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The Magistrate
Sep 2013
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Someone Once Said, Sir 'A Savage Converted To Christianity Is Christianity Converted To Savagery'
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#19
Do you support the President's kill list? Or drone strikes that kill kids?
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2013
#253
That's bullshit. Of course when some MSM pollster asks me if I support Obama I will say yes
eridani
Sep 2013
#266
I would argue that the center/right needs to accept that the left represents the majority view of
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#17
In a way it means that the 'progressive left" would better be referred to as centrists, and the
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#37
So, if the majority view of the country as a whole is better represented by "the left" as opposed
winter is coming
Sep 2013
#48
At root are the failings of a two part duopoly political system compared to multi-party systems. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2013
#30
I am far left ideologically, but when it comes to STRATEGY, I realize progress happens incrementally
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#32
And you take the 'long view'? Kitty, you advocated 'civil unions are as good as marriage'
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#67
You didn't post the entire thing. Nor did you or the agitator above post what my views were in FULL
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#96
Another example of creating a wedge within the DEM Party about gay rights.
DontTreadOnMe
Sep 2013
#133
"crap flinger"??? Is that what you call agitators when they show your true colors?
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2013
#255
Amazing, you must look up stuff about any DU'er you don't like or disagree with. It's sick, really.
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#109
I have a memory, so all of your name calling is just your anger at being a known entity
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#122
People can arrive at the same place at different times, Abraham Lincoln's views as President
Uncle Joe
Sep 2013
#185
Absolutely. His approach to the issue of emancipation is a prime example.
Adsos Letter
Sep 2013
#208
These are the lies that the left <<< the real Dems, have to put up with all the time.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2013
#256
yes, I advocated Civil Unions for EVERYONE. Gay and straight. And too bad you didn't bother
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#93
As I posted up-thread, I posted about my experience years ago. And since you & the other person
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#107
Old joke from my grandmother> Why does the fool keep banging his head on the wall?
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#112
if I had a life, I'd go through your posts and throw some of them in your face along w/your buddy.
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#118
Oh, no doubt. Bluenorthwest called YOU out in a thread you weren't even in >>>
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#246
"far-left"? Thanks for the laugh! Far-left don't compromise when it comes to Universal Human Rights.
idwiyo
Sep 2013
#219
In this country the "far left" label means those considered middle road I believe in your country.
Dragonfli
Sep 2013
#252
The tactic of supporting Team Democratic regardless of the position that team
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2013
#36
"hostilities will continue"- as far as I'm concerned you just outed yourself and your intent.
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#42
Oh for fuck's sake. The hostility here and elsewhere within the Democratic Party
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2013
#137
Funny thing is, a lot of people simply reject as untrue your personal belief that Obama is a
geek tragedy
Sep 2013
#163
You've already been outed as being a fabrication of a left leaning Dem.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2013
#257
I disagree. I think they are way to the right of most of the party and trying to pull
Mojorabbit
Sep 2013
#63
If you know of another team that has a chance of getting something done, let us know.
randome
Sep 2013
#57
You weren't kidding with your threat to engage in 'hostilties' towards partisan Democrats. nt
geek tragedy
Sep 2013
#161
68? The primary in which the Party favorite was gunned down prior to convention?
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#72
What an insipid response. Dripping with arrogance and contempt. Seriously shitty rhetoric.
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#170
I have never "alerted" that a post is hurtful, etc. and should be removed
question everything
Sep 2013
#249
"...come to take what began as deliberate exaggerations for effect to be statements of fact..."
SunSeeker
Sep 2013
#49
It's a Recession when your neighbor is unemployed, a Depression when you're unemployed....
Junkdrawer
Sep 2013
#54
"I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a democrat."
Ishoutandscream2
Sep 2013
#55
I Consider Myself, Sir, A Leftist, and Address Myself To Fellow Leftists
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#69
I think you unintentionally hit on something there. Beauty and "who is left enough" are both
stevenleser
Sep 2013
#85
Indeed, Sir: Your Wit Went Right Over My Head, With A Perceptible 'Whoosh'....
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#169
I don't claim to know your views better than you do, I am just not assuming that your
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#178
Just Advancing To Claiming You Know My Inner Self Better Than I Do, Sir
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#180
All of you who claim others aren't "progressive enough" are claiming you know them. You really dont
stevenleser
Sep 2013
#212
To see an excellent example of why civil discourse isn't going to happen, take a look at some of the
JoeyT
Sep 2013
#74
Posts from The Other Direction Could Be Adduced From The Above As Well, Sir
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#76
I understand your point Joey, but would argue that posts such as the OP here are civil discourse.
bluesbassman
Sep 2013
#87
The Memoranda of Understanding are sufficient to see that indeed, Europe isn't a democracy
BelgianMadCow
Sep 2013
#119
Discourse, diplomacy, discussion, dialogue...reasons I became a proud Liberal Left-wing Democrat.
libdem4life
Sep 2013
#92
Notable To Me, Sir, Is The Instinct For The Capillary You Display In The Pretext You Take For Anger
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#114
Then By All Means, Sir, You Tell Yourself You Have Proved Me Neither Leftist Nor Progressive....
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#145
it certainly is a good idea to keep in mind just how reactionary the current political culture is
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#115
Historically, the faction that 'bolts" time and time again is the center-right faction.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2013
#131
Your assertions fail. It is those to the right who bolt the Party, as Warren said.
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#182
If they oppose 'gay marriage' they are bigoted fuckwads, Party affiliation is moot.
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#153
It's not clear to me that the conservative Democrats are fighting very hard. They like to compromise
rhett o rick
Sep 2013
#146
It's not clear to me that they're fighting at all. At least for the 99%.
winter is coming
Sep 2013
#158
Don't forget that they are entitlements because people actually ARE ENTITLED to them.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Sep 2013
#259
Or, what is necessary is to move the center closer to your end, and that's what the RW has
Dark n Stormy Knight
Sep 2013
#262
The attempt to reason with these folks is a noble one. A complete waste of time, but noble.
Number23
Sep 2013
#159
It wasn't meant to be. It was my take on what's happening and has been happening
Number23
Sep 2013
#226
Well I agree. I didn't attack anyone with my post. I noted that for too many on the left
Number23
Sep 2013
#234
Opposing The Very Concept Of Authority, Sir, Is Certainly A Strong Strain In The Left Here Today
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#168
there are a remarkable number of people on both the far right and the progressive left
geek tragedy
Sep 2013
#173
Indeed, Sir: There Is A Place Where Far Left And Far Right Meet And Do The Booty-Bump
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#175
So where do you put Bernie Sanders in the left - right spectrum, and do you think
Zorra
Sep 2013
#191
I have to admit after years of being told if I were to vote third party I would basically be voting
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#213
I used to laugh at 1960s radicals who referred to their opponents as "fascists,"
Lydia Leftcoast
Sep 2013
#223
Because what the right and the center hold most in common is they both loathe the left
Fumesucker
Sep 2013
#261
There Is Something To That, Sir: The Left Is The Cassandra Of Political Life Here
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#292
Lately this site has been in the mainstream and the political leadership are to the right.
dkf
Sep 2013
#227
The president and the DC Dems are far to the right of the majority of rank-and-file Dems
Doctor_J
Sep 2013
#236
Those positions favored by two-thirds of Americans are being characterized as far left positions.
Enthusiast
Sep 2013
#272
Also wanted to add that I'm tired of labels. I don't even know what I am anymore -
SaveAmerica
Sep 2013
#251
Check out the WA State Democratic Party platform if you don't think most grassroots
eridani
Sep 2013
#320
Yeah, it's like visiting a Twilight Zone. UK's zany Tory PM looks downright commie
idwiyo
Sep 2013
#279
People who write abstract posts with no concrete examples, no discussion of specific issues,
JDPriestly
Sep 2013
#299
I agree with you on the following: Wilson was not what we would call a Democrat today.
JDPriestly
Sep 2013
#319
My parents were very idealistic at the time, but not Communists. They absolutely
JDPriestly
Sep 2013
#323