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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:05 PM Original message |
I'm afraid, please talk me out of it |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. ... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. oh please, louis - you live in MA? |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm from the Boston area also. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. Let's be honest about the Northeast... |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'd like to help alleviate your fears but I cannot. |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I was brought up to admire black senators |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I wish there were more like you here. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Carol Mosely Braun. |
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spartan61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wish I could calm your nerves, but I agree with you. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have to confess that I have one of "those" friends |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. I know the feeling. But the same |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. How is being afraid supposed to be useful to you? If I were you, I'd work on being determined |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Oh, you misunderstand |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. i find solace in talking to voters. usually. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
49. This ^^^^^ |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
43. What's the matter with unions? |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 07:38 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Male, White, Blue collar, Union Memebers......... |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. These contemporaries of yours absolutely NEED Obama to win. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. Additionally, talk about how much Bush sucks and how close McCain is to Bush in his policies. |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. This is the area where Faux Noise and the Rush and Hannity's of the world |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. These people have been successully manipulated by the right wing hate machine. Racism, wedge issues, |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's a bad situation. In a non-bigoted country where |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. Me too. Don't think about "them" too much. Do your relaxation drills. Continue local activism. |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. It's funny that you sat that |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:22 PM Original message |
Sounds like a plan, but you will also need your Community. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's amazing, isn't it? I live amongst some of the reddest of the red(necks) here |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. the FEAR of economic disaster, dying without health care, global warming, etc. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. I just wish some people had thought of this during the primary |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I"m afraid I must agree |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. What is a safe candidate? |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. A safe Democrat |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. There are no safe Democrats |
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rndmprsn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. self delete |
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Odious justice (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. Speak clearly about what is important to people. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. To a racist it does't matter if a black man is a "baby makin' drug dealin' thug"... |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. If we don't win this election, you've got far more to fear than losing the election. |
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gratefultobelib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yes, I understand your fear, but I'm counting big time on the Democratic convention and the debates |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. people are stupid |
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whatchamacallit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. I say fuck 'em, let them burn in a hell of their own making. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. Louis Cypher(sp)? |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. i don't get the perception that boston is a liberal place. i lived there for years... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. my advice- start drinking heavily...and don't stop for 98 days. |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I don't drink |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. Tell them about McCain dumping his first wife. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
40. Ignorance is bliss ... |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
41. I think... |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
42. time to meet fire with fire |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
44. I have relatives who are using every lame-ass excuse in the book |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
45. be afraid -- if not the racists then the fixed voting will bring us down |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
47. Their Reasons Are Dumb, But Claiming It's All Because They're Racist Is Even Dumber. |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 07:36 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Why I say racism...... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. And Yet The Theory Gets Even Dumber... |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
48. Use talking points from that New Yorker article. |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
52. I believe people need time to adjust to the fact.... |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
53. David Axelrod....that is the guy.. |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Here is a link to know more about him........ |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
56. Just Do The Best That You Can Do |
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