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liberaldemocrat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 04:26 AM
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Triangulation.

Hillary, like Bill, believes in the Dick Morris notion (when Morris worked with the Clintons) of "triangulation politics"--which in essence means co-opting your opponents ideas--maybe making them a bit less unsavory


Yes triangulation and adopting the policies of the other side to make them less unsavory.

Shall we bring back cross burnings but kinder and gentler? Only raise the minimum wage every 7 years when the Republicans refused to do it for 10?

Should Democrats give Medicare part D to the entire country for their entire health care needs when the Republicans gave retired and disabled people a useless benefit for the middle class?

or perhaps we should stay in Iraq and when Bush killed a million innocent Iraqis should the Democrats triangulate and kill only 500,000 innocent Iraqis in the next Democratic presidential term?
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MethuenProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 06:53 AM
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1. Obama: "I'll bring Democrats and Republicans together" = Triangulation.
I don't want a candidate who wants to make nice with Washigton Republicans.
I want one willing and able to beat them into the dirt.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 06:57 AM
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2. Yeeaaaah... Clinton would bring back cross-burnings...
... I can appreciate not being enthused about Clinton, but some of the shit DUers make up is just plain hilarious.
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 07:02 AM
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3. I would really like to hear Hillary supporters defend her Kyl/Lieberman vote.
It has given the madmen in the WH justification for their PNAC policy. It's familiar tone is reminescent of the war drumming before Iraq. I hope it wakes folks up to her.
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