Is it all about Bush for you? - Democratic Underground

Jed Dilligan

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Sun Oct-22-06 08:55 PM
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Poll question: Is it all about Bush for you?

Just a quick question--wondering why we're all here.

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NJ Democrats

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Sun Oct-22-06 08:58 PM
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1. I cna only compre it to what I read

as I have come to age in the Bush Admin. I lived through the whole Clinton Admin but don't remeber much, and nothing that I cared about anyway. 2000 was the 1st year I was intrested in Politics.

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Jed Dilligan

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Sun Oct-22-06 09:01 PM
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2. Good for you.

But what do you think you would have thought then, had you been aware?

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nam78_two

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Sun Oct-22-06 09:08 PM
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3. What he said-I came to age under the Bushies too

:wow:

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Olney Blue

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Sun Oct-22-06 09:09 PM
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4. I was raised in a republican family, but became a Dem in graduate school.

I was passive politically until I saw how the blivet handled our country after 9/11.
Now, my main motivation in life is to curtail the power of the blivet.

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MODemocrat

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Sun Oct-22-06 09:17 PM
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7. Olney Blue, you're a very intelligent person

Even though you were raised in a republican family, you figured it out on your own. Not saying their
beliefs are wrong, but, unfortunately so many people are so in a rut, they never change. You did. That
takes strength and true character.

Congratulations on becoming a Dem.
:thumbsup: :hi: :dem:

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Chulanowa

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Sun Oct-22-06 09:12 PM
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5. There's always been problems

For instance, Democrat or Republican, our Killing-Other-People-Taking-Their-Stuff branch of the government is always going to be massively overfunded.

What Bush has done is piled on more problems and made existing ones more prominent, all the whoile stripping away the means by which these problems can be corrected. It's not all about him. He's the icon of what it is all about. The masthead. The overall symbol of all tha is corrupt, broken, and unjust right now - He didn't cause all of it, but he supports all of it.

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TahitiNut

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Sun Oct-22-06 09:16 PM
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6. I've watched this coming on for thirty years - ever worse.

It's not rocket science. Just take a look at ALL of the trends since the mid-1970s.

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BlueStater

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Sun Oct-22-06 09:18 PM
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8. My parents were both Democrats long before anyone heard of GWB

Edited on Sun Oct-22-06 09:20 PM by BlueStater

My opinions first took after theirs but eventually I would have formed my own reasons for being a Democrat.

I doubt I ever would of been interested in politics had Bush never become president. And my life would've been a lot simpler and happier too.

My days of being a naive kid were probably the best I ever had. I miss them terribly.

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Alamom

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Sun Oct-22-06 09:20 PM
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9. We have always had problems and will never see

UTOPIA....however, the Clinton years were great compared to most since I started voting in 1972. Always :kick: & for as long as I live.

My worst NIGHTMARE does not come close to what this administration has done to our country, our people and "others."

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VeggieTart

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Sun Oct-22-06 09:21 PM
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10. It's partially about Bush

He's a symptom. I'm far more political since 2000 than I was before.

But I will always remember going to vote in November 2000, seeing a few Bushies there and clamping down on the urge to scream something along the lines of, "I don't want to see the last 30 years of civil rights go down the drain!!"

I live in DC, the bluest of the blue "states," probably the only place where Mr. Bushie gets results in the single digits.

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Jed Dilligan

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Sun Oct-22-06 09:37 PM
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11. For me,

His candidacy was a wake-up call--I needed to stop being so picky and join the big opposition coalition.

Of course, I'm still tapping my foot waiting for the power to be actualized.

In a couple of weeks, I hope!

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Red Right and BLUE

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Sun Oct-22-06 09:53 PM
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12. A.

I admit it, I knew jack about anything political, nor did I much care, until Iraq. I considered it over my head. The comment that got me to engage:

"Those actors were porotesting the war. They're UnAmerican."

My brain said, "WHA?!?! That can't be right..."

Slowly I learned: I've always been a total white-hot liberal. I just didn't know it.

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TahitiNut

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Sun Oct-22-06 10:08 PM
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13. Challenge: Name ONE democracy who, in the last 50 years, has

... elected a less qualified, less articulate, less sane head of state. I can't even think of one that comes close to being as bad.

That is a problem with the electorate. No question about it. All the whining about election 'irregularities' aside, and I agree there have been appalling abuses, the mere fact that he could even come close enough to 'steal' an elections speaks volumes about the appalling state of our body politic.

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Jed Dilligan

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Mon Oct-23-06 09:14 AM
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17. Well, Hitler was elected

but that was a little more than 50 years ago. "Insane" and "unqualified to rule" certainly fit him.

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StellaBlue

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Sun Oct-22-06 10:10 PM
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14. the fourth one

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Unvanguard

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Sun Oct-22-06 10:12 PM
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15. Absolutely not.

My preference is for far more radical change than a mere Democratic takeover of the branches of government.

But I'll take what I can get; at this point, Bush is too dangerous for purist politics.

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Bucky

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Sun Oct-22-06 10:33 PM
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16. Great poll, thanks for thinking of it. I like Clinton's sound bite on this

Edited on Sun Oct-22-06 10:33 PM by Bucky

Yes, it was a sound bite, a cheap slogan. But it was a thoughtful slogan. Not "bring 'em on" or "Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists" or even "If people are talking to al-Qaeda, I wanna know."

When Clinton came up with a sound bite, it had substance, thought, balance, and depth.

There is nothing wrong with America than cannot be fixed by what is right with America

That wasn't just a cute slogan, it was true.

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