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SugarShack Donating Member (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:27 PM
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Not ONE mention of the WAR!!! All the freakin money!!!!!
No one seems to protest the war(s) anymore. That budget is totally different, like Soc Sec. The WAR budget is where all of our money is.....

not a word....a word....from either.

Other than Obamam "did not start them"....not a word about ENDING them!

Not a word!
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:28 PM
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1. That would be politically incorrect. nt
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oldtime dfl_er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:28 PM
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2. Obama mentioned the wars
if Im not mistaken he did mention them as one part of what got us where we are today.
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iwishiwas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:31 PM
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10. Guess Lybia does not count since he said "two wars"
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:39 PM
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20. Libya is the "Un"war. n/t
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Riftaxe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:44 PM
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22. What are Somalia and Yemen then?
un-un-un wars?
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:28 PM
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3. He did mention them
right after the Bush tax cuts.
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PoliticAverse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:29 PM
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4. He did mention the wars. n/t
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:29 PM
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5. Apparently both the Republican and Democratic plans use a cut of $1 trillion
Edited on Mon Jul-25-11 08:31 PM by dkf
For the wars in their baseline.

So the assumption is already in there.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1574916
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October Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:29 PM
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6. You're wrong! Obama mentioned the wars.
Edited on Mon Jul-25-11 08:29 PM by October
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iwishiwas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:29 PM
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7. Pres Obama said " two wars"
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:29 PM
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8. Simply amazing! End the wars...end this conversation...TODAY.
Which must mean he has no intentions of ending them any time soon. :(
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CleanGreenFuture Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:29 PM
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9. War is off limits.
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Lifelong Protester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:31 PM
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11. He mentioned them from the get go, as part of the reason we're
in the deficit mess.
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SugarShack Donating Member (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:33 PM
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14. I state he mentioned them, and he was not the one who started them. Not a word about ENDING them.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:32 PM
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12. Funny how people only hear what they want to hear
He mentioned the wars.
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sharp_stick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:33 PM
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13. Lots of people
seem to only hear what they want to hear. Kind of funny when you could have TIVO'd the thing just to check and find out that he did mention the wars two times.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:36 PM
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15. Whatever you do, don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it.
Edited on Mon Jul-25-11 08:40 PM by Mojambo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xnNhzgcWTk
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:38 PM
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19. Prawn cocktail?
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:36 PM
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16. he mention unpaid wars
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:37 PM
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17. Really? Were you not listening?
:eyes:
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 09:24 PM
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24. Some people hear only what they are predisposed to hear
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:38 PM
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18. while two wars and an expensive prescription drug program were simply added to our nation’s credit c
For the last decade, we have spent more money than we take in. In the year 2000, the government had a budget surplus. But instead of using it to pay off our debt, the money was spent on trillions of dollars in new tax cuts, while two wars and an expensive prescription drug program were simply added to our nation’s credit card.



http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2011/07/25/obama_speaks.html
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:42 PM
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21. Money trumps peace.
Know your BFEE: Money Trumps Peace. Always.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:46 PM
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23. he did mention the wars within the context of his speech which was about cuts
Edited on Mon Jul-25-11 08:48 PM by lunatica
What are you talking about? I was actually surprised that he actually mentioned them in this context. He even said the cost of these wars was added on AFTER the tax cuts for the wealthy that was Bush's response to the surplus he was left with by Clinton.

I guess you didn't hear what you didn't want to hear.

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