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In the discussion thread: How would you have reacted if any Republican ran promising to do the following? [View all]

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 05:14 AM

MADem (85,920 posts)

3. All of which is to say, why do we only hear these rants just before elections?

I never hear these arguments at the start of anyone's term. It's always right around the time that voter participation does not need to be suppressed that I hear these complaints about how the parties don't work, and how "my" party is "no better than" or "just as bad" as those Catsup is a Vegetable guys.

I find that odd, frankly. I don't buy it, either.

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50 replies	Author	Time	Post
How would you have reacted if any Republican ran promising to do the following? [View all]	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	OP
"The fight must be every day"	eridani	Jan 2012	#1
The very difference between an activist and a politician. +1000!	Fearless	Jan 2012	#2
All of which is to say, why do we only hear these rants just before elections?	MADem	Jan 2012	#3
Let's get a few things straight.	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#4
A lot of people would've voted for such a president into the White House.	Selatius	Jan 2012	#5
They did, but in the US over the last two decades they were always a minority.	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#12
Let's get a few things straight--I wasn't accusing "YOU" of anything, and if the shoe does not fit	MADem	Jan 2012	#6
Bingo!	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#11
THANK YOU.	woo me with science	Jan 2012	#8
Thank you, woo me!	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#14
+ one million to what you both said..jack and woo me	xiamiam	Jan 2012	#25
Thanks for your comments and pointing out Moyers video - here's the link.	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#36
!!!!	SammyWinstonJack	Jan 2012	#40
Wow! JackR & WMWS......thank you for speaking truth to power!	tpsbmam	Jan 2012	#44
+1	inna	Feb 2012	#45
Maybe you should stop looking to buy ...	GeorgeGist	Jan 2012	#20
Whatever. I'm here because I support Democrats for election/reelection.	MADem	Jan 2012	#22
Apparently "we" only hear them just before an election because	A Simple Game	Jan 2012	#29
No, "we" pay attention. The drums always beat louder the nearer we get to convention season. nt	MADem	Jan 2012	#30
At the start of his term, the self anointed 'Supporters' were angry at criticism of his	Bluenorthwest	Mar 2012	#47
Well, it's not like people weren't "allowed" to complain about it back then. I was one of 'em.	MADem	Mar 2012	#48
Lots of words. Pick your arugument. Your first 'concern' was that criticism comes too late.	Bluenorthwest	Mar 2012	#49
Well, we're done here.	MADem	Mar 2012	#50
So go vote for Lyndon LaRouche and take this latest hyperbolic rant with you. Some of us would like	RBInMaine	Jan 2012	#7
+1 nt	MADem	Jan 2012	#9
+ 2	denbot	Jan 2012	#23
True of you as well.	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#37
This is a shameful response, very familiar because...	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#10
Hypothetically speaking , if there was a Lyndon LaRouche Underground…	Larry Ogg	Jan 2012	#13
They might be smarter than that, though.	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#15
I didn't recall anything about LaRouche until RBInMaine told you to vote for him...	Larry Ogg	Jan 2012	#21
OBAMA BAAAAAADDDDDDDDD!!!!!!	Liberal_Stalwart71	Jan 2012	#17
The narrative is falling apart, it is making them defensive	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#27
Some of us would think of our Country first.	A Simple Game	Jan 2012	#31
I would vote for that person if they were running against a republican in a heartbeat.	FarLeftFist	Jan 2012	#16
I'd	ProSense	Jan 2012	#18
Damn right. nt	MADem	Jan 2012	#24
+1000 Thank you ProSense	SunsetDreams	Jan 2012	#32
We'll knock over a couple of your bogus propaganda packets...	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#34
Oh, and here's the latest from Human Rights Watch...	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#39
K&R (nt)	T S Justly	Jan 2012	#19
Sounds like Sullivan really hit a nerve. Lots of "damage control" by those invested in pushing	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#26
Bingo.	AtomicKitten	Jan 2012	#35
Wow- that was worth the read. Thanks!	Poll_Blind	Jan 2012	#28
I would have voted for the Democrat running for office.	ZombieHorde	Jan 2012	#33
You say.	Life Long Dem	Jan 2012	#38
"The fight must be about the issues, every day, not merely for or against a leader..."	redqueen	Jan 2012	#41
Your point is not without merit.	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#42
If it's not calling him out then it just isn't...	redqueen	Jan 2012	#43
A rec for your post from this leftist -	TBF	Mar 2012	#46

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