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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 09:14 PM Original message |
Was Sen John Edwards really a progressive or not? |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's all really complicated... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. True |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Used political expediency to his advantage. |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Agree with your assessment |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Just another in a long line of opportunists in government |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. So do you think it was an act? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. If there's anything a lawyer is, it's an actor |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think that he had populist leanings, which is not the same thing as either progressive or liberal. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Progressive? No. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. can any millionaire or billionaire be truly progressive?....n/t |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yes |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Was FDR a progressive? |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Iraq War Resolution...... |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. The wonderful Elizabeth Edwards was a progressive |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. But Elizabeth was also willing to remain quiet about her husband's peccadilloes |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Sadly, and as hard as that is to acknowledge, you're absolutely right. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yes... |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. Mr. Co-sponsor of the Iraq War Resolution? Who never saw a free trade agreement he didn't like? |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. I thought so at the time but then my opinion of him was based on lies.... |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. I was suspicious of his born-again progressive schtick back in 2008 |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. No he was not, is not a progressive. n/t |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
21. He may have been once upon a time, but I don't think he ever was as a politician. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
23. He spoke of the Two Americas in the 2004 primary |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
24. He ran in 2008 on very, very progressive policy proposals including |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
25. John Edwards was (is) a narcissist |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. I was a supporter of his because I thought he cared about people |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. of course not. he was better than either Clinton or Obama though. |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
28. I'm not sure Edwards has a moral center or a firm political |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I always thought it was odd that he went off message right out of the gates in 2004 |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. Honestly- I just don't know |
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FreeJoe (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. I always thought that... |
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