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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 08:57 PM Original message |
I have voted every election since 1978 when I turned 18... |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. There is no way in HELL I am going to let that damn carnie |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Good for you. I have a blue dog representative. Won't be voting this time. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You're no help at all, are you? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I lay down and quit after I've been beaten. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Oh, you'll be back. It's simply a matter of time. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. I have a clue. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. My point is that you DON'T have a clue, your assertion to the contrary notwithstanding. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Don't vote, don't complain. nt |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. My first vote was |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. are you waiting for someone to play a violin for you? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. No. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think wearing down the base is what the party wants |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That would piss off the DLC gang. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. It would piss off the DLC gang, but we'd still be stuck with a DLC controlled party. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I really don't care about pissing them off. i don't care about anything |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. I agree with you. I will vote, but mainly to not listen to others complain. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. That's it. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Wow, such cynicism |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. You wouldn't have posted here if you didn't give a damn. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Save your pity. |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. If you started voting in 1978... |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It will be worse. No doubt. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. No vote, no voice. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. yeah, i used to say that, too. Now, I say |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Your choice. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Not going to |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. When was the first amendment abolished? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Just because you have the right to speak does NOT mean you have the right to be taken seriously. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. Hasn't been. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. So you're not going to vote? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I'm not promoting it. I'm not telling you not to vote. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. What a cheap shot! |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
69. Maybe your tears will heal his wounds |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. Surprised you werent more upset a few years ago during the Bush/Cheney regime. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. I get it, I understand it |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Glad you understand. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. Are there no |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. i would ALMOST go to the polls to vote for Roy Barnes... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. What was the last straw? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Arne Duncan and Race to the Top... |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. If you think Arne Duncan and Race to the Top are bad, you should just wait until you are forced to |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. i'm a school teacher. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Again, the mere fact that you are SAYING it is happening it now is proof that you have no clue |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. All your bashing will not get that poster to the polls |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Oh, I don't suspect it will. Only one Palin enactment after another will do that. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. I ain't coddling anybody, except in your imagination |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. So sad that the people who've been in it the longest |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. Order two Feingold bumper stickers and call us |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Why do you try to coddle or pamper people who openly admit they will aide and enable Republicans? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Yet, when Obama enables Republicans by caving in to them?? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. The problem is that what you just said is completely false. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. And, yet, he kept giving away stuff to try and make the bills bipartisan... |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Except, as usual, your post is the exact opposite of the truth. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. And, that is bullshit. He had the votes for the public option in reconciliation... |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. The public option would not have passed the HOUSE the second time around, let alone the Senate. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Oh, and I suppose it was Republicans who came up with that winner |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Oh, today's Republicans would have just turned off federal education funding entirely. n/t |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Uh, I agree. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Sorry, my bad. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. We're cool, BzaDem. We live far away from each other |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Here's hoping. :) n/t |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. i have a similar record, and ive never been so sickened with my party. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
45. As tired as you may be, you've got to keep pressing on. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. As a 7th grade school teacher, I feel your pain. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. Hey, we still have to fight. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
61. I respect your decision |
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Monique1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. I will be voting in Novembeer for sure |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
67. Yes, I understand this sentiment |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
68. 1978 and 1992 were big majorities |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
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