http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2011/07/31/barack-and-the-beanstalk/ "I am trading your social safety net cow for the promise of some magic beans that I will plant when I am re-elected which, by the way, David Plouffe assures me is totally gonna happen now. You can thank me later."
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Jul 31, 2011, at 10:07 PM, Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
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>> "Taken together, then, the deal is an almost perfect blend of policy punt
>> and political ploy."
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>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-debt-deal-disaster-averted-decline-straight-ahead/2011/07/31/gIQAWPaCmI_story.html?hpid=z2
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>> I'm not wringing my hands like the author (and Lindsey Graham) are about
>> "decline," but it really kind of does look like a whole lot of nothing.
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> Matt Miller is yucky. I was on a panel with him a few years ago. What a Third Way hack.
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