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To: koan who wrote (121297)9/20/2012 12:00:54 PM
From: Ivan Inkling  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 149317
 
Yes it's true.

Four Rs were given the opportunity to help craft the bill so that it would be bipartisan and contain something they could support, yet all four voted against the bill, plus a filibuster finished it off.

This is as I understand it after watching MSNBC last night.

What was the Bush era mantra ? - - - "support the troops" !



To: koan who wrote (121297)9/20/2012 12:18:40 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
Yup. First poll ever done by Mass Lowell........which was done with the winger paper, herald examiner. I wouldn't read too much into it.........esp with the first debate coming up tonite.