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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 12:42 PM Original message |
This, IMO, is the basic issue Democrats should run on -- Not run away from |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Golden Rule part yes... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Why? You don;t thinik most people can grasp that simple fact? |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Because it Happens Slowly, |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I partially agree but think that peopel are very well aware of it |
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johnnyrocket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. People are getting nickel and dimed and screwed at every... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. That's True. The Obstacle Now |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Lunchbucket Liberalism |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. "Lunchbucket Liberalism" is Being Forestalled |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. We need to start by talking straight |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I Agree -- That's Why I Think Dean is Such a Good Role Model |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. True -- He's hardly a radical leftist but he tells it straight |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Exactly...I believe the desire is there for basic reform |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. No, I don't. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I disagree |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I think if you try to use the "monopoly" tagline... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Learn from the Repubs |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. But that's the one place the sold-out elected dems will NOT go. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think a lot of elected Democrats would go there, but are afraid to |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. A lot? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. A lot to varying degrees |
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nancyharris (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. No offense – but these are empty platitudes with no specifics |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Compared to what comes out of most Democrats these are very specific |
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nancyharris (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I am 56 and I remember those times as well |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You sound like a defeatist about real change |
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nancyharris (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. To correct your memory |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. There are anti-monopoly laws |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. P.S. It's also a call for restoring decent values |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Decent Values -- YES! |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Good summary of values |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. Today, the gloves come off... |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. In the long-term, that's a pro-business orientation. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Exactly -- It all depends on how one defines business |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I'd go so far as to say even big corporations benefit |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Good point ...."We all do better when we ALL do better." |
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Cairycat (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
65. a quote |
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moggie12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. You got it |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. That is it in a nutshell. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. besides which |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Sloth and Indolence, rememeber? |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. me? lose the true faith? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Oh how could I have made such a rash assumption? |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. Two of my favorite Democrats.... |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. Share Our Wealth! |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. "Oh it's the Kingfish, the Kingfish..." |
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satya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. Dems: Govt by the people. GOP: Govt by the corporations. |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Sadly, it's not that simple any more |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
46. You're absolutely correct. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. That really is frustrating |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. kick |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Gee a blast from the past... |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I think it is worth another look |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Thanks. I wish some "centrists" would respond...Seriously |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. our party has some hard choices |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. they never reply to threads like this. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. There was no Holocaust |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. radical thought! radical, unapproved thought! |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Ralph Nader |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. in the past, when I've tired of waiting for the bloodhounds of the center |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. awful! |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
58. One of the best discussions I've ever seen here on DU |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Thanks |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
60. On trade.. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Yep -- "Free trade" is far from free and it's not just about trade. |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I think it could be made clear and simply presented. |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
62. I posted a little earlier that the Next President will have a |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-02-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
66. Kick |
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