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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:37 AM Original message |
Who started this "Opposition Party" BS? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. The 'opposition party' is the standard term |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeah, what endarkenment said. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I've been here for quite a while now. I haven't seen it until recently. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Ah yes we must all be those bad types. |
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jackthesprat (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Bush nominates his chum for Supreme Court. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. No - we're the DEMOCRATIC WING of the Democratic Party |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. I do think this is new usage. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I use it with Irony. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. I'll buy that. Put it in quotes. The "opposition party". Actually, the |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. The major party out of power has always been called the |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yeah, I know that, but why the influx in usage of this term lately? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Because we, the base, are mad as hell |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Until these past 5 years, that is. |
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rabid_nerd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. Actually, a related term is "Loyal Opposition" |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
8. Opposition is not our name -- |
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jackthesprat (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Opposition Party is a British term. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think it has more vogue since Galloway |
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jackthesprat (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Galloway is great. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. In the British tradition, they have proportional representation. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I have no idea why that makes a difference. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. I've been wondering about that... |
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