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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:30 PM Original message |
The Democratic Party "retards progress toward presenting a genuine alternative." |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Heartbroken K & R nt |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Democratic party acts as release valve for discontent |
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AmericaIsGreat (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. For now |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. When the people actually start believing in the positions you are talking about, the Democratic |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. The public option polled well over 70% time and again |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 04:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Lieberman killed it. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Congress considers "enacting such a policy" only if approved by corporate paymasters |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Yep! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 07:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Lieberman the all powerful! |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 07:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. "We didn't need his vote-" |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 07:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. No, when I say this stuff it's because it's so |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 07:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. "if it there was actual leadership on the matter" "sorry spectacle" |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Actually it's the way the rules work- and also this little deal called arithmetic |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Spewage |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:21 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Reconcilaition- 50+1 made Lieberman & Nelson irrelevant (Conrad lately of Bush tax cut fame, too) |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Nope. Many more would NOT agree to PO in reconciliation |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Well, I was there doing the analysis for a domestic non-profit- paying close attention |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. You may be right. I hope your tone offends a few more into abandoning politicians who also mock them |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 04:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. A tiny part of me hopes for the same. It will hasten the process of them converging with reality. |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 04:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. 3 or 4? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 04:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Good point. n/t |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Democrats keep us out of wars? End wars? eh? |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. But they secretly desire to keep us out of wars. They secretly desire to end wars. Isn't |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. Ok, you've sold me. Cthulu it is... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. And Wellstone would have been attacked for voting for DOMA. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. He did vote for DOMA and later, it haunted him. |
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Cary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
44. Anti-democratic party "Democrats" seem compelled to buy into |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. The answers are simple even to me. |
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Phlem (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yep |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. This is my biggest complaint about the Dems!!! |
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anAustralianobserver (440 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. Instant-runoff voting: a simple solution that would only improve the 2 big parties :D |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. yup |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
54. Instant Runoff Voting does not work as advertised, and has unintended consequences |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. who are the weasels? |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Careful.. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. K & R nt |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
14. Didn't he die in 2002, how is this relevant to today? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. It's relevant because Wellstone stood up for- and didn't just pay lip service to |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. You mean Wellstone the Pragmatist? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Nope- not tawdry talky pointy memes- but courageous deals |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
19. If you ever hear of a third party that bothers to take elections seriously, let me know |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
27. K&R |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
28. dumping syndrome n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
36. Wellstone the Pragmatist |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Paul Wellstone has been gone long enough to become an |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Agreed - and Franken is a great Senator |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I think he has the makings of a great Senator. I look forward to |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
46. beyond sad but unquestionably true. Too many Dems are corporate enforcers who rely |
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Eyerish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
47. K&R |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
49. So change it. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
51. Yes |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
52. Am I the only person who read the headline, um, differently? |
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