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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:17 PM Original message |
The real danger for Obama and the Democrats is not people voting Republican |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I am on the fence. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Me too. How many times am I going to vote for someone who promises "real change" but |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. You said it. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
65. We might think in terms of "PLEDGES" -- but obviously . . . |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:06 AM Response to Reply #65 |
89. You bring up a good point about Plan B |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #89 |
146. This has been being discussed -- corporatism -- for decades now . . . |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
73. Thank you |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
81. Vote a 3rd party if you find one that represents your interests and ideologies |
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NoUsername (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #81 |
92. Spot on. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Great quote by a great man |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. No. The real danger is Obama and our Dem representatives failure to do the right thing. |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. GOP Being Old Toast, Does _NOT_ Excuse ... |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. I totally agree. Many non voters voted for the first time or the first time in years for Obama. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are you trying to predict what will happen in 3 years, without knowing |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Would be nice to have the luxury of 3 years. Those pesky midterm elections could cause us some pain |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Exactly. They will then have the "momentum" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
66. Actually, only 20% of voters are identifying as Repug . . . that gives us MOMENTUM . . . |
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Delver Rootnose (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:11 AM Response to Reply #66 |
96. 20% self identifying as Republican... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I realize that, but the OP sounded to me like he/she was referencing |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Didn't mean to. But every time someone complains around here, the response is |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. I see. There are 3 years to go for that but I do think losses in the midterms will make it harder |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
121. We can ALSO use the mid-terms, to elect the most progressive people |
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chowder66 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #121 |
134. Agreed! |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
77. Oh, Please. Obama Can't Get Anything Done NOW, With a DEMOCRATIC Congress. |
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AusDem (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:58 AM Response to Reply #77 |
99. i wouldn't go that far |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:10 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Reconciliation. |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #99 |
114. I'd go that far, and then some. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #77 |
120. This is why Texas keeps getting GOP govenors.... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. The other real danger is a lack of excitement. |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. I will never vote a straight 'D' ticket again. |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
58. I agree with you |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Turning voters off and away from the polls is a prime way to move parties to the right ... |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #67 |
78. Refusing to Vote For DINOs Is the ONLY Way to Reclaim This Party. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. As Michael Moore and Wm. Greider have advocated it . . . |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #67 |
136. Plan B is Kucinich leaving the Dems and |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
79. Didn't we suffer enough between 2001 and 2009 the last time people did that? |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #79 |
135. Maybe we need to suffer more |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. exactly... |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #135 |
144. Yeah, "politique du pire" has worked so well wherever it's been tried |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #79 |
137. Didn't Bush steal the elections? I recall something like that... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
109. After Bush, I will never vote a single R again. |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #109 |
140. I would never vote for a republican. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not only not voting, but many not helping to GOTV that helped last time... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
107. EXACTLY. That's what happened in the Virginia Governor's race. |
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Pretty_in_CodePink (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
124. Agreed! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Still cultivating self-fulfilling prophecies, I see. Why don't you just tell us more about what our |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Why not ask me that in a year? We shall see who was right. n/t |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. At least I will be able to learn from whatever mistakes **I** make rather than shifting |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. You are absolutely correct |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. What will sink them is allowing the Blue Dogs |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. "Reid needs to go nuclear and he needs to do it now." |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
102. Great toon! |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. Health care won't be the issue; jobs WILL |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
68. Evidently, the JOBS program will create jobs THRU CORPORATIONS????? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. Let's replicate NJ across the country. One thing I can say about the GOP is |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. Why (????) don't all of you just make this REAL by posting under your REAL names? AND you need |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
141. Some of us *do* post under our real names. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. PUT YOUR ISSUES ON THE TABLE & let us see if "we" are with "you" or not. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. * * * crickets * * * - that's what I thought. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. He/she did. "WAR, DEFICITS, ECONOMY, and BAILOUTS." - from the OP. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Starters. Needs detail and prioritization before I can decide. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. P.S. No Deal. |
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Strathos (713 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. I can say if things don't change |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. The danger is complacency and nonaction. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. These dogwhistlers think they can break this thing and then just put their policy/issues (whatever |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. all of which we're getting RIGHT NOW due to Wall Street- and Blue Cross-written policies |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
127. Well Then "As Citizens" Why Can't We Actually Be On the Receiving End |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
143. I agree completely |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. Even worse is the danger of people staying home *before* the election |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. Its the Limbaugh effect...."I want him to fail"..... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You should see the piece of work Americans for Prosperity HIRED for our state house district, |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. 2016 is a long ways off for people to make a decision about "change". |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
34. Agreed. n/t |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. Apathy among progressives is a real threat. That is why the Neocons |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. It's not apathy--it's a conscious and passionate decision to return to progressive roots: |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. It's not apathy. It's born out of anything BUT apathy. Apathy is when you just |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Yeah, that is why they always praise him, right |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. yup, like me for example |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
38. If all voters stayed home, TPTB wouldn't get their rubber stamp from "the people" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. The Dems should not be complacent: Look what is happening in the UK |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. Hey, I'm voting for one Democrat so far. My congressman. I'm sure I'll vote for other on the local |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
43. I can sum it up in one sentence |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
44. In other words, the the real danger for Obama and the Democrats is... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
69. Obama and the Democrats . . .financed by corporations . . . |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
45. And a danger for Obama and the Democrats is not acting like Democrats. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
46. "It is people staying home because they see no point in voting" |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
47. I just hope to see change I can believe in |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
48. You hit the nail on the head. We have lost so many times because |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
70. More people need to be voting by absentee ballot . . that's easy, even in mid-term elections ... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. That's true and they better get busy |
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keitai (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
51. I think the bigger picture is important here. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
71. Come on . .. the real problem is that the only competititon for Dems comes from the RIGHT . . . |
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keitai (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #71 |
95. Spot on. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #51 |
86. Bush and co/ had no problem shoving their shit down our throats..none at all! |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:34 AM Response to Reply #86 |
98. +++1 spot-on as usual, flyarm--I can't improve on that righteous rant |
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placton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
55. For over 45 years |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
56. Change has to be big, and blazingly obvious |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
57. People pinned underneath busses tend not to be in the voting mood... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #57 |
72. More should sign up for Absentee Ballots . . . I understand what you are saying . .. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
59. It's not just the "less-than-dedicated" voter |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
74. Many of us have been asking that for 20 years . . . HOWEVER . . . |
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Unca Jim (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
60. Well... |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
61. "If... |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
62. I see change. Didn't you notice all the collector's plates and t-shirts???? |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
63. We dealt with that this year |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
64. Over decades now our elections have been so corrupted as to keep voters home . . . |
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sheldon (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
75. Change takes time... things wont turn around overnight. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
76. Ooooh! Ooooh! I know the answer! |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
82. No change?...Here is a list of accomplishments: |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
83. Michael Moore sums it up correctly. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
84. that's always the problem with off year elections |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #84 |
91. Absentee Voting was really moving here in NJ with Crozine . . . |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
85. Karl Rove's mentor once said that the goal for the R's is to suppress Dem Turnout |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #85 |
90. You're so right . . . and it's this kind of frustration with Dems which will send |
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Skelly (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
87. WOW! |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #87 |
93. We unite for one final issue: |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
88. That is it in a nutshell, n2doc. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:26 AM Response to Reply #88 |
97. I don't like that either. He pissed off the Norwegian people |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
101. Well? Heard your gripe? What's your solution? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
103. Many who voted for the first time last time won't more than likely in 2010. |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
104. vote Democratic to keep out Republicans |
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Aleric (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
105. You're right. Suck it up Dems. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
106. For those who don't believe it, Virginia was the demonstration of that VERY real danger. |
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BobRossi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
108. I should have followed my gut feeling last election. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
110. I, for one, will be participating in primaries. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
111. Staying home is a default Republican vote |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
112. You said it. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
113. the "mccane would be better" reply to any posts against Obama is the new... |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
115. Yes, there needs to be a coordinated expression of progressive sentiment |
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groundloop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
116. I don'e exactly see it this way - I WILL vote, for the party that is closest to my values |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
117. Unlike the Democrots |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
118. A lot of disenchanted people will not be staying home. |
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TwentyFive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
119. Devils advocate: Change comes....s l o w l y, |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #119 |
130. change doesn't necessarily come slowly |
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MARSHALOTIS (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
122. STRANGER/DANGER |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
123. It's Like a Band-Aid on a Massive Head Wound But We MUST Do it! |
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inchhigh (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
125. A Matter of Trust? |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
126. Not FLAME Here, But I Regrettably Must Say That I Too Am On The Fence! |
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SweepPicker (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
128. How True |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
129. In retrospect, I realize my vote for Obama was a vote for the republicans. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
131. I'll vote for the other democrat if necessary. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
132. Our only hope for 2010 is the teabaggers splitting the Republican vote. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
133. Voting hasn't mattered in the US since 1992... |
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ballantine (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
139. I wouldn't be too worried about the Republican base anymore |
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showpan (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
142. Forget the midterms |
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704wipes (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
145. screw it I am voting R |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
147. I will not vote repuke no matter what, I will go Indy or other...nt |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
148. Very few liberals will lose their seats next year. |
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