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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:17 AM Original message |
Congratulations. Compromise is now a bad word. |
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Loge23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. We did all the "compromising". |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Among his other 'failures': POTUS now ruins the English language. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I realize there is sarcasm there....But he has managed to ruin that one word for many of us |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. That's from Du, blame DU not Obama |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Well, you now have Compromise to console you |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Well so you have capitulation |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. In the case of Compromise, DU had nothing to do with it |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Even Bush might have used that word |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Tghat's a false dichotomy -- There is also... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Let's compromise and say he only ruined half the English language. nt |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Sounds like a deal....We'll set aside debate of Hope and Change for now |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
67. If we say Obama's only ruined half the English language, we've given republicans EVERYTHING. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. LOL. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. That last sentence is exactly what Democrats do to rationalize failure |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. What failure? Doesn't logic apply to Republicans? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. It is all a matter of degree... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wrong |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Not true.....as usual yoiu are being myopic |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. umm these are all choices the guy makes, he is not a helpless victim in any of this nt |
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HankyDubs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. a historic victory for health insurance companies |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. A compromise requires both parties to act in good faith. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. That is my point. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. or collusion. nt |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. +1 This was collusion being sold as compromise. nt |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. America was based on REVOLUTION, not compromise |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. A Revolution based on compromise |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. And just look how well compromise worked... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. So if the Southern States would not join in |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. So we should have a war over every point? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
65. We DID have a war - a big, bloody one at that - over slavery |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. True, Sir |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. This is a compromise.. non-compromise would have been the Ryan Plan.. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Oh come off it...They are all just shades of the same thing |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. you should look at the some of details of CCB and Ryans plan. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Perhaps so, which just reinforces my point |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. +1 |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. Bullshit. You need to move outside the beltway and stop kidding yourself. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. Compromise you! |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Eh you're just a Compromiser....A MotherCompromiser |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. Well this horrible "compromise" probably just saved our AAA rating. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. We could have gotten that done without selling the store |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
19. This is not Compromise in any way. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That's my point....It's like the current definition of "family values" has nothing to do with... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
20. Compromise is still an awesome word. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I agree with that....Which is why the current use makes me angry |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. You have every right to be angry. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
24. Compromise is best when reached not when sought by one negotiating with |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Yes, compromise should be a by-product. Not the starting point. |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. No, it was the republicans that made compromise a 4 letter word. How revisionist of you. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. They did too, but I experct that from them... |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. That is your interpretation. I just don't understand how people think Obama wants to enact the |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. You have a point about comparative particopation |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Firing up enthusiasm will get you so far, however historically speaking the midterms belong to the |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. In my opinion, the Democrats should have introduced a clean bill daily |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
49. YOU have made Compromise a code word for Surrender. You choose to ignore what |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. I have to disagree with you, friend |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. That is not a disagreement |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. Compromise requires honest brokers and the GOP do not negotiate in good faith. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. And as a consequence these bullshit debt proposals should not be called compromises |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Compromise would be raising taxes on the wealthy and eliminating oil & gas subsidies. nt |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Right |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
56. Hyperbolic fringe rant |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Coming from you I consider that a compliment |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
62. Yes... Thanks DU |
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bobdawg (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
63. Actually, compromise is almost always an example of the golden mean fallacy. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. You could walk away from the deal. |
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bobdawg (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. but not so good to you |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
66. Evil, eye, beholder, yada yada. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Oh they didn;t get a balanced budget amendment that would never go anywhere.... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:45 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Sorry, I'm a bit of a stickler for facts. |
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