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Nancy Pelosi on deal: 'Embrace the suck'
politico.com ^ | 12/12/13 | GINGER GIBSON

Posted on 12/12/2013 2:14:22 PM PST by ColdOne

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told Democratic House members at a meeting Thursday morning to “embrace the suck” and encouraged enough members to back the budget deal on the floor to allow passage, according to an attendee of the meeting.

“We need to get this off the table so we can go forward,” Pelosi told her members, according to someone inside the closed meeting of the caucus.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: embracethesuck; pelosi; pelositalkingpoint; ryanmurraybudget
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To: NorthMountain

To make the best of a bad situation.


41 posted on 12/12/2013 3:38:48 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: musicman

oh waow


42 posted on 12/12/2013 4:02:18 PM PST by onona (The Earth is the insane asylum for the universe (yup, I belong))
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To: ColdOne

Sorry, Nasty .... per the eloquence of another notable Dimocrat:

“Resist We Much!”


43 posted on 12/12/2013 4:02:24 PM PST by mikrofon (Rev. 'Sharptongue')
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To: Dick Bachert

OMG !!


44 posted on 12/12/2013 4:03:09 PM PST by onona (The Earth is the insane asylum for the universe (yup, I belong))
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To: onona

What do you think the RINOS have been doing the last 6 years.


45 posted on 12/12/2013 4:05:38 PM PST by spawn44 (MOO)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
I’ve never heard that term before. Exactly what does it mean? Is it vulgar?

One Interpretation

Unofficial slang term used by the Marine Corps. Defines any situation in and around a war time conflict where conditions are undesirable. Also known as "The Shit." "Welcome to the Suck..." or "You are in the Shit..

46 posted on 12/12/2013 4:05:44 PM PST by onona (The Earth is the insane asylum for the universe (yup, I belong))
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To: fivecatsandadog

It’s a common expression among distance runners. In that context it means you should understand going in it will hurt, and don’t shy away from the pain because it’s a prerequisite to achieving your goal and validating previous training efforts.


47 posted on 12/12/2013 4:15:09 PM PST by NittanyLion
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To: ColdOne

48 posted on 12/12/2013 5:12:47 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I was referring to post 13.


49 posted on 12/12/2013 5:37:05 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

...that is, with that particular photo from post 13 included.


50 posted on 12/12/2013 5:39:00 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: NittanyLion

Thanks.


51 posted on 12/12/2013 6:20:23 PM PST by fivecatsandadog (Fivecatsandadog is really 3catsnodog)
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To: ColdOne

Don’t care what you say Nancy, I am not going to embrace you.


52 posted on 12/12/2013 8:24:52 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ColdOne
“We need to get this off the table so we can go forward,”

If we're moving toward economic collapse, reverse is a better strategy.

53 posted on 12/13/2013 2:57:32 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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