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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 06:51 PM Original message |
What is this so-called "DU Moderate"? |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Moderate on DU means to the right of Gandhi |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. I Was To The Left Of Gandhi And Mandella On The Political Compass |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Very true. |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Moderate = Thoughtful? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I agree - and I like the OP's "platform" :-) n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's essentially a way to tell you to shut the fuck up and that |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. It somewhat depends on who is doing the describing... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well, for example, Pelosi "rebuking" Pete Stark. |
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Mutineer (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Pelosi is the GOP's best friend |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 05:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Rubbish. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Maybe she's a LADY and doesn't think that kind of talk in congress |
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Sneaky Sailor (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Amen, that is an outstanding point |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 05:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Great comment. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. K&R |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. Perhaps |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. You're so much more tactful than this 'DU Moderate' ........ |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. I always thought of myself as moderate. |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. to the left on social issues, to the right on fiscal.......moderate..n/t |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Actual I am quite left on fiscal issues. |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Agreed; |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yeah!!! I finally found my long lost twin... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. Do you think we should be patient right now while Harry Reid pushes through the FISA bill? |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. K&R for the voice of REASON in the wilderness |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. depends on the moderate |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. You might be a moderate if...you don't want your state to secede. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. . |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. A pragmatist doesn't HAVE to fund the war! |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. If your not a pot head, anarchist on DU your a moderate or worse |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 02:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I, in fact, actually am an anarchist. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 03:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. An anarchist |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I'm a rational anarchist. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 05:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
37. I don't think pot has anything to do with it. I'm a "moderate" on DU and a Socialist in public. |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. Listen to this |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. Some are centered between Arlen Spector and Darrell Issa |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. LOL! |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. well, i'd say i was a centrist-to-conservative dem |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
33. "moderates" are what stand between the status quo and real change |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 04:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. And chances are we'd be better off |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
38. I read your whole post. Yep, your're a moderate. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. Here's the thing about "moderates": |
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