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underpants

(182,829 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2015, 08:55 AM Jul 2015

Remember "no one's read it"? Reid and Albright nail it

Remember the Republican talking point about the Obamacare bill? "No one's read it!" "It's 2,300 pages!" - 6 months later it was still 2,300 pages but they hadn't had their staff read it.

Yesterday Republicans couldn't wait to get on the TV and talking about how horrible the IRAN deal is. Sen. Corker was a bit diplomatic but he was about the only one. McConnelll - hated it. Boehner - hated it. They went overseas and got Netanyahu to speak about hating it. Rightwing radio and TV had all the regulars on to hate it. Given these peoples' track record on everything that pretty much tells you it's at least okay.

This morning I see a clip from yesterday, Sen. Harry Reid say "my staff hasn't read it. I haven't read it. It's 100 pages. I urge all Democrats to find out what's in it before deciding" (approx. quote)

Madeleine Albright was on Morning Joe this morning. She explained the false comparison to the Iran deal and North Korea. They had no deal with NK. They were working on it and then the election happened and it was dropped like a hot rock by W&Co. She put it very nicely. Then she said that at this point the opponents of the IRAN deal "simply don't know what they are talking about" (exact quote). Mika takes the show to a commercial with a split screen of Scarborough silent and stone faced.

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Remember "no one's read it"? Reid and Albright nail it (Original Post) underpants Jul 2015 OP

On course for the norm, hurry, jump up and say something, doesn't matter if they know what they are Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #1

Yea the warmongering turkey. Remember McCain singing: PatrickforO Jul 2015 #4

Maybe because they want to keep the defense contractors in business. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #7

Oh the arms sellers are loving this underpants Jul 2015 #9

It didn't help that Ron Dermer lamely argued "they're not going to become Switzerland." CTyankee Jul 2015 #6

Thanks for the description - it sounds like Albright did a very good job karynnj Jul 2015 #2

I believe that is standard... Wounded Bear Jul 2015 #13

they oppose it because Obama negotiated it. they oppose all things Obama... unequivocally spanone Jul 2015 #3

Yeah that was really telling underpants Jul 2015 #8

Why read anything when Fox will tell them what to say malaise Jul 2015 #5

Does this apply to the TPP also, or just the stuff we support? Calista241 Jul 2015 #10

I see demwing Jul 2015 #11

I agree underpants Jul 2015 #12

Thinkingabout

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1. On course for the norm, hurry, jump up and say something, doesn't matter if they know what they are

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 09:08 AM

Jul 2015

talking about, like the 47, send letters to officials of the nation in which we were negotiating. It seems like even the Iranians thought the letter was out of line. Scarborough has been saying Obama was too anxious for a deal. I don't know what is in the deal but I know I do not want Iran to get nuclear weapons. Now Bebe wants to bomb Iran.