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Ardent15 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 03:29 PM
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It sickens me to see Baucus described as a "moderate" Democrat
A moderate would be someone like John Kerry or most of the Democrats in the House. Baucus is no moderate.

Yet look at what the DSCC describes him as:

"Senator Baucus is known in the U.S. Senate as a moderate who works together with both sides of the aisle to do what's right for Montana and America."

<http://www.dscc.org/content?content_item_KEY=1448>

All I can say is, BULLSHIT!
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 03:32 PM
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1. He is a "moderate"...
Republican.
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voc Donating Member (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 07:26 PM
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10. +1
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BolivarianHero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 03:34 PM
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2. It's funny...
In most countries he would be dismissed as a market fundamentalist crackpot. Why the fuck does monetizing and commercializing health care make sense to anyone?
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 03:37 PM
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3. "...works together with both sides of the aisle to do what's right for Montana and America..."
Definition of what's right for Montana and America = insurance companies and corporate interests.

The people who voted for the SOB to put him in office sure don't get anything from him. He just takes a dump on them and then tells them it's what's best for them.

Please, Montana...vote this SOB out of office next time he runs!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 03:45 PM
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4. Can you write them a
letter and let them know what you think?
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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 04:06 PM
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5. He's the 53rd or 54th most liberal...
...or 47th or 46th most conservative senator.

That makes him a moderate by definition.
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 04:20 PM
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6. K-Street Max just does what he's told. It's foolish to try...
...to locate him on the political spectrum.
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frebrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 04:21 PM
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7. I regard him as the quintessential Faux Democrat

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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 04:28 PM
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8. He isn't a Democrat at all much less a "moderate" one. Pfft. n/t
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 07:23 PM
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9. How about "only slightly" Democrat? nt
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Joe the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 07:59 PM
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11. By US standards he's a "moderate".....
If this were any other western democracy Baucus would be nothing more than a hard right wing nut-case in league with fascists and other right wing extremists.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 07:59 PM
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12. Kerry is a LIBERAL, calling him a moderate is a fucking insult.
Anyone who thinks that "most" of the Dems in the house is a moderate is stupid. Typical reasoning from those that twist definitions so as to make everyone to the right of Kucinich "center-right".
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voc Donating Member (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 08:03 PM
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13. the best that can be said about Kerry ...
Edited on Sat Oct-17-09 08:06 PM by voc
is he appears to be a very nice man. Liberal? yes...by today's standards. So are the Blue Dogs.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 09:23 PM
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14. He was easily the most liberal of the serious candidates in 2004 or 2008
Edited on Sat Oct-17-09 09:23 PM by karynnj
including Dean. That is why Kennedy supported him and worked very hard for him in Iowa. Far harder than he worker for any other primary candidate not named Kennedy.
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