{"id":33353,"date":"2013-04-26T19:09:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T01:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/26\/democrats-spineless-clueless-or-simply-self-centered.html"},"modified":"2013-04-29T09:38:33","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T15:38:33","slug":"democrats-spineless-clueless-or-simply-self-centered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/26\/democrats-spineless-clueless-or-simply-self-centered.html","title":{"rendered":"Democrats: Spineless, Clueless, or Simply Self-Centered?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Because either the Dems in Congress (and the White House) are (a) letting the GOP get away with nickel-and-diming away the inconvenience of sequestration because too many "traveling class" folks complained, never mind the actual poor folks who are actually suffering from the sequestration, (b) letting the GOP nickel-and-dime away the parts of the sequestration that they really didn't want, leaving in place the massive cuts that they did<\/i> want, or (c) too annoyed by the prospect of having to fly home themselves with the inconvenience of air traffic control delays\u00a0that they let the GOP get away with, etc.<\/p>\n

I promise, Charlie Brown. Just kick the football.<\/i><\/div>\n

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How To Lose The Sequestration Fight<\/a>
\n Last night, the Senate proved it can fix big problems for real Americans \u2014 so long as they\u2019re rich, or relatively rich, or fly for business or what have you. The short version is that late last night …\n <\/p>\n

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Because either the Dems in Congress (and the White House) are (a) letting the GOP get away with nickel-and-diming away the inconvenience of sequestration because too many "traveling class" folks complained, never mind the actual poor folks who are actually suffering from the sequestration, (b) letting the GOP nickel-and-dime away the parts of the sequestration … Continue reading “Democrats: Spineless, Clueless, or Simply 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