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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (128679)	12/12/2012 3:25:04 PM
From: LLCF	1 Recommendation Respond to of 149317

Fiscal Cliff and Ego: this whole thing is from the "what are they thinking" bin.... in fact THEY ARENT THINKING. So why haven't the republicans taken the president up on his offer to raise taxes on only the top income earners??? Cause they ARENT thinking... they are trying to save face... they think the media will say "Obama Won", Rush Limbaugh will wail in agony, and some folks will claim they "raised taxes". R's will be all "guilt ridden" cause they promised ("pledged") that dopey guy... what's his name? Republicans have to feel all that angst.... they just can't do it! The alternative? Simple, there actually IS NO PROBLEM!!! So we go off the fiscal cliff... and THEN the republicans "agree to lower taxes" on all but the top tier, and Obama signs it! Now Republicans have "lowered taxes" and haven't broken their (dopey) pledge! ROFLMAO!! It's like a strange dark comedy.... it's all based on face saving and ego. DAK

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (128679)	12/12/2012 6:49:08 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 149317

<<These Republicans seem hypnotized by the rich who are in the minority. The wrath of this country will unleash on them if we go over the cliff. Notice how no one is talking about Defense cuts. So they are also acting as serfs to the MIC in addition to the rich folks.>> They are not hypnotized, they are owned.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (128679)	12/12/2012 7:47:20 PM
From: John Vosilla	Respond to of 149317

So they are also acting as serfs to the MIC in addition to the rich folks They don't realize they are sleeping with the real enemy sucking the life out of their middle class existence.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (128679)	12/12/2012 11:50:51 PM
From: LLCF	1 Recommendation Respond to of 149317

Defense is such a joke... as if we need defense! Now, let's see... just WHO is going to invade us?!!? LOL, so crazy! Oh, wait... those 10 guyz who snuck in and hijacked planes! yea THATS the ticket! Kinda funny that hijacking planes went out in the 60's and these clowns revived "ancient" technology for their plan. Too weird! DAK

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (128679)	12/13/2012 12:17:10 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Respond to of 149317

GOP goes off the image cliff: The clock is ticking over whether President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner can avoid going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the beginning of next year. But our new NBC/WSJ poll shows that the Republican Party has already gone off one cliff, per co-pollster Peter Hart (D) -- the image cliff. The GOP’s fav/unfav rating in the poll now stands at 30%/45% (minus-15), which is down from 36%/43% (minus-7) right before the election. That’s compared with the Democratic Party’s 44%/35% rating (plus-9). And other than self-described Republicans and conservatives, just two other groups have a net positive view of the GOP: folks who live in rural America (39%/33%) and folks who live in the South (39%/38%), that’s it. What’s more, asked to give a word or short phrase to describe the Republican Party, 65% offered a negative comment, including MORE THAN HALF of Republicans. The top responses: “Bad,” “weak,” “negative,” “uncompromising,” “need to work together,” “broken,” “disorganized” and “lost.” By contrast, 37% gave negative descriptions of the Democratic Party, while 35% were positive. A Republican politician or operative might look at our poll and say, “Well, the good news is that our numbers can’t get any lower.” That might be true, and they could very well drag Democrats down with them if there isn’t a deal. But there’s another way to look at the poll: Republicans have a lot to gain, too. And if they want to be a competitive national party again and not simply a regional, rural party, they need to make gains.