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geek tragedy

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88. So, you're reduced to dismissing everyone who calls themself a liberal Democrat.
Mon Aug 26, 2013, 03:31 PM
Aug 2013

Talk about self-marginalizing.

Excellent. woo me with science Aug 2013 #1
Thank you. hootinholler Aug 2013 #2
It did! Lol! sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #32
I was under the impression there was no difference between the bloody nose and the poke in the eye. Robb Aug 2013 #3
Then you have not been paying attention. woo me with science Aug 2013 #4
See, I should've waited a few minutes and done better. Robb Aug 2013 #7
Do you want President Kick to the Scrotum? hootinholler Aug 2013 #5
God DAMN it you beat me to it. And did better. Robb Aug 2013 #8
You were spot on with dime's worth hootinholler Aug 2013 #10
Damn you! Vanje Aug 2013 #24
You tripped over that humongous oreo hootinholler Aug 2013 #25
Giant Ants. Octafish Aug 2013 #6
Lizards. woo me with science Aug 2013 #9
"the wrong lizard might get in." zeemike Aug 2013 #17
The worst sort of lizard might get in! n/t hootinholler Aug 2013 #23
It could happen again, it's happened before... reusrename Aug 2013 #60
Awesome! The Mothership! The Mothership! Octafish Aug 2013 #21
What every happened to Swamp Rat? KittyWampus Aug 2013 #29
Don't know. I miss Ol' Swampy. Octafish Aug 2013 #100
Looking at the graphic: what ever happened to Swamp Rat. do you know? HarveyDarkey Aug 2013 #55
Dunno. Octafish Aug 2013 #63
I miss him. progressoid Aug 2013 #22
Me, too. SwampRat and Stephen Fry are great. Octafish Aug 2013 #65
Lol, 'the wrong Lizard might get in'! sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #34
~snort~ Fumesucker Aug 2013 #11
I was worried it would be like this hootinholler Aug 2013 #15
Yea we know,,,,,,, Cryptoad Aug 2013 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author KittyWampus Aug 2013 #13
I'll go down swinging and sleep well at night afterwards. mick063 Aug 2013 #14
+100 truebluegreen Aug 2013 #76
Excellent paraphrasing of the other "Poll" RC Aug 2013 #16
My real problems with it are: hootinholler Aug 2013 #18
I noticed that too. RC Aug 2013 #19
I fear that if too many put them on ignore hootinholler Aug 2013 #20
Ignore sure is advertized a lot as the fix. RC Aug 2013 #31
One can always "Log Out" of DU and read the posts and replies though. KoKo Aug 2013 #93
They are picking off the more Liberal and Progressive, one by one. RC Aug 2013 #96
That's another reason why "Ignore" is one's best friend if one wants KoKo Aug 2013 #99
I walk away when I see where they are trying to take it. RC Aug 2013 #101
That is the only reason I don't have anyone on ignore. I noticed that sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #41
So, when the data don't fit your theory, it's the data that are wrong? Recursion Aug 2013 #26
Or in you case, not theory, facts. RC Aug 2013 #36
Don't forget that the Third Way have become 'Liberals' now! sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #35
It seems anyone can call themselves a Democrat now, no matter what they stand for. RC Aug 2013 #44
Yes, I don't recognize many of these people calling themselves sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #56
They probably were. RC Aug 2013 #62
The Grand Bargain ... GeorgeGist Aug 2013 #27
That line of reasoning might work if the President's approval was measured against the GOPs. stevenleser Aug 2013 #28
get with the program.. all the "true liberals(TM)" can't stand the president and anyone who dionysus Aug 2013 #30
I hear you. I'm sure some variation of that will be coming at me shortly. stevenleser Aug 2013 #33
Where would the Internet be without the No True Scotsman fallacy? (nt) Recursion Aug 2013 #38
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2013 #72
Once the Third Way began calling themselves 'Liberals', the word sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #37
That is not the argument the OP is making, but you did manage to turn dionysus into a seer. nt stevenleser Aug 2013 #39
No, it's the argument I'm making. And I don't believe in 'seers' so I'm sorry sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #42
The OP is about the polling for Obama being high because the OP alleges it is in comparison to the stevenleser Aug 2013 #43
Lol, did you think I was too stupid to know what the OP is about? sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #46
What you didn't seem to know is that you were thread-jacking stevenleser Aug 2013 #48
Excuse me?? Show me the rule that says if sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #54
You can look up the meaning of thread-jacking yourself. Google has over 3 million hits on the term stevenleser Aug 2013 #57
no kidding.. as if on cue... dionysus Aug 2013 #49
Said it before, I'll say it again, it's entertainment to see how people conduct themselves when... stevenleser Aug 2013 #58
lol Bobbie Jo Aug 2013 #74
The number of people who know the term "third way" is vanishingly small Recursion Aug 2013 #40
I don't know anyone, any Democrat, who doesn't know the term 'the Third Way' sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #45
And Pauline Kael didn't know anyone who voted for Nixon Recursion Aug 2013 #47
Not where I live, true a few years ago I did not know who these sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #52
And instead of McGovern, we got Nixon-Agnew Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #97
outside of political junkie message boards, no one knows what the fuck the Third way is. dionysus Aug 2013 #50
There are more political junkies than are on internet forums. Many sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #53
WTF??? hootinholler Aug 2013 #67
You might want to check the whole sentence Recursion Aug 2013 #68
Ok, I misinterpreted that. hootinholler Aug 2013 #70
It was a pretty wandering clause, I admit (nt) Recursion Aug 2013 #71
You assume the goal is to win LordGlenconner Aug 2013 #77
So, you're reduced to dismissing everyone who calls themself a liberal Democrat. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #88
Let me put it this way, I know a Liberal Democrat when I see one. sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #91
Ah, so you've been appointed the Pope of Liberal Democrats, with the power geek tragedy Aug 2013 #92
More personal insults? Could you try to stick to the issues, this sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #94
They're so jealous of PBO's approval ratings among Libs.. Cha Aug 2013 #59
It's hard to see how that works hootinholler Aug 2013 #69
Link? Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #51
I'm pretty sure I said in the OP *exactly* what this is in response to. hootinholler Aug 2013 #66
And DU has never and will never represent geek tragedy Aug 2013 #61
+1,My experience it's mostly wingers who think the world revolves around their forums uponit7771 Aug 2013 #73
Indeed, But It Sure Does Represent a Significant Sample of Skraxx Aug 2013 #75
This absurd nonsense again? woo me with science Aug 2013 #79
+1 Rex Aug 2013 #81
"Traditional Democrats" geek tragedy Aug 2013 #90
Yep. n/t Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #80
But those polls do drive the Combustable Hair Club into fits. JoePhilly Aug 2013 #64
"endless approval ratings posts that aren't fooling anyone" sufrommich Aug 2013 #78
Nope. It just means we are aware woo me with science Aug 2013 #82
It means that every time one of these Gallup nebulas shows an increase in approval hootinholler Aug 2013 #84
" it's being used as a propaganda tool" sufrommich Aug 2013 #85
Jesus Christ yes it is hootinholler Aug 2013 #86
In other words, the polls are skewed! nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #89
Seriously, I take that poll and its relevancy to reality as serious as I take Rex Aug 2013 #83
When Democrats who approve of President Obama were asked if the APPROVE of President Obama, bvar22 Aug 2013 #87
watch out Skittles Aug 2013 #95
Good point. k&r n/t Laelth Aug 2013 #98
LOL, you are a HOOT! Trailrider1951 Aug 2013 #102
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