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Tue Jul-26-11 06:03 PM
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Senator Kerry Address the Debt Limit on the Senate Floor |
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Tue Jul-26-11 09:42 PM
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1. That's what President Obama SHOULD have said. |
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Thanks for posting. I hope the President will just re-televise himself borrowing Kerry's speech ver batum. There are just too many people (such as where I work) that are clueless as to what the Republicons are doing.
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Fri Aug-05-11 01:53 PM
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4. sums up my feelings as well.... |
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apparently, corporate media prefers to mischaracterize those who speak the truth a helluva lot more eloquently than they care to admit.
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Wed Jul-27-11 04:34 AM
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2. Kerry's speech answered some of my questions about what is going on, but |
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I instinctively don't like the idea of a Super-Congress or Gang of Six making all or nothing decisions behind closed doors.
That happened with the health care bill, and the result was not nearly as good as it could have been. The House bill was by far superior to what we got out of that kind of sneaky process.
Again here, I, as a citizen, would like to see a much more transparent approach.
Boehner is recommending draconian cuts to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. Americans should be told just what those cuts would mean.
I think a log of Tea-Baggers would be outraged if they knew what the people they elected to Congress are recommending.
We need a lot more openness.
Kerry's speech reveals a lot more about the process than other things I have heard. But the whole thing is still far to murky.
Nothing should be decided behind closed doors. The Senate and House need to learn new ways to work that are more in tune with the information age.
We voters want to know what our members of Congress as individuals are saying.
Please no super-committee or super-Congress or meetings behind closed doors. It's too easy for members of Congress to lie about what they do when the doors are closed.
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Fri Aug-05-11 10:14 AM
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3. Right....no doubt if Kerry was in the WH today we'd be getting the transparency he always advocated |
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during his investigations of major corruption.....a position of advocacy that attacked the secrecy of government and, instead, trusted the American people with MORE information and shared facts.
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Tue Aug-09-11 07:09 PM
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6. Fortunately, we now have a Kerry (who truly believes in transparency) as part of this panel |
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I was worried that Warner, Conrad and Baucus would be tapped. I hope Murray and Kerry can rein in Baucus.
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Tue Aug-09-11 05:55 PM
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5. Now he's on the super congress panel for the Dems....no doubt he'll be facing false attacks from RW |
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Tue Aug-09-11 10:21 PM
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Edited on Tue Aug-09-11 10:24 PM by politicasista
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Wed Aug-10-11 11:43 AM
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8. ^^^^ let's see if truth can rise to the surface here at DU^^^^ |
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