Liberal Groups Threaten Sen. Kerry and Any Super Committee Democrats Willing to Work with GOP on Social Security
- Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:23pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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The hope many had that those in American politics would move forward more cohesively following the climatic debt ceiling debate over the summer, appears to be at a standstill and perhaps faltering. Congressional leaders on the deficit “super committee” charged to find at least $1.5 trillion in additional deficit reduction through 2021 by November 23 are yet to make a joint recommendation as their deadline quickly approaches. The Hill now reports that liberal groups are applying pressure and threatening former Democratic presidential candidate and deficit super committee member Sen. John Kerry, as well as any other Democrats who they suspect are working with Republicans to find a middle ground on entitlement reform as a part of deficit reductions.
“The Massachusetts AFL-CIO and other labor entities in the state have passed resolutions calling on Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) to publicly oppose cuts to safety-net programs,” writes The Hill. Concerns from liberal activists grew after a proposal emerged from Democrats on the super committee, which has already been rejected by the GOP, that proposed cuts to Social Security cost-of-living increases (COLA) as part of a $3 trillion deficit reduction deal that included $1.3 trillion in tax increases.
The Hill writes that since the proposal, liberal groups including the AFL-CIO and National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare are outraged with Democrats willing to work with Republicans in making any reforms to Social Security:
“Left-leaning activists noted that Democrats successfully united against changes to Social Security in 2005 during President George W. Bush’s second term. Bush’s plan never even got a vote at the committee level.
‘I am much more worried than I was [in 2005],’ said Max Richtman of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
Greg Jefferson of the AFL-CIO said Social Security has become the ‘low hanging fruit’ in deficit talks rather than off-limits as it used to be.”
Steven Tolman, President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, specifically targeted his Senator in a statement, saying: “On behalf of all workers in our state and beyond, the Massachusetts labor movement urges Senator Kerry to capitalize on his historic role by preventing any cuts to the crucial safety net programs that support millions of Massachusetts families.”
The Hill notes that despite comments from the President and many Democratic leaders in Congress who acknowledge that to get the nation’s fiscal house in order, entitlement programs canot be off-limits, liberal activists persist in steadfast opposition and have threatened those willing to compromise with Republicans:
“Still, some activists have warned senior Democrats in private meetings to distance themselves from the party’s supercommittee proposal, or they will face voter wrath in the 2012 elections.
Last week, AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka threatened to withhold critical union election support from anyone supporting the reported cuts.”
The L.A. Times notes that Republican congressional leaders have been holed up with their party’s super committee members in recent days to produce a proposal raising some revenue by selling assets and growing the economy while relying primarily on budget cuts to balance the books. Republicans refuse to accept a millionaires-tax that Democrats insist is wealthier households paying “their fair share” to solve the nation’s deficit problems.
Failure to reach a compromise by November 23 is expected to send shock waves through the fragile economy the way that the summer debt ceiling standoff did, ultimately leading to a downgrade in the U.S. credit rating. The Times notes that failure would also trigger automatic budget cuts that both parties want to avoid.
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Comments (154)
crackerone
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:07pmHe better be careful, or he’ll end up with ketchup on his face!
Report Post »RossPoldark
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 8:21pmYup, your peace and none violence activists at work!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 8:32pmHeinz, the company of 57. Fifty-Seven ? 57 ? Now where have I heard that number before ? Maybe Lurch, Who served in Vietnam, will earn another Purple Heart.
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 8:50pmFor the last 10 years, I have excluded SS from my retirement planning. No point in planning for something you’re not going to get. They’ll never fix it because no one has the spine, least of all Kerry. The next thing I‘m expecting is they will vote to take possession of everyone’s retirement plans for the good of the collective. Read those 401 plans carefully, the money is held in “trust” for you, and is not really yours. I don’t trust these jackwagons!
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:59amThe Dems are finding out that you reap what you sow. They have been in cahoots with out-of-control, socialist unions for decades. So it should not come as any surprise to Kerry or any of the other Dems when unions turn on them in a vicious manner.
Report Post »wntsmallgov
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 4:14am@ 1776. That is a very good possiblity. However, If the Dems do that then as a party they will be finished. Because all the independents who put so much into the 401K will no longer support them. I guess for at least 20yrs.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 5:21amAnybody voting to NOT spend 4 billion a day more , than we have coming in will face the wrath of liberal groups…… Anybody voting not to enslave our children to red china , will face the wrath of liberal groups, anybody voting to save the nation will be summarily executed by liberal groups. Arent commies wonderful ?
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 7:28amMy, oh my. The communists are already planning their purge of the moderates. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Guess the useful idiots and dupes are going to start realising that they are completely expendable to the Kremlin after all.
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 10:28amThe only difference between the unions and the mafia is that the mob would have retaliated and knocked of Trumpka long ago. That arrogant power welding jagoff has far to much unopposed power. IF a corporations gains as much power as the unions have, the government steps in and breaks them up or regulates their power. Well , that , or makes some favoring back room deal and make Comcast do something like offer internet access for $10 and netbooks for $150 to those who receive free lunches, in exchange for being allowed to buy MSNBC. This deal was brokered by ??? dah-da-da-dah .. Who else but AL Sharpton. Hmmm, wonder if this has anything to do with him gaining a position on air with MSNBC ? What kind of deal is that anyways ?? What did Al really do for the supposed poor people he says he represents ?? OF course, that program only had to be offered for a certain time period and have very specific limitations concerning service and installation. Yes, the Mafia has taken on a new face in this day and age. It is just to bad there isn’t nobody out there powerful enough to knock them off when they step on to many peoples toes. The mob might have conducted a great deal of illegal activities, but they also maintained a certain code of justice and honor amongst themselves. That is, until they started ratting on one another… I predict this will soon be the fate of these fools running the government mafia agencies as well. We can only hope
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 5:43pmKerry is a Libotard Phony, Leech………..
Report Post »Like to find Me a SugarMama Too !!
MIBUGNU2
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 5:53pm“Last week, AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka threatened to withhold critical union election support from anyone supporting the reported cuts”
Need to get these union THUGS away from Politics…..Threats, OOOOW !!!
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 6:17pmGAWD Damn politicians been dipping in the SS Fund for decades
Report Post »for their little Pet Projects.. Pelosi and Obama took 500 BILLION $$$$
out of MediCare to pay for that POS obamacare…
The F’N Leeches have sucked SS DRY, Now they are going to make cuts
because of their own incompetence. I say if you want to make cuts…you
elimanate The Congress Pensions and benefits and put it back in SS…
and have all Politicians draw SS like the rest of US…..
artistskeptic
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 11:13pmHow many more times will the voters of MA curse the nation by sending the idiot Kerry back to the senate?? Please reconsider, take him out and hang him from the mast ot his mlti-million dollar yatch that he chooses to harbor outside MA to avoid your taxes. I guess money and bs can buy the votes of morons.
Report Post »wolverine
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:06pmThe only reform Social Security needs is if you pay in you get money out depending on the amount you paid in. In reference to an old chinese proverb “No tickee no laundry”
Report Post »not funny
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:18pmAnd means-test it. Why are extremely wealthy people collecting it? Why are people who never even paid into it collecting it? It was enacted when people only lived to be in their 60s–now they live well over 20 years longer. Too little in–much more out.
Report Post »csbulldog
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 8:11pmSocial Security is a tax, not an insurance policy. As FDR said, it’s a way to “sop up” excess money. The only problem is the people started living long enough to collect. The Ponzi Scheme is over and means testing won’t save it. I‘m self employed and have paid in both parts for 25 years and don’t expect a dime back. The sad part is I’ve known this for over 30 years, why is everyone else so surprised?
Report Post »Patriot Z
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 8:15pmand make it voluntary…if you want NO part of it you get the option to opt-out. I can do better with my money that I earn over the fed anyday.
Report Post »Founding Father2
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 8:20pmTHE CAIN-GINGRICH DEBATE IS LIVE RIGHT NOW… http://tiny.cc/nqviw
Report Post »RossPoldark
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 8:25pmThere is so much abuse of our social programs, but one of the biggest is people claiming disabilities. How many of the OWS are getting SS for disabilities, and yet, they have the energy to be out protesting!! If they have that kind of energy, they can work like everyone else.
Report Post »1proud_Texan
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 8:03amI went to the Cain/ Gingrich debate last night. It was wonderful and refreshing! There was a lot of discussion on social security, Medicare / Medicaid and entitlement programs. They both have great common sense approaches. The respectful discussions were very informative. I believe they are both what this country need right now. They will be accused of throwing grandma off the bridge, but that is simply NOT true. I hope they continue this discussion around the country.
Report Post »cripplecreek
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:04pm“We’ve got to educate the American people at the same time we educate the President of the United States. The Republicans, Speaker Boehner or Majority Leader Cantor did not call for Social Security cuts in the budget deal. The President of the United States called for that,”
—John Conyers July 27th 2011
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 10:18pmYeah, I thought everybody had to have skin in the game according to our fearless leader.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 1:20amIf I recall he did so for Obamacare. (Obama did cut SS) Someone said the unions would turn on the dems. No way the progressives work together. What is stated is not real and used to convince people that each are independent from the other, but they are NOT.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:02pmSo in other words, everytime Congress wants to actually work by coming the middle, the liberals throw a fit and want the DNC side to go as far left as possible, even the most staunch Right Wing groups understand that we do need certain defense cuts, cutting of parallel and unneeded weapons systems funding, so they are willing to come to the middle, but no lets not having defenses against an ever growing list of enemies because we need more methadone clinics and $500 million loans to green companies that continue to fail one after the other (while standard energy sector companies that need NO funding as choked back more and more causing our energy to “necessarily skyrocket”
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:00pmDarn those pesky, party of yes Vietnam riverine warfare heroes, they just don’t know how to shut up and walk away from we the people! Happy Veterans Day John.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 10:23pmRemember, he served in Vietnam.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:59pmKerry spent 4 months in Nam, he is a farce!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:05pmFrankenstein had three ten millimeter cuts to his hands so he had to be discharged for his grievous wounds.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:36pmhey Kerry is a HERO…he cut himself shaving in NAM 3 TIMES!!!!
Report Post »Dustoff
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 7:32pmAnd 3 P/H. Yet never spent on day in a medical unit?
Report Post »How does someone do that?
Buck Shane
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 7:55pmKerry is in trouble. In order to get elected, he made some promises. He can’t deliver on them but he never thought he could – liberals are not very smart, so he got their votes. Now its time to pay the bill – and he can’t. Now, they are expecting him to be a genuine liberal. Since he’s not, he can’t.
Report Post »Kerry is a genuine politician. He’s been caught. Gore got caught, now it’s Kerry. Even with Heinz’s money, he can‘t keep ’em fooled forever.
Too Bad. Another one down.
natstew
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 9:23amKerry got a Bronze Star for running down and shooting an unarmed 16 year old Veitnamese boy.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:42pm@progressiveslayer
Report Post »I heard Kerry threw a hand-grernade into a rice supply to destroy it and it was 3 pieces of rice that cut him. And of course, the rice survived.
gwssacredcause
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:58pmThe middle ground the Democrats would have the conservatives seek is at the edge of a communist cliff.
Report Post »YoungBloodNews
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:58pmOh and since the BLAZErs wont write a story about it just a heads up, Boehner is considering tax hikes as part of the ‘deal’. The GOP will betray you!
Instead of hikes how about those 48% that dont pay income tax contribute a little something something, you know for all the infrastructure work and police/teacher jobs that they enjoy using/relying on.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:06pmBoehner needs to go, he has proved to me he is a wus! He talks a good talk with no action!
Report Post »DoubleThrowDown
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:29pmI wish Ron Paul would run for speaker of the house. I can only imagine things he would do for this country
Report Post »paulusmaximus
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:57pmI expect no resolution be the “supper committee” Progressives in both parties have no desire to restore our country. The pressure on Democrats is just smoke! GOD and Country are their enemy, more over Greece our Politicians won’t stop till we are broke too!
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 10:48amThe super Committee is illegal and Unconstitutional. All of Congress has to vote on budget members, not a select few
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:56pmOf course they are threatening…..That what they do…Here this big dumb lib Kerry has sat his lazy ass in Washington sucking off the government tit for years now,.Voting time and time again on “New age Progressive communist ” entitlement bills that directly break what powers the constitution have given him. Now when the till better know as the American tax payer to the progressive communist such as Kerry a piggy bank for unconstitutional entitlements has run dry . And it would take a man to stand up identify the problems address them and fix it..Guess what the monster he helped create is threatening him not to shut off the drug of government. . So now Kerry do your freakin job, cut spending or step down..Because unlike the occupy encampment dwellers you helped to create ..We the people that believe in America are feed up .We will vote again for men that have the backbone to do what is right from the start. So pack your crap and get your old lazy heinz ass out . Then you can get together with the rest of the numb nuts and cry about how we took everything away from you. Kerry another idiot who needs a god of government rehab center visit….
Report Post »Tired-of-fools
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:13pm@thevoice
Report Post »He hasn’t been sucking off the government tit at all, that’s why he married “Mama T”. Also, he’s a
1%er that pays little or no taxes because they have thier money in tax free municipal bonds. That‘s why he won’t release his tax statements even when running for president. He is also famous for being a cheap bastard. He’ll go into a restaurant and order food and expect it for nothing, or he’ll give them his signature on a napkin. What a guy. The world’s biggest phony.
garyM
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:56pm“Left-leaning activists noted that Democrats successfully united against changes to Social Security in 2005 during President George W. Bush’s second term. Bush’s plan never even got a vote at the committee level.
Report Post »___________________________________________________________________________________
And whose fault was the excessive spending when W was president, In view of the above, who created the deficit under W? No W didn‘t get a vote from the democrats on anything because the democrats were in control of congress much of W’s second term. The democrats took control in Jan of 2006, both houses of congress, the economic meltdown was in 2008, only after the democrats screwed things up, it was by democratic design so Obama could spout off about the deficit and lie about George W‘s failed policies in his campaign and most idiots hadn’t kept up with everything well enough to know a lie when they heard one!
Seede
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 7:06pmYour right in much of what you say but my problem with Bush was that he never brought it to the people. He simply laid back and let them walk over him. He could have at least picked up a fireside chat to the nation informing them of the gangsters who destroyed his republic. A guy might be down but he can still holler can’t he?
Report Post »mrzmac
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:51amReply to SEEDE…you are completely right…that is why I DESPISE Dana Perino and Karl Rove, their actions are the reason Obama (or any Democrat) was elected in 2008. They never once called the media on the lies they were spewing nor did they ever defend the actions of Bush to the media! Bush went along to get along but it was the Democrat Congress that destroyed our economy with silent cooperation from the RINO Bush administration! I love how the media when talking about Ted Kennedys’ Medicare Part D prescription program that was a godsend for seniors (they cannot find enough adjectives to describe how wonderful this plan is for seniors) so they no longer have to eat cat food so they can afford their medication but when they describe the George Bush unfunded Medicare Part D prescription program that is costing trillions of dollars (lie) they cannot invent adjectives fast enough to fully describe what a horrible program this is and how it is doing it’s part to destroy our country thanks to Bush! The hypocrisy from the media is so blatant! Plus, my feelings of disgust for Dana Perino were validated Friday when Bob Beckel said to Hannity that Dana is the type of Republican he is able to talk to…just the kind that is destroying the GOP!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 5:41am@ garym
Report Post »U nailed it…. Democrat congress buried us…
grandmaclown
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:56pmSomehow this will be the Republicans fault. Isn’t that always the case according to King Obama and his minions? If the left and the unions don’t get their way, they’ll turn on the people who have been giving them everything they want over the years. I am a senior citizen and I don’t want the union thugs or the bums on wall street speaking for me. Never thought I would ever get to the point that I dislike unions so much. We were a democrat family for years. I guess as you get older, you do get smarter. Thankfully we did, and I’m thankful to say my children are smarter than I was at their age. Can’t say as much for my son-in-law, but we’re trying.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:03pmI was a democrat when I was younger too, we all learn! Well all people willing to listen!
Report Post »psychokittis
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:17pmGrandmaclown-in the spirit of your post we need to remeber what Winston Churchill observed: If you‘re not liberal at age 20 then you don’t have a heart, but if you‘re not conservative by age 30 then you don’t have a brain.
Report Post »csbulldog
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 8:31pmMy mom was a feminazi-liberal and a child raising a child during the 60′s. She couldn’t believe it when I voted for Reagan in 1980, we went round and round about politics ever since. I made it one of my life’s goals to “turn” her. Hell officially froze over back in 2008…she voted republican for the first time in her life! It took her living with me and my family after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 and seeing conservative principles lived out. We took care of her through all 3 cancers over a 6 year period when doctors in CA told her to go home & get her “life” in order, “she wouldn’t make it 2 yrs”. It was funny listening to her talk about “those” liberals after so many years. She passed in my arms last year and I was comforted by the fact she also regained her faith before she passed! I am very blessed to have had her as my mom! We also took care of my husband’s mom before she passed, it‘s just what we’re supposed to do.
Report Post »steveh931
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:54pmWhy aren’t the Liberals threatening the GOP Lawmakers too? l.o.l. November 24th, Moody’s downgrades U.S. to “A” rating.
Report Post »YoungBloodNews
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:54pmHere’s my problem with Soc Sec., like a lot of issues in this country, its something EVERYONE complains about (yes we all know its a ponzi scheme and insolvent) but something MOST people dont want to deal with because it directly effects them.
I love hearing the old folks claim that this country is going down the tubes and will be ruined for ‘the future generations’ buuuuuuuuttttt dont take MY social security away, I paid for it after all!!!! Well thats hypocrisy at its finest.
The band aid has to come off, people will lose out, life is unfair, whatever adage you want but the bottom line is the ‘boomers’ need to come to terms with the fact that the soc. sec. system (as it is currently) must go. Spare me the ‘for the kids’ mantra if your one of those people who would rather this country crumble than give up your soc. sec. check.
PS soc sec isnt a retirement fund, if you poorly invested in your life and now hope uncle sam will carry you the remaining 15+ years till you die based on your small contributions then your missing the point.
The best Soc sec story is in Glenn‘s book ’Broke’ about the first person to get it (a lady I think) and how we have 2 workers today supporting 1 person receiving the payment. Worth a read!
Report Post »not funny
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 6:15pmSocial Security will have to be means-tested and the cap raised for payments into it. If someone is a millionaire or billionaire, why are the on Medicare or collecting Social Security? I heard Whoopi Goldberg complaining about how her SS better not be taken away because she paid into it. Yes, she may have paid into it, but I can assure you she will collect much more money from it than she ever paid into it. It was enacted when people lived to be in their 60s–now that has increased by 20 years. The math doesn’t work.
Report Post »csbulldog
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 8:40pmNot Funny……If you means test SSI then you must admit is had become nothing more than another welfare program, unless you let those people out of paying for it. Besides, there aren’t enough “rich” people for means testing to save SSI. Get rid of the whole program, come up with a private retirement program. There are families, friends, churches and charities to help those caught in between, but we have to get rid of the problem, not just the symptom. The problem is this dependency on government for everything from cradle to grave.
Report Post »dnewton
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 9:57amI remember my Dad taking me to a whistle stop speech in Columbus, Indiana before I could vote and Barry Goldwater warned people that Social Security was not sustainable. The warnings about sustainability have been repeated over and over even after the program was “fixed” by increasing the taxes. Barry Goldwater was demonized for suggesting that there was a problem on the horizon. He was criticized for warning the retirement community in Florida during the campaign. The people who are the guru’s of smart when it comes to environmental sustainability are the same ones who say that there is no problem with social security sustainability. The warning about the program eventually getting down to two people putting in and one person taking out has to be thirty years old now. No government program can grow faster than the the ability of the country to pay for it or you end up like Greece. They are like a person who wakes up in the middle of a surgery.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:51pmTOTALITARIANISM headed our way!
Report Post »Tear Em Up
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:50pmIs this the across the isle type of cooperation the big O was talking about?? I think YES!
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mikeleeandterrymartin/Number_88_Nov._5th._2011.mp3
Report Post »liesnomore
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:48pmGreece comes to the USA- BAKLAVA FOR THE PEOPLE!!
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:47pmIt doesn‘t look like they’re going to have an agreement in time.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:44pmBy the looks of things, it looks like the republican party for the most part is through, finished, what power we do have isn’t being exercised at all. My republican party let me down and soon i fear they may no longer exist at all. i hope i am wrong on this one.
Report Post »rpp
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:41pmLabor leaders, like so many other leftists, are trying push for economic collapse thinking, probably mistakenly, that they will somehow end up on top. This is al part of it. the next few months and years are critical.
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:39pmHear that haughty John? They hate you too. …Go give em a big hug…and write them a check…makes thing better.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:36pmKerry & Democrats have marched with anti-American groups before. He marched with Anti Vietnam groups (Winter Warrior) & marched with the anti nuke groups.
Somehow the anti-nuke groups marching against the Pershing missile never marched against the Russian SS-20. Of course one shouldn‘t make one’s paymaster upset.
So now Kerry may have to do the right thing & if he does, the people he has walked with will devour him. A fitting end for an opportunistic sh_it,
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 5:08pmWALKABOUT,
John Kerry will NEVER do the right thing. NEVER!
The only thing the citizens of this country can be thankful for where Kerry is concerned is …,thanks to the “SWIFT BOATERS”, he did not become President.
“SENATOR” Kerry was not born with a silver spoon projecting from his Anti-American mouth but.., he insured that he has lived his life as if it was.Can we all shadow talk like the O.W.S.ers? Kerry is a sellout for filthy lucre?!
The very idea that Harry(Barney Fife) Reid appointed this traitor to the “Super Committee” guarantees it’s failure. And of course Kerry is not alone in the failure guarantee.“ Barney” Reid also appointed Chris Van Hollen. I believe Chris manages the Maryland branch of the Nancy Pelosi fan club.
Reid,Kerry,Van Hollen,etal,are ALL progressive monsters.
Kerry is a Progressive Poster Boy! If President Dunham is not defeated in 2012 he and Teresa will survey the ruin of what they have wrought from their yacht.
He’ll survive though. He’ll pledge allegiance to whatever he needs to.
Just like the Germans who abetted Hitler. Just like the Chinese that abetted Mao. Just like the Russians that abetted Stalin. Just like the the Vietnamese that abetted Pol Pot…., on and on ad nauseum, John Kerry will survive.
How sad.
“We have met the enemy and HE is US.” POGO
Report Post »This is a double. I post from Wonderland. “Down is up. Up is down. We’re painting the roses red”.
And as the Chesire Cat says,”We’re ALL mad here”.
barber2
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:35pmSo what is the purpose of the unions forcing the result of a failure that ” would also trigger automatic budget cuts that both parties want to avoid ? ” Hmmm. Also wonder when we voted in the AFL-CIO and other unions to “tell our congressman” how to vote and what policies to adopt? Hmmmm. So we now have a new, a 4th branch of government, : the labor unions ? Hmmm. And we have their friends, the Occupiers, out there restricting traffic flow and right of access to public areas ? Hmmmm. The Founding Fathers must be twirling…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:33pmSo much for the ‘bi-particianship” the left is always screaming about wanting. They only say that when they want the Right to go along with the LEFT’s AGENDA! Scr*w you .. we will FIX all this after 2012 election!
TEA!
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:32pmWell, well, well! I guess the liberal leaders have taught their followers well because now they are threatening them to do THEIR bidding or else! Very Interesting…….these Far Leftie leaders have opened Pandora’s box and cannot close it again. It‘s time they realize this and do what’s right for this country before it’s far, far too late to change anything. I really believe this is their last chance as a free America to make a change for the better for our country and our freedom,,,,even for these Leftist Leader’s own safety and the safety of their own families. They’d better WAKE THE HECK UP. ASAP.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:45pmWow! They will actually threaten one of their own for seeking out the middle ground? Seems like the Republicans have been seeking the middle ground for some time and Obama says we won’t work with him? Now which is it?
Report Post »encinom
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:11pmBluebonnet
Report Post »Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:45pm
Wow! They will actually threaten one of their own for seeking out the middle ground? Seems like the Republicans have been seeking the middle ground for some time and Obama says we won’t work with him? Now which is it?
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The GOP has not been seeking the middle ground they are holding true to the Norquest pledge and will not raise taxes or get rid of loop holes. The New Deal era social safety nets must be off the table as long as the GOP stand by their oath to Norquest instead of their oath of office.