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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:06 PM Original message |
Conservatism Is Dying |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kenneth Galbraith(sp?) said it best |
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Prefer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. William F Buckley is keeping it alive |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Unfortunately for him it couldn't return the favor |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
49. That deserves a DUzy award |
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Narkos (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh, I beg to differ |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. Amen. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
54. True. The propaganda effort has failed, but the motivations remain in an oligarchy/phony democracy |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. It may be dying as a political movement |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have waited for 24 years for the pendulum to swing back. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. I've yet to figure out what the conservatives are conserving |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. and it's dying an ugly death.... |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. idk, my university is packed with conservatives. nt |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Where is your university? Mine is too, it's embarassing. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
64. SUNY Oswego |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Universities in the early 70s were packed with lefties. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. Conservatism is built on the idea that if you work hard, and work even harder |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. We could be at the point where the Republican Party could be marginalized |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think we are at a state where the definitions are being changed altogether. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I read it. |
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Narkos (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. What is that a picture of by the way? |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. It's a pic of O'Brien and Winston Smith from "1984". |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Dead to me! |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Noooooooo! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. bwwwaa hahahah haha ha |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. On the contrary! |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. p.s. I wish I could rec a reply :) n/t |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. I see it as two candidates who lean to the right |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
53. Read every word. For what it's worth, I thought it excellent. |
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TML (749 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. Cool |
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yorgatron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. kick'em while they're down! |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. *cackle* |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. Actually conservatism is already dead, it died the day Reagan took power |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. I am cautiously optimistic |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I live in northern california, so my observation may only represent a skewed demographic... |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I know my daughter is ... |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. "republicans will cut my taxes" |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I don't get it either |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. *shrug* *brow furrows* I don't get it either n/t |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. It was already dead, I told you guys, ZOMBIES!!11!!! eom |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. Nonsense. It will always be undead. |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. But it doesn't hurt to be at least *cautiously* optimistic, does it? |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
30. Hmmmmmm |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. And it's taking us (U.S.) down with it. We're an empire in decline. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
56. America will definitely break apart at some point. |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
37. I won't be happy till they're burying it six feet under. n/t |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Yup. R.I.P. |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. People are starting to see through the veil that clouded our brains |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. "I think we are in for some bad times ahead before we turn things around." |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. There's never been an economic crisis we haven't survived. |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. Bless your heart for that! The glass is half-full dammit! |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
44. Kick! |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Thanks! |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
46. Conservatives hate freedom.............n/t |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. conservatives = the new terrorists i.e. they hate our freedom n/t |
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Oldtimeralso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
47. The Good Old USA |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
48. Conservatism has Morphed into Fascism |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Exactly. That's what the term is, an Orwellian semantic-disguise for the obvious |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. hunt 'em down ... I'll pay ya ... barter style even (haven't got two nickels to rub together) n/t |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
51. Actually, conservatism might be poised for a renaissance. |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. agreed ... |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
52. Thank God for that... |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
57. We need to drive a wooden stake through the heart of Movement Conservativism |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. ... |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
62. I think the Republican Party after this will be completely |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Here's hoping! n/t |
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