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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 02:59 PM Original message |
Poll question: Vote your conscience and lose, or compromise and survive? |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not enough info |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I agree, it REALLY depends on the issue and the alternatives |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I don't see how anybody could judge |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. you can never represent all of your constituency's opinon |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Agreed - compromise is a slippery slope |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. that's not the scenario here... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. This happened to... |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. But one could say that on ANY issue on the Dem platform |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. My analogy can be taken both ways. My purpose was to... |
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aldian159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Great Rankin analogy. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. You represent your constituents. Period. |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. JFK would have voted b. Profiles in Courage is all about that. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Is that why JFK tried to dodge MLK Jr? |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. You lost in the desert and dying of thirst... |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Representatives are supposed to represent |
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dofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. As soon as I read the description |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's not like we haven't compromised before.... |
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goobergunch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-03 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. I hold a constituent meeting that day and convieniently miss the vote. n/t |
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