home the troops, and

grahamhgreen

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Wed May-04-11 03:39 PM
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Re-taking both houses is now within our grasp! All we gotta do is bring home the troops, and

use the war money to boost the economy.

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TheWraith

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Wed May-04-11 03:39 PM
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1. Umm...

We never lost the Senate.

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KittyWampus

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Wed May-04-11 03:41 PM
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3. I am honestly laughing out loud, shaking my head slowly and rubbing my forehead.

OY!

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buddysmellgood

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Wed May-04-11 03:44 PM
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7. still, the senate could use some work.

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leftstreet

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Wed May-04-11 03:46 PM
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9. But we're told we need like 180% of it

for a super supreme extra sour cream majority

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grahamhgreen

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Wed May-04-11 03:51 PM
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10. We need 60 votes in the Senate, remember?

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madinmaryland

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Wed May-04-11 03:57 PM
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12. Actually we need to get eight more seats to take over the Senate with a

60 votes majority. Assuming that Harry Reid would actually use that majority.

:shrug:

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MannyGoldstein

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Wed May-04-11 03:40 PM
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2. Like we did last time we had both houses!!!

Er, wait...

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tekisui

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Wed May-04-11 03:43 PM
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4. We'll have troops in Afghanistan past 2014.

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valerief

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Wed May-04-11 03:44 PM
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6. And Yemen and Iraq and Syria and...

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grahamhgreen

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Wed May-04-11 03:53 PM
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11. The wars are destroying the wrong country - ours!

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Vincardog

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Wed May-04-11 03:44 PM
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5. Then we can cut the subsidies for dirty energy, pass an AMT for Corporations, Return the taxes on

the rich to pre-RAYgun's rates. End the insane war on drugs, pass hand counts and public financing of elections,
and pry the Conservatives dead hands off our economy.

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valerief

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Wed May-04-11 03:45 PM
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8. All done when Hell freezes over. I wish I could hope, but hope is for the Far East, not us. nt

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guardian

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Wed May-04-11 04:44 PM
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13. So what changed for you to make that assessment? n/t

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