Barack Obama

Demoiselle

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5. I don't care if the vast majority of Americans (wrongly) consider him too liberal.

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 08:06 PM

Apr 2013

I'm just trying to figure out what I think about him. I'm hardly a wild lefty ...but I worry when he hints at taking money out of social security to pay for the deficit..social security is the only pension that many ordinary people have...to take any of that away strikes me as remarkably regressive. .Corporate taxes are at an all time low, to name just one place where we might consider finding some cash. And I can't help but feeling that the Big Bad Deficit is not quite as dangerous as some would have us believe.
I meant "murky" to describe such aforementioned financial theories/plans. Nothing to do with trends in American voter thought.

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CNN Poll: Obama at 51% approval but lower on key issues [View all] Number23 Apr 2013 OP

Thank you, 23, for the poll. Cha Apr 2013 #1

And one thing I think is interesting is that Boehner has already stated he won't Number23 Apr 2013 #2

Oh Yeah, the hate is ON and there ain't that's gonna Cha Apr 2013 #6

Who, exactly, are "fringe elements of the Dem party?" Demoiselle Apr 2013 #3

Weren't his proposed cuts part of his attempts to lower the federal deficit? Number23 Apr 2013 #4

I don't care if the vast majority of Americans (wrongly) consider him too liberal. Demoiselle Apr 2013 #5

Well, the definition of "fringe" is one who is completely apart from the majority on an issue Number23 Apr 2013 #7

I even heard Jamaal510 Apr 2013 #11

I agree Number23 Apr 2013 #13

Women are going to change the world as President Obama's agenda continues long after 2016. graham4anything Apr 2013 #8

Well, Number23 Apr 2013 #9

A president can only deal with the cards in the deck graham4anything Apr 2013 #10

You've really just reached the crux of the matter Number23 Apr 2013 #16

You wouldn't think it from all the despair-trolling in GD... n/t backscatter712 Apr 2013 #12

That's it! Number23 Apr 2013 #14

Probably coordinating in the Cave. n/t backscatter712 Apr 2013 #15