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In reply to the discussion: 5 Signs the United States Is Undergoing a Coup - James Fallows [View all]ldf
(2,964 posts)10. unfortunately no one is cleaning up the mess
please.
we have to take the high road.
we can't be reduced to fighting dirty like they do.
it is best for the country to move on.
can't we all just get along?
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5 Signs the United States Is Undergoing a Coup - James Fallows [View all]
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2012
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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