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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:14 PM Original message |
Why Republicans vote in lock-step, even when a majority of Repub voters don't support their action |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Republicans lead Democrats in donations in only one category |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. "They have to get their voters to vote for them." Yes by lying and appealing to fear and prejudice. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Actually I wasn't saying "they all serve their corporate masters" |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Maybe I was over-reading your quote |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Oh, by that I meant that very few view "corporations" as the enemy |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. They have the ethos of consumer protection and regulation which the Republicans seem to lack |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. It doesn't matter |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Pleasing the Small Group and Consolidating Power, |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think it's more that they are loyal to the party before the country |
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