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Topic: Harry Reid Threw Obama Proposal
Into The Fireplace During
Fiscal Cliff Negotiations |
Harry Reid Threw Obama Proposal
Into The Fireplace During
Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar
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Posted By:garnet, 1/3/2013 2:01:19 PM
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| Today’s installment of “Just How Bad Were Fiscal Cliff Negotiations?” features one Harry Reid. According to a report in the Washington Post, Reid disliked one proposal so much that he tore it up and tossed it into the fireplace.The point of contention, it appears, was Social Security. The Post reports: There were now less than 36 hours until the deadline. “The clock was ticking and we were not moving.” They weren’t moving because Democrats had decided that they had gone as far as they could. Reid and Obama had disagreed privately about what their next offer should be.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
PChristopher, 1/3/2013 2:05:49 PM (No. 9096741)
Pity it was only the proposal.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 1/3/2013 2:06:23 PM (No. 9096743)
He was cold.....
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
sgtfox of the jarhead clan, 1/3/2013 2:31:06 PM (No. 9096786)
Yes, see old Harry in his plush office in Washington, with the fireplace crackling as if it´s actually needed. His underlings carry the firewood, probably ordered a stick at a time from the wood cutters Union , delivered by UPS and billed out as a fuel expense. Life is good for Harry.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
veritas, 1/3/2013 2:32:38 PM (No. 9096792)
SS has got to be addressed. Too bad the political points are more important to these slimy [pre-deleteds].
First, stop the looting and substitution by Congress of Treasuries in the fund.
Next, look at what Chile did.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 1/3/2013 10:52:49 PM (No. 9097459)
A green marble fireplace no less ?
And they need a raise ? Anybody seen the annual liquor bill yet ?
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