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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 08:28 PM Original message |
WP: Blogs Attack From Left as Democrats Reach for Center (Dems ignore base |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. gotta add two more paragraphs: |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. This says it all |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Elmendorf = DLC Corporate Whore |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I hope Kerry doesn't rely on Elmendorf on his 2008 run |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 01:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. What did this guy say that was wrong? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 01:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. The Left has no influence at all |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. what he said that was wrong |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 05:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
52. If they are so few in number, why keep them in the party at all? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Gee how nice of them.. they want our money and energy, but |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. That's how the Democrats have treated LGBTs for years |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. They can give everyone equal rights... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 01:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. I didn't see anywhere in this guy's quote about "ignoring" anyone |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 01:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Take our energy and money, and give us nothing in return |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. What does he have to offer? |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 10:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. To politicians, we are just the flip side of the right-wing fundie base. |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. You've said it, Nickel.. |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. But there IS a two party system. The Corporatists and the rest ofus. |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I think it's a great idea - I already check off the little box each year |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Nickel, I would't be so sure about the negative. |
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pinerow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
55. There is only one party in the U.S... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 01:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Where did this guy say that "nothing" would be given? |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
54. Oh my....this is a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE mistake on the Democratic Party's part |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. Polls consistently show that most Americans support liberal policies... |
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ragin_acadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Okay guys, we've had a pretty easy time of it. Early on, the |
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RaulGroom (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. This could easily have appeared in the Washinton Times |
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benfranklin1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. The only truthful part of the article |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Waaaaaaaaaaaa! wwwwwaa! |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. This might concern me were it accurate, however ... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. well, IMHO--Reid has not been exactly jumping on the bandwagon. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 10:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. the new 'twist" is the Web-says a Dem strategist. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. I think that's accurate. |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. So Bush, with a 38 or so percent approval, defines the center? WTF? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
57. Yeah, if there were a vote about making Bush Ayatollah for Life, there |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. the corporate media hates us because to us |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. What if the Left IS the base? Dems can afford to lose more of... |
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farmbo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. BS alert...Author of this article has been BUSTED as a RW shill... |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. thanks for that information - I went digging and here's what I found |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I still think it's more political than it is the paper being threatened by |
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beltanefauve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 04:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Nice catch! |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. There's one part that really gets me, I do hope it's smear gossip but- |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. I will use some messages |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
25. Politicians are getting ripped off by their strategists |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Agree totally |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
26. who is this WP 'writer', Jim VandeHei? |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. Wow! Thanks for all that research! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
34. time to confront wapo again with the credentials |
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droidamus (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
35. Believe in something! |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. No bona fide progessive Democratic is going to describe |
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occuserpens (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
37. Blogs and campaign finance |
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mydreamcametrue (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
38. Uh...I believe the base is the "center." |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I think you were correct in 1999 |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
40. Majority of Americans support Dem platform but find leaders weak |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
41. "I'm not anybody's mouthpiece"? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
43. Pravda framing the issues again |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
48. They really are scared of us |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
49. How come we don't hear Republicans having this conversation? |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
51. Typical B-S implying that "center"-ing will reach a broader audience |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
53. excuse me, but aren't they supposed to REPRESENT us? |
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