"We just fucked this up. It is as dumb as it looks. You all are in the driver’s seat. There is no magic game plan.” “What happened?” Biden asked. “I don’t know, but most of us voted thinking that’s the best deal we could get and that the House was okay,” Graham said. “Do you think I would have voted for this so quickly if I thought it hadn’t been a done deal?” “Just checking,” said Biden.” “I’m not fucking with you,” said Graham. “I mean, it’s not that I’m beyond fucking with you. I’m just not fucking with you here.”
“What happened?” Biden asked.
“I don’t know, but most of us voted thinking that’s the best deal we could get and that the House was okay,” Graham said. “Do you think I would have voted for this so quickly if I thought it hadn’t been a done deal?”
“Just checking,” said Biden.”
“I’m not fucking with you,” said Graham. “I mean, it’s not that I’m beyond fucking with you. I’m just not fucking with you here.”
“Realistically, the tough decisions are not going to be made until 2013,” he said. “The American people haven’t been engaged adequately.” [...] “Those that take pledges that say ‘I won’t raise taxes’ or ‘I won’t renegotiate the Social Security or Medicare promises,’ I’m here to tell you, they’re part of the problem, they’re not part of the solution,” Walker said. “People who are of means and of influence need to start putting pressure on these people to rescind these pledges.”
“Those that take pledges that say ‘I won’t raise taxes’ or ‘I won’t renegotiate the Social Security or Medicare promises,’ I’m here to tell you, they’re part of the problem, they’re not part of the solution,” Walker said. “People who are of means and of influence need to start putting pressure on these people to rescind these pledges.”
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