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Democrats have leverage - Analysis: Hiss by Democrats sign of challenge for Bush
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| 2/3/05
| Jim Puzzanghera
Posted on 02/03/2005 8:59:44 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
It's what I expected from snakes.
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:00:23 AM PST
by
Hoodlum91
("Elmo is Death, destroyer of worlds!")
To: NormsRevenge
Democrats only gain leverage if the voting public starts liking them more on a personal level.
Hissing during the State of the Union address doesn't enhance likeability.
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:02:13 AM PST
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: NormsRevenge
Ya-ya-ya.....the people are with Bush. the dems will lose, yet again!!!
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:02:15 AM PST
by
Pondman88
To: NormsRevenge
Actually, hissing is the one thing that dems do well, it's just not reported much.
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:02:20 AM PST
by
exnavy
(lead, follow or get out of the way)
To: NormsRevenge
I thought it was more like oinking.
To: NormsRevenge
BS. They have no leverage, and at the rate they're going, they'll have even less after 2006.
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:05:55 AM PST
by
eyespysomething
(Vous pouvez vous rendre au garde de securite!)
To: Hoodlum91
He need but emphasize that the plan is voluntary for young people - for a 30 year old, hmmm, let's see -
Choice A - stay with SS which actuaries assure us will have to reduce benefits, raise taxes or both if one lives so long.
Choice B - invest in the market (index funds and the like) which have a net of inflation superior return for a comparable dollar "invested" in SS - also, if one dies along the way, those assets go to my beneficiaries...
The Democrats should be scared...give a person the freedom to choose and one loses control over that - this is political Aids for Democrats.
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:07:26 AM PST
by
MarkT
To: All
The only leverage they have is the fast track to oblivian. They are lining themselves up for another fall in '06. More power to them. It just keeps getting better for us.
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:08:27 AM PST
by
texan75010
(You lost - MoveOn...to France, or Canada, or New Zealand, or Germany...take your pick.)
To: NormsRevenge
"Bush asserted that Social Security is 'headed toward bankruptcy'... ...Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose. 'It is not bankrupt.' "
It appears Zoe has a grammatical problem with chronological agreement. Of course her statement is prefaced by her own applicable truth:
"When you start out by stating a premise that's factually incorrect, there's no place to go..."
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:09:19 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(lex orandi, lex credendi)
To: exnavy
Taught, of course, by the original democRAT!
Genesis 3:3-5
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:10:54 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(lex orandi, lex credendi)
To: NormsRevenge
First of all the democrats rude behavior is inexcusable. Its also a sign that they have no intention of helping in solving ANY problems. Which would be a problem if we did'nt have control of the House,Senate and the Whitehouse.
So I say steamroll their sorry (expletive deleted).
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:11:12 AM PST
by
linn37
(Have you hugged your Phlebotomist today?)
To: NormsRevenge
Most people can recall how the Democrats have been wailing and knashing their teeth for the last 30 years about how the eeeeeeeevil Republicans are going to bankrupt Social Security. Now they turn around and say that it is solid a Sears. Folks just are not going to buy that.
You can make the math say whatever you want. But Social Security, as currently configured, will get much more expensive over the next thirty years. Not only will the demographics mean more recipients, but the amount going to each recipient is going to more than double in constant dollars, based on the formulas now in place. Something's gotta give.
Just because FDR thought it was a good idea back in 1943 does not mean we have to stick with the same program forever.
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:12:14 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: NormsRevenge
"The system has challenges. It is not bankrupt." Typicla spin from the Dems.
The President didn't say it was bankrupt.
He said, "The system, however, on its current path, is headed toward bankruptcy. And so we must join together to strengthen and save Social Security."
Quite a difference. But not in the mind of someone who thinks in black and white only and has a vested interest in opposing anything the President says.
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:14:15 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(You may not think much of the Chinese....but you've got to admit, they've got great acrobats.)
To: MarkT
I couldn't agree with you more.
Emphasizing that the plan is really to help younger people. I'm tired of the AARP griping about it when it won't really affect any of their members.
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:14:33 AM PST
by
Hoodlum91
("Elmo is Death, destroyer of worlds!")
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:14:37 AM PST
by
exnavy
(lead, follow or get out of the way)
To: linn37
It is my sincere hope that Hanity, Rush and all the other "punditainment" types harp on this! The democRATS intend only to act as obstructionists-to slow down the forward progress of the greatest country on Earth, both at home and abroad.
How can they claim to be progressivists when they only obstruct, encouraging the status quo?
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:15:22 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(lex orandi, lex credendi)
To: NormsRevenge
"W"
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:15:59 AM PST
by
B-Cause
("Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." Josef Stalin)
To: NormsRevenge
Additionally, wouldn't you just love it if the President gave a speech which, in total stated, "Black. Right. The sky is blue. Sunday comes after Saturday. Thank you for your time."
What would be the Democratic response to that speech? Don't tell me. I already know.
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:16:14 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(You may not think much of the Chinese....but you've got to admit, they've got great acrobats.)
To: NormsRevenge
All democrats know how to do is hiss.
What a bunch of nonsense.
How about reporting on their plans to fix social security (by some means other than raising taxes).
Once again, they are being measured by their ability to engage in symbolism over substance.
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posted on
02/03/2005 9:18:39 AM PST
by
Preachin'
(Democrats know that they can never run on their real agenda.)
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