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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:45 PM Original message |
Can somebody explain this to me? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because politics is always about fear...be afraid of the other guy... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. It wasn't about fear in 2008, thankfully, and that's why people came out in droves to.... |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good question |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well said. K&R. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Heh... Someone's going to lay "The List" on this thread in 3.. 2.. 1.. n/t |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I have been awaiting the "list" all day and am surprised not to have seen it |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. It shows me, as I suspected during Bush2, that the minority party has more power to obstruct |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. So you don't understand the filibuster? Moderate Democrats? Oh, and the Democrats actually got quite |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I do, apparently you don't since you missed the point. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. ".......they didn't know what the filibuster was until Obama......." Really? |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I posed this question to someone the other day |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. we can all leave the veal pen any time we want. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Stretch, |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. and your voting message is? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Obama is a republican president |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I've been very happy with his 2 Supreme Court picks |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The only way a supreme court justice is approved is if the minority party allows it |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. Let me explain it to you... |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. The democrtic party did not do a great job when they were in power. |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. Bush had "bipartisan" support |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. So...what does that tell you about Democrats? |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. They were afraid |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You know why I think that's bullshit? Healthcare reform |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. apples and oranges |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Democrats have no way to make Americans fear the idea that you won't get the care you need |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. How do you scare a healthy person who has it pretty good? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I really hate this defeatist attitude being brushed off as reality |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Huge majorities? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. But now you're just totally ignoring what I'm saying, is that on purpose? |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I live in reality |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. Valid point you make. One does start to wonder these days... |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. except that the "biggest majority" thing was not true in fact |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Still factually one of the largest majorities ever. Take away Lieberman and Sanders |
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