#NotNegotiable

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Friday October 04, 2013 · 12:56 PM PDT

2013/10/04 · 12:56

All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, shall be as valid against the United States. Article 6 0f the U.S. Constitution. #NotNegotiable Please RT.

If POTUS caves in on "shutdown over policy" or "debt ceiling as leverage", it is the equivalent of granting the House a permanent filibuster. But the Republicans "want something" - anything, so that it is precedent. That's why they say he gave them something in 2011 for debt ceiling raise, why not now? In 2011 I can see where POTUS saw the risk of default as such a setback to the economic recovery that he did it - but I don't think he ever imagined that it would be precedent. Doing it again however, wil clearly establish it as such. That is why he knows he can't.

Giving the House a filibuster option is NOT in the Constitution. In fact, Article Six of the Constitution states "All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.". Violating that is violating the clear language of the Constitution. I don't know why more people in the media aren't talking about this. He swore to uphold that Constitution, as they all did.

Screw Citizens United (for this)

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Wednesday October 02, 2013 · 6:51 PM PDT

2013/10/02 · 18:51

The government shutdown has the national blame game in full force. The polls are all in- weighing in with roughly majorities or pluralities blaming Republicans, fewer but still an astonishing number blame the Democrats (especially since Republicans are openly saying they shut down the government because they failed to repeal Obamacare 42 times, so they were defunding it as a last stand), and even more astonishing, a very small number actually blame the Tea Party. The Tea Party candidates are the small minority of Republicans who represent districts so Red they are forced not only to shut the government down but express "giddiness" about their "victory".

But which poll gave "Citizens United" as an option for the who is to blame for this mess?

None. But it was in fact, Citizens United, that opened the fire hydrants of cash into state assembly races that gave the GOP control of a huge majority of the control of redistricting. As of 2012, of the 235 districts (that Legislatures vs. commissions controlled), more than half were controlled by the GOP and only 49 were controlled by Democratic legislatures.

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Sunday October 21, 2012 · 3:14 PM PDT

2012/10/21 · 15:14

I live in the suburbs (the wealthy suburbs) of Detroit. After going through "hell and back", and as much as you think it should painfully obvious that if the Obama administration hadn't bailed out the auto industry, no one would have. And in this region especially, but also huge auto related regions (suppliers, dealers, commercial real estate, small business that cater to dealership i.e. Mains Street, and the largest source of ad revenues), in places like Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc., the economies would still be totally devastated. I talk to more people who think that auto bailout was no big deal and "we would have been fine" or "it would have worked itself out".

I simply can't believe what I hear. Even auto execs and some workers here. Either their memories are short or they believe in Mitt's fairy tale about it. Michigan should not even be anywhere near this tight. I think the stark reality of this disconnect has to be made to close the deal on "how big a deal this was" for these states and all of America for that reason.

I created this ad to make the point.for Michigan.

But we have so many creatives on Kos. I'd like to issue a challenge. Who can create an ad to better make this point like "If Detroit Had Died" or something else. Let's have at it my friends and we can vote on the best. Maybe we can even get it funded and aired. And maybe, just maybe it will wake up those blinded to the truth before election day.

Whose Winning? Join the #SkinnerDebateParty

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Thursday October 11, 2012 · 4:25 PM PDT

2012/10/11 · 16:25

I prepped Gov. Granholm to play Palin in the last election so I will be live tweeting on what is going on behind the scenes and (all the prep work beforehand). Value lines, camera considerations, zingers and the nerve game.

If you don't already follow me on Tweeter @nancyskinnerliv you can join the #SkinnerDebateParty.

My first prediction was look for a whole lot of "You and Governor Romney" and if Ryan asks Biden if he can call him Joe, he should say "only if I can call you Sarah".

My advice to Biden: Be Bill Clinton. :)

Here's my debate with Pat Buchanan on Hardball before last VP debate.

http://www.youtube.com/...

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Whose Winning?

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Whose Winning?

Joe Biden

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Paul Ryan

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The Real Debate in Michigan was the Auto Rescue, not Last Week

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Wednesday October 10, 2012 · 7:34 PM PDT

2012/10/10 · 19:34

With such a big national focus centering on Romney's surge in the polls in Michigan after the first debate, Nancy Skinner delivers her thoughts (in a YouTube spot below) on the "real debate" that Michiganders should consider. The debate was over whether the auto industry should be left to die, with unbearable consequence, or whether the new adminstration, led by President Barack Obama, believed in us. He did. He made a tough call against the polling data at the time. Romney said "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt". There was no private capital which would come to the restructuring table, not at that point in time. The President made a bold and courageous choice - to stand with the American Auto Industry. The loans are now repaid, the profits higher than ever, and today's headlines read: GM looking to fill high-tech jobs. Michigan and the country would have been devastated if a then President Romney had his way. This is the real debate in Michigan -and places like Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, where the auto industry touches everything from suppliers to dealers, commerical real estate, main street, and advertising. It's simple Michigan: Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive.The Real Debate in Michigan: Who saved Michigan- Mitt or President Obama?

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Should Michiganders go with a homeboy or the POTUS who saved their home?

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Should Michiganders go with a homeboy or the POTUS who saved their home?

President Obama

16 votes

Mitt Romney

0 votes

Please help Michigan's film industry

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Monday March 21, 2011 · 9:06 AM PDT

2011/03/21 · 09:06

To my friends at DailyKos:

I have a very personal appeal for you.

As most of you know, the working people of Michigan are under attack from our new Republican governor, Rick Snyder, and the Republican legislature. One of the things under attack are the film incentives that have spawned our burgeoning film industry, which was instituted under Governor Granholm. Check this out to see what the incentives have done for our state in the short time since they have been in place. The number of films (and TV shows) that have been done here in the last two years have created thousands of jobs for Michigan residents -- not just direct jobs in the film industry, but jobs in ancillary businesses like hotels, restaurants, animal trainers, casting agencies, accountants, lumber yards and much, much more. This isn't about Hollywood, it's about real Michigan residents working in real jobs. To read some of the thousands of stories we've collected, check out rickswrong.com and our Facebook page at /tellrick. Both the website and the FB page have over 5,000 sign-ups in just a month! You can also follow us on Twitter and use hashtag #rickswrong.

After hundreds of hours of work (through sickness and weekends) by our very small team, Sunday night we launched our Kickstarter fundraising project featuring video stories of real people whose lives have been affected by the film industry to fund a statewide ad campaign. This website raised $60,000 for a Robocop statue in Detroit in a week.

Now, with the numbers we have signed up on our petition at www.rickswrong.com (and the 720,000 Facebook visitors since Snyder's announcement) we can light the match on the bonfire and get this done in a week!

Here's the link to our project:

http://www.kickstarter.com/...

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Thursday April 22, 2010 · 11:07 AM PDT

2010/04/22 · 11:07

Last night I got thrown into the latest round of spitballs between Jon Stewart and Fox News on the O’Reilly Factor. I first appeared on Fox News in 1999, on Neil Cavuto’s Show, and continued to make countless hundreds of appearances through the years on all the shows. Currently, I’m a regular on the Fox Business Network.

This whole time I’m asked: Why do you go on Fox News?

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Monday March 22, 2010 · 12:59 PM PDT

2010/03/22 · 12:59

Do you feel different this morning? You should. Something special happened yesterday. I’m not just talking about the historic vote on healthcare reform. I spent the entire weekend watching the debate on all the cable channels.

I watched as the tea partiers got nasty. I’m not just referring to the racist and homophobic slurs, but the majority of the crowds with signs talking about communism, socialism and-the-end-of-freedom-as-we-know-it types. I saw Dems on TV trying to answer why they were proceeding in the face of poll numbers that showed the American public opposed the bill by a small margin, whilst John Boehner and the gang insisted that it was in violation of the consent of the governed. Nevermind that the GOP wasn’t too concerned about consent of the governed when they impeached Clinton. All polls showed only between 17% and 25% support for that option, yet they persisted.

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Tuesday March 16, 2010 · 5:32 PM PDT

2010/03/16 · 17:32

I lost my U.S. Senate primary race to Barack Obama six years ago today. I remember because it was my birthday. I also remember something that our President, then state senator, said in a light moment during the campaign after I impersonated him and he shot back one of me, "All we need is courage and big bold ideas," he said in his best high-pitched Skinner voice. He was right on with that as I repeated that mantra at every chance. I was pleased to hear him say it yesterday in Cleveland on his last- minute pitch to pass healthcare reform.

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Tuesday January 26, 2010 · 5:55 PM PST

2010/01/26 · 17:55

The news that President Obama will announce a three year spending freeze has set off the usual fire storms on both the right and the left. It’s like the beer commercial for Bud Lite. Too light. Too heavy. Just right.

It’s Too Lite Crowd

Boehner and the boys are screaming that it’s not enough, a measly $250 billion over the decade and they should really be manly men and do something about the entitlement costs exploding the deficit. Uhhmm you mean like healthcare? Even the meek Senate bill was scored by CBO as reducing the deficit by $127 billion over the first decade and $650 over the second and the GOP went ape-do do over that. A more muscular bill with a public option would have dramatically lowered healthcare spending by both the public and private sectors.

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Thursday January 21, 2010 · 3:11 PM PST

2010/01/21 · 15:11

I've been watching the autopsy reporting on the Massachusetts Senate race. It's simply mind boggling. I was on CNBC and Fox Business Network the day of the election trying to predict "what a Brown win means" like everyone else. The next day, we heard it all. The right says it’s a revolt against Obama's "big government" or "his "government takeover of healthcare." The left says that people were mad that the healthcare bill did not go far enough and should have included a public option or that Martha Coakley blew it by sunbathing in the Bahamas instead of shaking hands in Beantown.

Let's fly above the whole situation at 40,000 feet and see what we learn.

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Thursday October 29, 2009 · 10:35 AM PDT

2009/10/29 · 10:35

I sent this out to my mailing list today. Please check out the site, pick a Blue Dog to "hound" about the public option and contribute at the BlueDogHunt page on the Progressive Change Campaign Committee ActBlue page at the "Contribute Here" link.

We want to show the Blue Dogs that if they act like real Democrats, we'll support them and help to get them re-elected, but if they don't, we'll support more progressive candidates to defeat them.

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