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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:09 AM Original message |
Who in hell gets to pick the "Democratic" members of the Gang of Twelve? |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. this time Simpson picks. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
2. Worth mentioning that most Dems on Simpson/ Bowles voted against Simpson/bowels |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. yes I expect all 12 to be proud members of the Plutocrat Party. |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Surely, you must be accustomed to BS deals by now. |
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cantbeserious (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. Certainly Not "We The People" and More Probably "We The Wall Street" |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. Probably one of the Nel$ons, or Fein$tein, or $chumer....aka Wall Street Whores. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. Kucinich, Grijalva, Sanders.... |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'll wager serious $$ that Kent Conrad magically appears in this New Gang. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. And he'll help pick the other DINO's... er, Democrats. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. like Erskine Bowles, a DINO on the catfood commission...urged Clinton to cut Soc Sec |
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Greywing (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. Sanders BETTER be on there |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. They will be the usual scoundrels - guys like Baucus, Conrad, Lieberman |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I think you can safely disconsider Joe Lieberman. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. And Conrad will be gone. I'm just saying these are the TYPES of Senators who will make up the Junta. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. The Democrats probably gave the Republicans the right to pick them too |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. I'm hoping Ben Nelson gets picked. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
17. some info here: (from FDL) |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. So the committee gets to have a simple majority... |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Technically... |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, technically... |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. +1 |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. "a cavalcade of rage" |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. Any "centrist" sob will do I guess. |
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