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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 08:10 AM
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A line in the sand for me.. I stand with the Democrats and the President


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There it is.. the line in the sand.

I am not leaving my party for a left of aisle tea party lite.

I am standing with the President.

He is the elected leader of the Party I have been a proud member of for decades and still am.

I don't bend to the first wind that blows against me.

As long as my elected officials are law abiding decent people trying to get the party platform through.. I am not going to kneecap them from the sidelines.


You either stand together or you get mowed over.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 08:14 AM
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 08:22 AM
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3. Unfortunately, the Democratic Party is leaving the Democrats.
The "center" is now "center right," not the center between the 2 parties. Republicans stand their miserable ground and Democrats scrape and bow to make them happy. We're already getting mowed over.
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KansasVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 08:27 AM
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4. Yes, blind support is a great idea! nt
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 08:28 AM
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5. And what happens when they don't stand with you?
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zipplewrath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 08:31 AM
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6. Bingo
The OP is signing on to a constantly moving target. Not sure how one can declare unending support for policies of which they are currently ignorant due to them being undetermined.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 08:33 AM
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7. nice work equating progressives/liberals to the tea party crowd. thanks nt
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 08:34 AM
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8. Me too - but maybe less enthusiastically than you
There really is no alternative in today's political reality.

I support the president and the Democratic Party also, although I'm not impressed with their ability or desire to follow traditional party policies.

I'd feel a lot better about them if they stood for something.

But I won't desert them. Right now that's the best I can do.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 08:35 AM
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9. Too bad you can't even express yourself on a Dem board w/o
Dems attacking you. What is wrong with this picture? :crazy:
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 09:26 AM
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13. The thing is, she expressed herself by characterizing others
Her post says 'stand with anti-equality religionists aginst your own family or you are a violent Tea Bagger trying to 'kneecap' the President. A horrible, awful thing to say about others. That is not self expression, it is editorializing about other people. The OP could have stated her position without trashing others. Civility is allegedly our common goal here.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 09:33 AM
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14. yeah, how *dare* DEMS respond when they are attacked by
Edited on Wed Nov-17-10 09:39 AM by jonnyblitz
Peacetrain in her OP. :sarcasm: Contrary to what you might think, DEMS who think like you and Peacetrain are NOT the only ones allowed to "express themselves" here at DU.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 09:42 AM
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15. Is her opinion not allowed now? And does anyone have the
right to challenge her 'opinion'? I don't think so. Not even you.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 08:37 AM
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10. Really? So where do the President and the Democrats (which ones?) "stand"?
To "stand" implies taking a hard stance from where one is not moved and there are not a lot of issues where the President and Democrats (members of Congress?) seem willing to stand and draw a line in the sand, but they do seem willing to compromise and offer concessions quite casually.

Is "a line in the sand" the same as "my party, right or wrong"? Because the President and Democratic members of Congress need a line in the sand as well.

Are we going to have a loyalty oath thread?
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 08:59 AM
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vi5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 09:22 AM
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12. Good luck with that.....
It's a good thing that line is in the sand and not something more permanent because I'm sure in order to keep that oath and keep up with the Democratic party and the president you'll need to be erasing it and moving it to another location a few hundred more times
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 09:55 AM
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16. So you will stand with
Edited on Wed Nov-17-10 09:57 AM by MadHound
The lack of a public option

The continuation of the Bush tax cuts for the rich

The destruction of SS, Medicare, Medicaid, the yanking of the mortgage interest deduction and whatever other attacks on the middle class comes out of the President's Catfood Commission

The failure to end DADT

The ongoing horror of two illegal, immoral wars

The ongoing erosion of our civil liberties

The attack on public education

That's a hell of a stand you're taking, none of it good.
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 09:56 AM
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17. I stand with you, the Democrats and the President. n/t
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AndrewP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 10:15 AM
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18. I'm 100% Democrat
That doesn't mean I can't be critical though when I don't agree with my party leaders.
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 10:17 AM
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19. Who is left of aisle tea party lite?(sic) nt
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 10:51 AM
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20. Of course, nobody would be so crass as to remind you that the party platform
called for a public option in Health Care Reform - and that it was dropped not due to Republican opposition but it was the Democrats who abandoned it without debate in congress, not fighting for their own platform.

Nobody but the left of the aisle tea party lite would dare want a public option.
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Safetykitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 10:52 AM
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21. I do also. No more critical remarks from me.
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Bobbie Jo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 03:21 PM
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22. K&R
:kick:
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