DailyKOS speaks for itself. No comment necessary On Nov 8, 7:36 am, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Greg Dempsey <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:20 PM > Subject: [DailyKos] *? 2 > > [image: Rand Paul] Hi Team! *? 2 ALL: RAND PAUL: TEA PARTY IS 'CO-OPTING > WASHINGTON' - > [image:http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2009-12-17-610x.jpg] > The Huffington Post reports: "Kentucky Republican Rand Paul vowed on Sunday > to uphold the Tea Party's core principles when he is sworn in as a United > States Senator in January. Yet in an interview with ABC's Christiane > Amanpour, Paul struggled to specify exactly how he would implement bold > spending cuts. "When pressed on 'This Week' about which programs the he > would cut, Paul declined to identify individual programs. 'All across the > board,' the senator-elect said. "Amanpour challenged Paul, saying, 'But you > can't just keep saying all across the board.' Still, the newly elected > senator refused to budge. "No, I can. I'm going to look at every program, > every program." He later continued on the theme: 'You need to ask of every > program -- and we take no program off the table. Can it be downsized? Can it > be privatized? Can it be made smaller?' "Paul stated that he wants 'the > Republican message to be one of balanced budgets,' but made clear that any > budget balancing would need to come from spending cuts, not tax increases. > 'I think it's not a revenue problem, it's a spending problem,' he said, > adding, 'We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of > government.' "Regarding entitlement programs, Paul said that he would > consider raising the retirement age for Social Security, but that he would > oppose immediate implementation of any such action. "What I would say is not > the people who are currently on it and not those approaching retirement, but > the sooner we fix it, the better. So it may be 55 and under, but that should > be this year, we should be looking at 55 and under, what do we do to change > the system to make it more sustainable." "The senator elect was also sure to > deliver a message to Washington. In light of recent comments from former > Republican Senate majority leader Trent Lott, who is now a lobbyist, that > 'as soon as [new members of Congress] get here, we need to co-opt them,' > Paul struck a defiant tone. 'I think the tea party is actually co-opting > Washington,' he said. 'We're coming, we're proud, we're strong, we're loud > and... I think we're already shaping the debate.'" > [image:http://brooklynradio.net/files/1115_tea_party_sq.jpg] *Rand Paul: Tea > party > is "co-opting Washington" - what are your comments?* > *Greg Dempsey* > *http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SECULARHUMANIST*<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SECULARHUMANIST> > *Voice of the People* > ** > ** > > __._,_.___ > Reply to > sender<[email protected]?subject=*?+2+all:+RAND+PAUL:+TEA+PARTY+IS+'CO-OPTING+WASHINGTON'+-+WHAT+ARE+YOUR+COMMENTS?*>| > Reply > to > group<[email protected]?subject=*?+2+all:+RAND+PAUL:+TEA+PARTY+IS+'CO-OPTING+WASHINGTON'+-+WHAT+ARE+YOUR+COMMENTS?*>| > Reply > via web > post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyKos/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJyZzZsZTN2BF9T...>| > Start > a New > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyKos/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMjRsZzRnBF9T...> > Messages in this > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyKos/message/37377;_ylc=X3oDMTM3cmZ...>( > 1) > Recent Activity: > > Visit Your > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyKos;_ylc=X3oDMTJmYTEyZjVjBF9TAzk3M...> > [DailyKos] > A group for readers of DailyKos and other progressive sites. > Group Email Addresses > Post message: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List owner: [email protected] > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlOGs2dDk3BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycEl...> > Switch to: > Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Traditional>, > Daily Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>• > Unsubscribe <[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> • Terms > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > . > > __,_._,___ > > > > 2009-12-17-610x.jpg > 169KViewDownload > > s-RAND-PAUL-large.jpg > 14KViewDownload > > 1115_tea_party_sq.jpg > 74KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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