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In reply to the discussion: 5 Signs the United States Is Undergoing a Coup - James Fallows [View all]libinnyandia
(1,374 posts)9. It didn't help that the left was divided in 2000.
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5 Signs the United States Is Undergoing a Coup - James Fallows [View all]
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2012
OP
But who was laughing? probably the same people who attacked Kucinich for standing up to them...
Ghost of Huey Long
Jun 2012
#66
Many Of Us Were Ridiculed For Making These Points About The Threat That Is The Right
cantbeserious
Jun 2012
#2
And that's why a great deal of liberals cut their noses off to spite their face...
Drunken Irishman
Jun 2012
#33
seems to me the nose cutting is coming from the sensible centrist wing of the party..
frylock
Jun 2012
#89
Right. Why should we hold people responsible for the way they vote/don't vote...
Drunken Irishman
Jun 2012
#108
you just keep doing what you're doing and enjoy your little right-wing party..
frylock
Jun 2012
#135
Since Oregon made vote by mail the system of the state their turn-out has been exceptional
Bandit
Jun 2012
#75
Nader ran a campaign that divided the left. Enough people voted for him to make possible the
libinnyandia
Jun 2012
#55
Nader voters were heavily outnumbered by Democrats who voted for Bush.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2012
#114
Nader's numbers in Florida and New Hampshire made the difference. If Gore had carried NH, he
libinnyandia
Jun 2012
#115
Then Gore should have sought out the votes of the left, which he didn't.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2012
#116
When you have a man like Nader telling people not to vote for Gore, then Nader shares some
libinnyandia
Jun 2012
#122
Why should Nader tell his voters to vote for his opponent? Did Gore tell his to vote for Nader?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2012
#129
In a perfect world what happened here in 2000 would not happen. There are tremendous diffrences
libinnyandia
Jun 2012
#131
I feel good when "not as bad" defeats evil. A Gore administration would have been much better
libinnyandia
Jun 2012
#134
We've all been witness to a slow motion coup that started with the mugging of
TheDebbieDee
Jun 2012
#19
Roberts and Alito were put on the court because they were committed FASCISTS. Bush family's NWO
blm
Jun 2012
#23
Democrats did nothing to stop their appointmenst. Now the Republicans wont permit the
rhett o rick
Jun 2012
#24
Kerry did launch a filibuster - Schumer and Clinton argued against it in caucus, then
blm
Jun 2012
#60
Considering that Roberts as an attorney went to Florida and quietly advised Jeb Bush on the recount
Samantha
Jun 2012
#26
Another sign? Here's an important one. How can the general public be opposed to wage-lowering,
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#32
The billionaire class in society have solidified themselves as the real terrorists in this country.
Initech
Jun 2012
#73
Massive amt of money and a public that is anesthetized by the TV - and apathy.
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2012
#57
none of this would be possible without complicity of the corporate media, using our public airwaves
Ghost of Huey Long
Jun 2012
#68
yes, then they were so brazen as to put their PNAC plans on a website for all to read
Ghost of Huey Long
Jun 2012
#70
We are living through & witnesses to what will go down in history as the destruction of the U.S.
tpsbmam
Jun 2012
#88
what indeed? I think all of us who are aware have much to ponder - and even more to do.
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2012
#121