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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 12:55 PM Original message |
When was the last time we elected a liberal president... |
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hecate77 (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kennedy/Johnson |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. LBJ was a liberal president but the war took over his presidency |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yeah, back in the days before "liberal" became a dirty word |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. And the EPA as well |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Lyndon Johnson |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think Gore is quite liberal |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Define your terms |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. you define your terms |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Agreed, but the damage had been done by then |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. I started thinking about this, Gore actually is pretty liberal... |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. LBJ was the last authentic liberal |
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FubarFly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Anyone who stands for Democratic values is a liberal. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Ummm under this criteria |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Nixon in some respects was more liberal than any president |
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FubarFly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. The irony is that Nixon was in fact more liberal than some of |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. If You Sign DOMA Into Law Are You A Liberal? |
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FubarFly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You've missed the point. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:53 PM Original message |
Ok lIberals belly up to the bar. I am buying |
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FubarFly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. You're presenting a false dilemna. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. So you maintain that a liberal with great presensce and Charisma would win |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. An excellent question. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Ummm I am guessing your tongue is firmly in your cheek right? |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. no dear |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. Never... |
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Reality Not Tin Foil (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. Outstanding question. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. He Was A Hawk... |
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Reality Not Tin Foil (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Good! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Kennedy Also Ran On An Alleged Missile Gap With The Soviet Union |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. When was the last time we elected anyone? PS: Kerry is NOT liberal |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Kerry was our most liberal nominee since Mondale |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. no he wasn't.. |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Dukakis |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Dukakis was more liberal on every issue, even the death penalty |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. being anti-deficit isn't conservative |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. being pro-deficit isn't conservative..yet |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. its not a matter of left v right |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. name something positive which Clinton has left us.. |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. hope scholarship funds |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. is the Children's Health Insurance Program even funded? |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. 1948... |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
33. I gotta go with LBJ on this |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. FDR, Truman, Stevenson, LBJ, McGoven, Mondale, Dukakis were all liberals |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. Truman, FDR, and LBJ certainly were. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm sorry, but I have to include Jimmy Carter |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Hear hear! |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. If Carter was a liberal |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. the champion of deregulation.. |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. Oh, yes let's bend over once again & become just like the fascists to win! |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. was Clinton a fascist |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Maybe that's why the Dems keep losing or getting into squeakers that |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Kerry was not a centrist |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Kerry is very active in the DLC.. |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
50. How about Woodrow Wilson? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
53. LBJ |
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Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
55. But Kerry is NOT liberal!!! |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
56. I've seen lots of your posts, shouting for us to be moderate. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
58. Well, lessee... |
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