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Topic: After election euphoria, liberals
begin to worry about the
political fights to come |
After election euphoria, liberals
begin to worry about the
political fights to come
Washington Post, by Bill Turque
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Posted By:earlybird, 11/21/2012 8:29:59 PM
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| Just two weeks ago, liberals rejoiced over their strongest election showing in decades — re-electing Barack Obama, picking up seats in Congress and scoring historic state ballot victories that legalized same-sex marriage and recreational marijuana. But now much of the political left is worried that what seems like a liberal “morning in America” could turn out to be a false dawn. The focus of their distress is none other than Obama, who many left-leaning Democrats fear will go too far in reaching an accord with Republicans on the “fiscal cliff.” Liberal groups are gearing up media campaigns aimed at pressuring
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Comments:
Insatiable. There is never enough in the taxpayer-funded public trough for liberals.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
killerbee, 11/21/2012 8:57:22 PM (No. 9028497)
Yep, they worry about the fights, but what they´re most worried about is the potential for having to take responsibility for what happens next. Democrats do not like to take responsibility. They only want power to benefit themselves, they forget that a lot more goes with it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
sgtfox of the jarhead clan, 11/21/2012 9:07:53 PM (No. 9028509)
Too late fools. You should have thought before you voted. You just killed the goose that lays the golden eggs. Enjoy your new phone
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
ArtieC, 11/21/2012 9:20:55 PM (No. 9028519)
Reagan was morning in America. Obama is American Sunset.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
eoddad, 11/21/2012 9:24:40 PM (No. 9028521)
30 Republican Governors and a reelected Republican Majority in the House many winning by much larger percentages than our Fascist President. More State legislatures controlled by Republicans. Republican Governors balancing their budgets while Governor Moonbean and the rest of Dem Gov. Raise taxes until there is no money left in citizens pockets.
Go ahead WASHPO Cheering section, not one word in the article about our wins. Just wait until the real effects of the Fascist left kicks in starting with massive taxes, flood of EPA and other Marxist Regulations and Obamacare. Leftist enjoy your two years.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
angelesgift, 11/21/2012 9:33:15 PM (No. 9028541)
Articles like this make me so angry - especially the comment about liberal policies flourishing in a robust economy. Well, duh! More people have more money, so it´s not so painful to have it taken by Dems to buy votes from morons and parasites, and pocket tax dollars laundered though crony phony businesses.
I desperately need some words of common sense. Here is Larry Elder: My Republican father, who disdained Democrats who "give people something for nothing," taught my brothers and me to work hard, stay focused, live within our means, and at all times avoid self-pity.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
LanieLou, 11/21/2012 9:35:22 PM (No. 9028547)
They´re all over-reaching... especially unions. The protest at LAX today was a joke! Put a herd of hispanic teens on free grants for school, food & housing in ugly SEIU shirts. Local news interviewed a few & none knew what they were protesting for, other than SEIU.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
lil dotty, 11/21/2012 11:17:21 PM (No. 9028676)
Got meself one of those new phones. I´m cool, I´m jivin´ Dang burn it, all I get is this number is not connected, sorry wrong number. ´This is the party to whom you are speaking´ What a piece of junk. Any of these loons want their vote back?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Spidey, 11/22/2012 2:09:02 AM (No. 9028787)
All you have to do is look at the Hostess situation to realize these people will blow both feet of before compromising,yet they demand it of others.These people had to run over their parents as kids and now expect the same thing from government.
Obama more or less suckered their votes out of them but he´s going to have hard time delivering because there just isn´t enough money.
The morons just had a chance to vote for jobs and now they´re demanding more unemployment extensions instead.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
tonyl, 11/22/2012 7:40:39 AM (No. 9028950)
A big "Bingo" for you #4.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
hamrman, 11/22/2012 10:02:42 AM (No. 9029157)
They should be nervous, they getting their 15 minutes of fame in the limelight and they OWN IT now...and sooner or not much later "hell is coming to breakfast" as Chief Dan George lamented in the movie "The Outlaw Josey Wales"!
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