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markpkessinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 12:25 AM
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And you thought you were pissed ...
A friend shared this link on my Facebook wall. Pretty much says it all as far as I am concerned.

http://www.businessinsider.com/an-open-hate-letter-to-the-democratic-party-i-hate-you-2011-8
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 12:28 AM
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1. Very well written - I enjoyed reading it, but I disagree that
we gave up everything. But thanks for posting it!
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 12:37 AM
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3. What did the republicans give up??
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 12:39 AM
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4. I'm done getting into it with people with whom I disagree -
we will never change each others' minds, so just be happy in your conviction that you're right. You don't need to have everyone agree with you, you know. Or PROVE you're right and THEY'RE wrong.
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 12:44 AM
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5. Well .... They didn't actually stick a red hot poker up my ass .... So true !
I am SO thankful the red hot poker did not enter my ass ....

Thanks to the Tea Party for not shoving a RED HOT POKER UP MY ASS ! ....

Whew ... and I thought I was a gone-er for a moment there ....

But hey - There is always next year ..... Ill get some asbestos tighties, just in case ...
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 12:44 AM
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7. We will never know if you are right or not because
you just do an attack and take the low road
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 12:52 AM
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8. Oh, is that what I do?
:rofl:
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 12:59 AM
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10. I did not see anything the republicans gave up
If I am wrong please state what they gave up
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Kaleva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 12:57 AM
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9. Well, the teabaggers are up in arms about.it.
They didn't want the debt ceiling raised one cent. They also wanted Congress to not just vote on a BBA but to pass it too.

It's been an interesting evening spent reading about how they are going to primary out the RINOS and turncoat freshmen that they had supported in 2010. And what I find especially interesting is that their wrath isn't directed at President Obama and other Dems but at the Republicans who voted for the debt ceiling increase bill.
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:13 AM
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15. It sounds like DC will be invaded by pitchforks and torches
from both sides ........... should be interesting
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jeff47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 08:23 AM
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22. You shouldn't base the "winner" and "loser" designation on the rantings of insane people (nt)
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Kaleva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:15 PM
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23. I'm letting the left & right fight it out as to who lost.
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jeff47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:40 PM
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26. Ah yes, the false balance thing.
You have an excellent future in pretending to be a journalist, if you'd like it.
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 12:36 AM
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2. Her last sentence says it best
I agree with her
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:09 AM
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13. I do too, but they can t have mine.
I need 'em
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 12:44 AM
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6. It hasn't even hit the fan yet.
Wait until the next hostage crisis with medicare and other items as the sacrifice when the abomination that is that Super Congress starts its political games.
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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:32 AM
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20. this is the reality
honestly, I could vomit right now.

I cannot believe the betrayal of the American people. but I bet someone will be raising lots of money for the campaign season...
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FarLeftFist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:01 AM
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11. The D's think the R's won, the R's think the D's won, but in reality Everyone lost.
COMPROMISE: When neither side gets what they want.
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Kaleva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:07 AM
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12. But you're only considering the viewpoints of the extreme.
Some on the left wanted a clean debt increase bill. The teabaggers on the right wanted no increase at all. But the options weren't just limited to those two choices.
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:10 AM
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14. The "clean bill" was NOT an extreme position
It was about as moderate and mainstream as you can get,
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Kaleva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:20 AM
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16. It was extreme in the sense that...
it had no chance of being passed in the House. It wasn't based on current political reality.
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:30 AM
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19. Really? I mean, Congress has only done that 100 times or so since the debt ceiling law was passed
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Kaleva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:32 PM
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25. Yes but conditions change.
In the 20's, the view that the govt. could run deficits and impose high tax rates was considered to be an extreme view. By the mid-30's, that view became mainstream.
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FarLeftFist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:26 AM
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17. So no one got what they wanted.
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Kaleva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:28 AM
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18. Those who wanted to avoid a default by what ever means got what they wanted.
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FarLeftFist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:46 AM
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21. Everyone wanted that.
And it should have been that easy.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 01:26 PM
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24. No, once again the upper 2% and corporations won and the
people lost. This entire 'crisis' makes more sense if you look at it through the prism of class warfare rather than Dem/GOP conflict.
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