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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:42 PM Original message |
Poll question: How much would it cost for us to buy they loyalty of blue dogs for progressive issues? |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. you are too nice, i bet they have fat cayman accounts filled by bribery already |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I don't think they even need to be given the money under the table--they know they will be rewarded |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. or for the wall street crooks it's buy this stock at 11 am tomorrow, nudge nudge wink wink |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. You forgot one |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. often the opposite is true--voters would accept a more progressive candidate but... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. "Force" a Blue Dog down their throats? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. we might be disagreeing over definitions. It is possible for an economic progressive to get elected |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Ironically, they're precisely the people who will lose seats if health care and other reforms |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Only if progressives take it out on them |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. "only their bickering over how far to hound Bill Clinton did them in." |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. no matter how much we could come up with the monied interests have more. |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yep. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. If you have to ask, you can't afford it. (n/t) |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Maybe a good plan that actually offers concrete realistic solutions would help |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. does "realistic" mean preserving maximum profit margins for private insurance companies? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. A lot more than their corporate owners give them. |
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