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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-11 12:03 PM
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Democrats Must Push Back
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/15-7

The negative trends in the Nation's Capital are mostly due to extreme GOP ideologues in Congress. But they've been enabled by too many Democrats who keep giving ground while Republican leaders refuse to give an inch.

Many a political truth can be spoken in jest, and that was the case with a mock news item that appeared in The Onion last week.

"A day after signing legislation that raised the government debt ceiling and authorized steep budget cuts," the satirical magazine reported, "President Obama​ thanked Democrats as well as Democrats for their willingness to make tough, but necessary, concessions during negotiations."

The Onion went on: "Obama added that while it may look ugly at times, politics is about Democrats giving up what they want, as well as Democrats giving up what they want, until an agreement can ultimately be reached."

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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-11 12:11 PM
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1. Fareed Zachariah says liberals need to "grow up" if we don't like it.
Warms the cockles of my heart. I will NOT be a pawn in this game.
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dtexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-11 01:18 PM
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2. Yeah, the words seem to have gotten them mixed up: instead of pushing back, they've been retreating
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