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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:11 AM
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If you really want to punish Gibbs, here's what you do...
Last I heard, we're still supposed to have Democratic primary elections this year in Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming as well as the District of Columbia.

If you're sore at Gibbs, let his boss know. Vote for the liberal/progressive Democratic candidate who is NOT endorsed by Obama.

Just look at what happened in Pennsylvania with Arlen Specter.

That is all...
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:15 AM
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1. Do you like what happened in Arkansas? Obama's candidate won the primary and will loose the electio
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:19 AM
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2. Aren't you making my point for me?
Lincoln was Obama's candidate, after all.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:20 AM
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3. Lincoln's not even a Dem. She's a Blue Dog. That's like a mutant Dem. A Mutocrat. nt
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 05:32 PM
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23. Did that keep the WH from supporting her as opposed to the liberal candidate who looked to win the
General election?
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 08:11 AM
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26. Goldman Sachs support a liberal? Would never happen. nt
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:32 AM
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Vote for the liberal/progressive candidate period
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:31 AM
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9. You just made the OP's point
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:34 AM
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12. If you're in Arkansas, listen to Mike Malloy's show tonight.
I will not elaborate any further to avoid the DLC swarm. Just tune in.....
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 05:34 PM
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24. This is odd. The appeal of the centrists is supposed to be electability.
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Political Tiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:25 AM
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4. Vengeance!!!!
"He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself" -Chinese proverb
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:27 AM
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6. Nah - just reminding Gibbs where the REAL power is
That way, Gibbs doesn't shoot his mouth off about how he's so much better than the Dems who put his boss in the Oval Office.
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:30 AM
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8. No, it's called working within the democratic process to effect change.
It's how our system works. :shrugs:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:35 AM
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13. I know, weird that voting for a Dem is now vengeance?
:shrug:
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:42 AM
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14. The other day, someone here called my elected Dem Representative, Keith Ellison,
one of the 'Professional Left'. :shrug: Who knew being a liberal Dem was so subversive!
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 04:16 PM
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18. If this is the end result, then I'm sending Gibbs a fruit basket.
I must admit I am more motivated now to get some new *progressive* blood in Congress.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:32 AM
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11. It's not vengeance, it's working for change, voting in more progressive folks
Like everyone of you tells the rest of DU to do.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 12:39 PM
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16. It's what people keep telling us to do.
Now someone says they'll just what they've been told to do, and sure enough, one of you fucking bitch about it.
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Political Tiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 04:12 PM
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17. Someone told you to "punish Gibbs?"
If I told you to jump off a bridge would you do it? And who is this "one of you" you are having a tantrum over?
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 06:54 PM
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25. No, we've been told to work to get our candidates in office.
If I told you to jump off a bridge would you do it?

Only if you're coming with me.
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ljm2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 04:51 PM
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22. Or alternatively...
..."Revenge is a dish best served cold."

Seems to me that saying is very well suited to the OP's point.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:25 AM
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5. What primary elections do we have coming up in Oregon?
I voted in a primary in May. The candidate I voted to nominate for the Governor's race, Bill Bradbury, was defeated by John Kitzhaber.

fwiw, I always vote for the most liberal-left candidate on my ballot.
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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:29 AM
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7. No. Vote for the best candidate in each race.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 11:32 AM
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10. Would the best candidate go with Obama's plan or demand something better?
Never settle for scraps from the table. Always demand better.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 12:37 PM
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15. It really cannot hurt to elect representatives that more closely reflect OUR attitudes.
Edited on Thu Aug-12-10 12:37 PM by BrklynLiberal
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 04:17 PM
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19. That is more or less what I have been suggesting for a while.
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 04:18 PM
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20. is it really worth all this effort to 'punish' Gibbs?
Edited on Thu Aug-12-10 04:19 PM by Whisp
good grief you are way off the track.

If you so loveth those yapping and hollering pundits to defend them so...


:shrug:
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mcollins Donating Member (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 04:20 PM
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21. Same with Colorado.
WH endorsed one guy, Bill Clinton another. WH 'won' that round.


FUCK BUCK
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Erose999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 08:31 AM
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27. I already voted for the underdogs in the GA primaries. A lot of (D) candidates are running unapposed

in our primaries though. I suppose a solution to that would be not to vote for a candidate who runs unopposed. Since is is only a primary they will still get the nomination, but you send a message to the party leadership.
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