Then there is this...

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17. ".. believes in the long game".. and a Long strategy it is

for the President and his advisors. Others are content to froth and threaten to quit their voting rights to show off how loud they can whine. It worked so well in 2010.

I imagine smartypants was quite a handful for her mom! How wonderful for her she was able to finally embrace her intelligence and let the world in on it.

Another view to ponder.. the whole piece needs to be read but here's a snippet..

So let's recap. The Left's reactionaries would rather defend the failing status quo on the social safety net than:

•Add life to the Social Security and Medicare trust funds.
•Wipe out poverty forever for the poorest when they retire after a lifetime of backbreaking, minimum wage work.
•Force pharmaceutical companies to stop raiding our treasury for seniors' medications.
•Ask the wealthiest seniors to pay a higher Medicare premium.
•Close tax loopholes for the rich.
•Institute universal preschool.

http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2013/04/for-ideologue-left-social-security.html

thank you again for smartypants, she.