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graham4anything

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17. See Lincoln the movie. And if you see Les Miz-Valjean would be Obama. We won the revolution in 2008

Reply to kentuck (Reply #16)

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 07:55 PM

Dec 2012

there is no need for a different revolution

you gotta let things work the way they work in dealing with the environment one is in

It is far better to pick off republicans than to lose to the republicantealibertarians

as I said-
you plant a redwood seed(2008)it takes many, many years or decades for the fillfullment of the majestic redwood to be seen by all (ala the 9 step ahead plan)

as Lincoln showed, giving up somethings in name only, to get a far greater better is the way to go

even better is showing the public how bad the other side is

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Are the White House and the Senate Democrats finally hearing the voices of the progressives...? [View all] kentuck Dec 2012 OP

What are you basing this on? senseandsensibility Dec 2012 #1

The change in tone and tactics... kentuck Dec 2012 #4

perhaps you were fooled by negotiating tactics banned from Kos Dec 2012 #8

Have we not seen those "negotiating tactics" before?? kentuck Dec 2012 #9

Offer ing MORE than you want to give is not negotiating Doctor_J Dec 2012 #11

No, the whiners aren't doing anything but whining. A negotiation always works the same way graham4anything Dec 2012 #2

1% ? kentuck Dec 2012 #5

100% right. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #10

Does it ever occur to self-identified "progressives" that Skidmore Dec 2012 #3

The Progressive Caucus senseandsensibility Dec 2012 #7

Damn right about that Doctor_J Dec 2012 #14

I am a proud liberal. Those utilizing the progressive meme make me not want to be called that graham4anything Dec 2012 #12

God forbid that anyone offer an opposing viewpoint... kentuck Dec 2012 #6

And you wonder why those spewing the name progressives are just the 1% of the party graham4anything Dec 2012 #13

99% of the party want cuts to SS benefits? Doctor_J Dec 2012 #15

If that is true... kentuck Dec 2012 #16

See Lincoln the movie. And if you see Les Miz-Valjean would be Obama. We won the revolution in 2008 graham4anything Dec 2012 #17

Even a hint of cutting Social Security or Medicare brings out the aged, Progressive or Conservative 1-Old-Man Dec 2012 #18