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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 08:10 AM Original message |
Moderates or centrists have never been agents of change |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. In Salem the conservatives said "BURN THEM! they are witches!" |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. yes, very...thanks for that! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Um, err, I need to point out that they were hanged, not burnt. |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Giles Corey was squished... |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. sure they have - when change has been needed. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sometimes, maybe often, it takes extremists just to hold the line. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. Bill Clinton did a pretty good job changing the country |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. if that were true, then country would be in fine shape now. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. faulty reasoning |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. LOL! |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. yeah. Nader was the agent of change we all needed. |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. Moderates have always been the agents of change... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. do you guys carpool? |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's funny... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. well, right now, you guys hold 9 of 13 posts.... |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Well I guess... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. interesting |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. do you and the countless centrist-bashers? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. nope. I work alone. I think the difference is I"m not stumping for a particular |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. discussions of centrism vs. leftism is much older than this election |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. non-sequitor. that has nothing to do with whether I work alone or you work in concert |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. but it has everything to do with whether we're "stumping for a specific candidate." |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. not sure you even understand my point, but whatever |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. It's obvious you think there is a secret society of centrists who mobilize on these threads. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. Way too absolute a statement |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. valid point. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. "leftist extremists" |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. Yet change does not occur until the moderates and centrists side with |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. How so? |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. And then the Conservatives try to take the credit |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. haha! great post! |
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BrokenBeyondRepair (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
29. take everything in moderation; especially moderation... |
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