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penguin7 (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:14 PM Original message |
The battle is not for the middle |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. He won because the way our laws are set in the Constitution |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. He won by securing the base, undermining the opposition, |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. he won by appealing to the center - independents- on national defense. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Well, maybe if the real progressives went and voted for a progressive |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. are you EVER going to define this mythical base? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Obviously, you are not reading my posts. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. so you're NOT going to define it? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. READ post 5. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I read it yesterday. Imagine! Asking for definition gets you "fucking ignored." |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. You can't read? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. of course I can. Where was the definition of the Democratic "base?" |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. classless, as usual. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. daring to challenge "progressive" dogma is "classless." I'll give you a shot, then. Definition?? |
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Malidictus Maximus (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Base= |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Thanks NCevilDUer...you are right on! |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Kerry only got that many votes, out of resentment for Bush. Not because he was better. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. so you don't think Kerry was better than Bush??? |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Yes, but only because Bush is THAT bad. And that's why Kerry got a record number of votes. |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. BS n/t |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Good argument! |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Sorry, but |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Again, what a great argument! And how convenient for you! |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. as Jim Hightower said |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. delete |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. MSM and DLC Democrats keep insisting the battle is for the middle, so HRC will get the nomination. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Dennis Kucinich/Ron Paul Ticket |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. No, it could never happen. They're on opposite ends of the political spectrum. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bush didn't win...ever. |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. The bulk of this country ... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I disagree. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. "Conservative America" is a myth |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 07:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. The only people that believe it's a myth ... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. See my post #18, above. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Amen, brother! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. I know you're getting roasted, but I totally see your point: |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
34. He didn't win. He stole the election through fraud, |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
36. Absolutely right |
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