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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:36 AM Original message |
Well, the Democratic party is getting schooled |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. If their only purpose is to get elected in 2008, they'll be in for a rude awakening... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You can bet your ass they will |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I'm sayin'! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. 100% agreement here; thanks for expressing how I feel! nt |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. I worry that there's really little or no difference between the two |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. There has been a narrowing of differences between the two for years and decades now |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. I hope they read your post. Come 2008 I'll be voting for someone with balls. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's a good thing you said away |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. "Once they get that vote, why do they need to do anything?" |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Ah, but if this is the situation... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
9. The "minority opposition" ? |
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BlameCanada12 (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
10. I've seen newbies TS'ed for opining these same thoughts. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Welcome to DU! |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That's why I'm voting Nader in 2008 |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Please Don't Use DU Bandwidth To Promote The Election Of Piece Of Shit Green Candidates. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I don't see any "promotion" of Green candidates. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Blah Blah Blah, Blah Blah Blah. And It Was Endorsing. Same Damn Difference. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Way to truly ignore the point of my post and this thread |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. ... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Sadly, that's strangely appropriate. |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #33 |
70. Sometimes, it is possible to talk |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
73. self delete |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. You might have tried to pursuade me |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. I think Kucinich is your Dem candidate. |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. You're right! |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #51 |
72. OMC's |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. You might want to look into all of the money Nader has received from Repubs... |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
71. You're going to really like this: |
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BlameCanada12 (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Thank you. I think I'll just have to censor myself on this issue - |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I hate to read posts like yours |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
69. Welcome to DU.... |
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mikehiggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. What did you expect? |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. "Vichy Dems" is a perfect word for them. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Not this much progress, this early lesson should prove valuable |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. We need more like Feingold and Kucinich |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. It is people like Feingold and Kucinich that keep me in this party |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
17. Suicide Chess |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Interesting analogy, I've never seen such a game |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. we routinely decry the incompetence of the bush cabal here |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. And it is really sad too, this used to be a great party, |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. the overarching vector of our times is a class war |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Don't feel alone, I and many others are in the same boat you're in |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I completely agree |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
35. Time that they wised up and learned something from it. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. "Or what???" Yes, that is precisely the question. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. We the people, despite all of that corporate money, still have one means of control |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. so... do you have a strategy to stop the filibuster |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Oh gee, I don't know |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. maybe those things take more than a month... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Then you don't walk into a vote, on a non-binding resolution no less, without them |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Deleted sub-thread |
depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. This will never change until we've gotten the right wing enablers |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
43. The new house and senate seem to be wimpy baby-crying Dems |
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BlameCanada12 (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
44. Reading the replies here actually gives me some hope.... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
45. The Democratic Party is poorly led with very conflicted leadership and a total lack of direction |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
50. Well said! K & R |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
52. Heres the deal if Congress President & Supreme Court think |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
53. yeah, i'm so mad i'll put the GOP back in control! |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. One of these days... |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. I could hear Tucker Carlson now...'dems could have stopped the war by stopping it's funding... |
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Clinton_Co_Regulator (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
55. doh |
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Clinton_Co_Regulator (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
56. It's happening in Iowa also. |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
57. From your post to Feingold's ears! K&R |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
59. The Senate is barely in the Dem pocket and only because of 2 |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
60. Well, it needed 60 votes to pass. |
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Mrspeeker (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
61. THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE HAS BEEN IGNORED |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:02 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Kucinich is the one. |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
62. Cheney is the President of the Senate, and as such can make procedural rulings |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
63. Agreed! If the Dems are just going to play around until 2008, |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
64. Excellent post. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
65. I want my party back! |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
67. And yet one of the reasons the Conservatives were disgruntled |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:47 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Shiva say you must first tear it down before you can build it up |
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