AllyCat
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Sun Dec-06-09 07:38 PM
Response to Reply #64 |
| 80. liberation, that makes a lot of sense. |
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This is a corporate state. I have given up all illusions that this a democracy. This is a corporatocracy. They pit the liberals against the cons in these stupid fights (the causes are legit, the fights are stupid). We need to realize where we are being boondoogled and come together.
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| -The Democrats have abandoned us |
yurbud |
Dec-05-09 06:55 PM |
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There are some exceptions outside of Kucinich |
laughingliberal |
Dec-05-09 07:01 PM |
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There's a lot of truth in this. Often, very often, I wonder WTF anymore. n/t |
RKP5637 |
Dec-05-09 07:03 PM |
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i feel betrayed by my party. nt |
DesertFlower |
Dec-05-09 07:27 PM |
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then become a repuke |
Ernesto |
Dec-05-09 07:33 PM |
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i'd eat ground glass before i would do that. lol |
DesertFlower |
Dec-05-09 07:37 PM |
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those are not the only choices: we could take over the party or form another one |
yurbud |
Dec-05-09 07:54 PM |
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the fight is never over my friend! |
Ernesto |
Dec-05-09 08:28 PM |
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Doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results |
Lorien |
Dec-05-09 11:24 PM |
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I think the fight |
Kermitt Gribble |
Dec-06-09 12:35 PM |
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I so Hear you ... |
Techn0Girl |
Dec-05-09 10:30 PM |
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trickle up: start local and work our way up. Obviously, we haven't reached |
yurbud |
Dec-06-09 12:28 AM |
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If we form a third party we elect pukes |
Cobalt-60 |
Dec-06-09 05:07 AM |
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No we don't quit that canard alradey |
liberation |
Dec-06-09 04:27 PM |
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The fewer who vote for the Democrats |
johan helge |
Dec-06-09 12:34 PM |
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The more we don't vote Dem, the more we vote 3rd parties. That is what the DLC doesn't want us to do |
liberation |
Dec-06-09 04:31 PM |
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Because it's time to build a machine that can get decent candidates into office. |
Daemonaquila |
Dec-06-09 05:54 PM |
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In logic that's called a FALSE DILEMMA. And it's a fallacy. |
readmoreoften |
Dec-05-09 10:26 PM |
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What is it with you people that we can only have 2 parties? |
AllyCat |
Dec-06-09 01:09 PM |
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We have a conservative party (the GOP) and a moderate conservative party (Dems) |
liberation |
Dec-06-09 04:36 PM |
#64 |
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liberation, that makes a lot of sense. |
AllyCat |
Dec-06-09 07:38 PM |
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Actually...maybe having an utter loon in office, might wake the country up |
parasearchers |
Dec-05-09 07:54 PM |
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8 years of Bushco gave us Obama which is turning out to be Bushco lite. |
nosmokes |
Dec-05-09 08:10 PM |
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"Unless and until we get corporate money out of the election process we are doomed " |
Ernesto |
Dec-05-09 08:34 PM |
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I told people that Obama was a repug lite, also, Clinton, and was |
pleah |
Dec-05-09 10:41 PM |
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I'm not sure this is even Bushco lite. I think it's just Bushco. |
AllyCat |
Dec-06-09 01:10 PM |
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We just had that and look where it got us |
ThomThom |
Dec-06-09 01:06 PM |
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so that's what Democracy has come down to, huh? We are now blackmailed into voting |
fascisthunter |
Dec-06-09 04:39 PM |
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Somewhere I heard it named as: The Evil of Two Lessers |
liberation |
Dec-06-09 04:45 PM |
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Counterpunch is always so far over the top |
jkshaw |
Dec-05-09 08:06 PM |
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They're only over the top until what they say is proven true. n/t |
nosmokes |
Dec-05-09 08:12 PM |
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Rec. It's possible to come up with some examples of good things we Dems have done, but |
bertman |
Dec-05-09 08:21 PM |
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Some of us were trying to open eyes on this way back in Clinton's day... |
winyanstaz |
Dec-05-09 08:29 PM |
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"Where the hell are America's heros now?" |
Ernesto |
Dec-05-09 08:43 PM |
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Why thank you...I do believe that is the nicest thing ever said to me in DU :) |
winyanstaz |
Dec-05-09 08:44 PM |
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And you sir, are also a hero. Thank-you, from my heart of hearts for your |
nosmokes |
Dec-05-09 10:22 PM |
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Yes he is :) |
winyanstaz |
Dec-06-09 03:21 PM |
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Where the hell are America's heros now? |
wuvuj |
Dec-06-09 05:47 AM |
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We need to bring them home now to protect us from the bad guys here..... |
winyanstaz |
Dec-06-09 08:56 PM |
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How long before somebody posts a response with the word "pony" in it? |
salguine |
Dec-05-09 09:41 PM |
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Well... |
snake in the grass |
Dec-06-09 02:52 AM |
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D'oh! You know what I mean. Why, I oughta... |
salguine |
Dec-06-09 10:54 AM |
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You did not get the memo? They moved on with that one, now it is "he did not promise that" (tm) |
liberation |
Dec-06-09 04:49 PM |
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How much majority? |
Naked_Ape |
Dec-06-09 01:11 AM |
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"The war is what it is." |
Kermitt Gribble |
Dec-06-09 12:42 PM |
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Nonsensical arguments like "the war is what it is" tends to be the hallmark of runaway projection |
liberation |
Dec-06-09 05:11 PM |
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Thanks for posting this. |
lovelyrita |
Dec-06-09 09:06 AM |
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the real issue |
singing sparrow |
Dec-06-09 10:40 AM |
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+1 |
dreamnightwind |
Dec-06-09 12:05 PM |
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Making me work |
HughMoran |
Dec-06-09 10:06 AM |
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thanks |
bkozumplik |
Dec-06-09 01:45 PM |
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Why yes - let the cheerleaders ignore the pissed majority. |
Daemonaquila |
Dec-06-09 05:42 PM |
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Hate to say it, but for me it comes down to either voting for the spineless ineffective corporate |
IsItJustMe |
Dec-06-09 10:20 AM |
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we can change them. |
yurbud |
Dec-06-09 10:52 AM |
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+1 Public financing of campaigns would go a long way toward fixing this problem |
AllyCat |
Dec-06-09 01:11 PM |
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I've thought a lot about that too |
bkozumplik |
Dec-06-09 02:00 PM |
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He has been pushing lobbyist from the government... |
Historic NY |
Dec-06-09 11:03 AM |
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Yeah, Obama has recently has been pushing them from advisory panels, |
avaistheone1 |
Dec-06-09 11:22 AM |
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"the government’s priorities are totally separate from those of the people" |
Kermitt Gribble |
Dec-06-09 12:26 PM |
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Sorry, I unrecommended this |
johan helge |
Dec-06-09 12:28 PM |
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"the weaker the Democrats are, the more conservative they and the Republicans will be" |
Kermitt Gribble |
Dec-06-09 12:49 PM |
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Perhaps you are right about these last years |
johan helge |
Dec-06-09 01:41 PM |
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Well, liberals were almost universally united behind the Dems |
Kermitt Gribble |
Dec-06-09 02:43 PM |
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But liberals get a lot in return - |
johan helge |
Dec-06-09 03:11 PM |
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I DISAGREE. Obama has done and continues to do what is the right thing for our economy. |
secondwind |
Dec-06-09 01:00 PM |
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You have been conned. nt |
Truth2Tell |
Dec-06-09 01:54 PM |
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Propping up the banks only bought some time, it didnt fix a thing that was broke. nt |
rhett o rick |
Dec-06-09 03:29 PM |
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Bernie Sanders has not sold us out. Oh, wait. He's not a Dem. |
AllyCat |
Dec-06-09 01:06 PM |
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The dems are the best thing we have, for now, don't throw |
mother earth |
Dec-06-09 01:10 PM |
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Good luck getting rid of Lieberman and the rest. |
Kermitt Gribble |
Dec-06-09 02:29 PM |
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We'll certainly find out if all is lost well before 2012, but while |
mother earth |
Dec-06-09 05:18 PM |
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And you should abandon them. |
irislake |
Dec-06-09 01:51 PM |
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The Corporate Party |
Cartoonist |
Dec-06-09 02:21 PM |
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A belated welcome to DU! |
Quantess |
Dec-06-09 04:53 PM |
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I was referring to Ghandi |
Cartoonist |
Dec-06-09 07:36 PM |
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich for prez in 2012 |
N_E_1 for Tennis |
Dec-06-09 03:48 PM |
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. |
fascisthunter |
Dec-06-09 04:39 PM |
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our government has been taken over by corporate interests |
fascisthunter |
Dec-06-09 04:40 PM |
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KR |
inna |
Dec-06-09 04:52 PM |
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little late, they did this ages ago |
PatrynXX |
Dec-06-09 04:59 PM |
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More accurate |
Knight Hawk |
Dec-06-09 05:05 PM |
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STOP complaining, and START doing. And that goes to everyone who rec'd this thread. |
UrbScotty |
Dec-06-09 06:30 PM |
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I Could Not Agree More! |
mckara |
Dec-06-09 08:32 PM |
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Locking |
TygrBright |
Dec-06-09 09:01 PM |
#83 |
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