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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 10:41 AM
Response to Reply #51
53. I said it's time to ACT like it's a victory.
Acting like it's a victory is just as important as it actually being one. Everyone wants to be on a winner, so winners we must become.
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  -I can't understand why anyone's opposing the compromise on the fillibuster mtnsnake  May-24-05 08:11 AM   #0 
  - The whole thing is predicated on ther republicans keeping their word  vi5   May-24-05 08:14 AM   #1 
  - We have made a deal with the fascists.  benburch   May-24-05 08:15 AM   #2 
  - Yep... Springer is hitting on this right now on AAR  halobeam   May-24-05 08:16 AM   #4 
     - If Springer is complaining, he SHOULDN'T be  mtnsnake   May-24-05 08:18 AM   #11 
        - So the wimps are the ones who wanted us to FIGHT?  vi5   May-24-05 08:24 AM   #15 
        - How is this a VICTORY????  JRob   May-24-05 10:32 AM   #51 
           - I said it's time to ACT like it's a victory.  mtnsnake   May-24-05 10:41 AM   #53 
              - ok i see where your going...  JRob   May-24-05 05:40 PM   #59 
  - I would have preferred it get played out to the endgame  Alpharetta   May-24-05 08:15 AM   #3 
  - Happy you're not the last off the Titanic?  zipplewrath   May-24-05 08:16 AM   #5 
  - Exactly!!! Where we might have shown strength we buckled!  JRob   May-24-05 10:36 AM   # 
     - Jayeeesus!! The only ones who buckled were the Republicans! n/t  mtnsnake   May-24-05 05:42 PM   #60 
  - One step at a time. One battle at a time. Sadly, too many here think  havocmom   May-24-05 08:17 AM   #6 
  - Here's Why  Itsthetruth   May-24-05 08:18 AM   #10 
  - some shades of grey are so dark  GreenArrow   May-24-05 08:20 AM   #13 
  - Exactly. It's also called being realistic and doing  mtnsnake   May-24-05 08:23 AM   #14 
  - What did the Dems gain here?  BlueManDude   May-24-05 08:27 AM   #17 
  - Perhaps our political lives and a chance  mtnsnake   May-24-05 08:30 AM   #23 
     - Bottom line is that the threat of "going nuclear" worked for the GOP  BlueManDude   May-24-05 08:37 AM   #26 
     - BINGO  havocmom   May-24-05 08:47 AM   #32 
  - Whereas I agree generally, with this issue I can not...  JRob   May-24-05 10:42 AM   #54 
  - Thank You  NWHarkness   May-24-05 08:18 AM   #7 
  - 3 far, far right judges will now sit for life on the fed bench  BlueManDude   May-24-05 08:18 AM   #8 
  - ...and they were the POINT to begin with! So where the "WIN"? n/t  JRob   May-24-05 10:52 AM   #56 
  - Oh come on....  sendero   May-24-05 08:18 AM   #9 
  - You just proved my point  mtnsnake   May-24-05 08:27 AM   #19 
     - If they're going to do it anyway..  sendero   May-24-05 08:36 AM   #25 
     - I agree the American people  mtnsnake   May-24-05 08:46 AM   #31 
        - On that point I can agree..  sendero   May-24-05 08:52 AM   #36 
           - Infighting?  Goblinmonger   May-24-05 09:30 AM   #41 
     - They didn't have the votes to go Nuc or they would have.  JRob   May-24-05 10:58 AM   #58 
  - because it puts off the inevitable  still_one   May-24-05 08:20 AM   #12 
  - It would have been nice to have busted the nominees  reality based   May-24-05 08:26 AM   #16 
  - crocodile tears from the Rethugs?  CTyankee   May-24-05 08:27 AM   #18 
  - I was feeling better about things until.........  blue sky at night   May-24-05 08:28 AM   #20 
  - Yes, I would have opted for the other choice.....  ClintonTyree   May-24-05 08:29 AM   #21 
  - Well there is the path of Lieberman  CWebster   May-24-05 08:30 AM   #22 
  - That tells me that there's a lot more gray area in matters like this  mtnsnake   May-24-05 08:38 AM   #27 
     - You could make the same argument for Bush  CWebster   May-24-05 08:40 AM   #28 
        - Please offer an alternative  mtnsnake   May-24-05 09:28 AM   #40 
           - I got an alternative for you.  Goblinmonger   May-24-05 09:33 AM   #42 
           - That's an alternative, albeit an extreme one that would never happen  mtnsnake   May-24-05 09:48 AM   #44 
              - Newsflash  Goblinmonger   May-24-05 10:09 AM   #46 
                 - Speak for yourself  mtnsnake   May-24-05 10:18 AM   #48 
           - No we didn't  CWebster   May-24-05 09:35 AM   #43 
  - Wake up - Palpatine secured the coup, and now he's going #66 on the Jedi  derby378   May-24-05 08:33 AM   #24 
  - Sure  TnDem   May-24-05 08:42 AM   #29 
  - Good work in thinking it through  CWebster   May-24-05 08:51 AM   #35 
  - Thank you sir. May I have another?  quaoar   May-24-05 08:44 AM   #30 
  - Oh Come On. We gained nothing. This compromise was like tell Hitler  rhett o rick   May-24-05 08:47 AM   #33 
  - I disagree  RethugAssKicker   May-24-05 08:51 AM   #34 
  - No, we got the right to fillibuster PERIOD  mtnsnake   May-24-05 08:57 AM   #38 
     - Oh come on  Goblinmonger   May-24-05 09:26 AM   #39 
        - Wow, talk about doom and gloom  mtnsnake   May-24-05 09:51 AM   #45 
           - Wow, talk about Pollyanna  Goblinmonger   May-24-05 10:10 AM   #47 
              - Better we preserved the right to filibuster than  mtnsnake   May-24-05 10:21 AM   #49 
                 - You didn't answer the question.  Goblinmonger   May-24-05 10:55 AM   #57 
  - It's not a compromise, it's a sell out.  bowens43   May-24-05 08:56 AM   #37 
  - Read the Feingold link...Your post is naive if you think this is a Dem vic  EndElectoral   May-24-05 10:26 AM   #50 
     - Among other things, where did I say this is a victory? What I said is  mtnsnake   May-24-05 10:36 AM   #52 
        - Congratulations to Robert Byrd for saving the "Republic"  Eliot Spitzer 2006   May-24-05 10:45 AM   #55 
 

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