CarlVK
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:52 PM
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| 83. As much as I hate it, |
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I think America is more prone to elect insane rightwing freaks than a leftwing one. It's a general orientation problem.
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| -Can a TRULY radical candidate get elected as US President? |
Husb2Sparkly |
Sep-05-06 04:49 PM |
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Yes. |
Radical Activist |
Sep-05-06 04:53 PM |
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That's why they killed him |
ProudDad |
Sep-05-06 10:10 PM |
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Sigh. |
Lindacooks |
Sep-08-06 01:02 AM |
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If he had even a remote chance of winning |
Sinti |
Sep-05-06 04:53 PM |
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I think a candidate like that... |
katsy |
Sep-05-06 04:53 PM |
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I think we already got one. Only it isn't the same kind of radical |
The_Casual_Observer |
Sep-05-06 04:55 PM |
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How about the radical bush....and his administration.. |
movonne |
Sep-05-06 04:55 PM |
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Wellstone voted for the Patriot Act |
sandnsea |
Sep-05-06 04:57 PM |
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Remember, the Rep leadership said they would fix |
alfredo |
Sep-05-06 05:47 PM |
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The Senate passed better legislation |
sandnsea |
Sep-05-06 06:14 PM |
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but was he allowed to read it first? |
DiktatrW |
Sep-05-06 07:53 PM |
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Probably read it in 1996 |
sandnsea |
Sep-05-06 08:05 PM |
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Charlie Rangle didn't seem real familiar with it |
DiktatrW |
Sep-05-06 08:13 PM |
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So he says |
sandnsea |
Sep-05-06 08:19 PM |
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I don't doubt for a minute it was originated from our side, |
DiktatrW |
Sep-05-06 08:29 PM |
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Biden introduced it |
sandnsea |
Sep-05-06 08:56 PM |
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I also remember reading somewhere, |
DiktatrW |
Sep-05-06 09:08 PM |
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Lots of things were ignored |
sandnsea |
Sep-05-06 10:00 PM |
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If I remember correctly |
DiktatrW |
Sep-05-06 11:07 PM |
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I could be mistaken ... but I **think** you're actually referring to ..... |
Husb2Sparkly |
Sep-05-06 08:23 PM |
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Yep, sorry its been a while, will have to |
DiktatrW |
Sep-05-06 08:27 PM |
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Of course. Neocons are radical. They just have to say |
Ravy |
Sep-05-06 04:59 PM |
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with charisma and diebold, anything goes |
mdmc |
Sep-05-06 05:01 PM |
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Stupid is a radical |
Warpy |
Sep-05-06 05:01 PM |
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FDR was elected by a middle class that got screwed by |
Joe for Clark |
Sep-05-06 05:44 PM |
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Of course, ronny ray-gun looked up to FDR |
ProudDad |
Sep-05-06 10:12 PM |
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I haven't heard that in a long time - |
Joe for Clark |
Sep-05-06 10:30 PM |
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I probably know more than you |
ProudDad |
Sep-06-06 07:14 PM |
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Bush money went into building Buchenwald and all the other death camps. |
TankLV |
Sep-06-06 08:19 PM |
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I guess anything is possible - |
Joe for Clark |
Sep-07-06 03:52 PM |
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No. americans want sweet talk, not leadership. nt |
blondeatlast |
Sep-05-06 05:04 PM |
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Not on a national level |
135th |
Sep-05-06 05:12 PM |
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Yes, it can happen. |
Joe for Clark |
Sep-05-06 05:12 PM |
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probably not - but i think it's the wrong question to ask ... |
welshTerrier2 |
Sep-05-06 05:13 PM |
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Welsh, a very good post ,imho. Thanks. n/t |
anitar1 |
Sep-08-06 11:50 PM |
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no |
MATTMAN |
Sep-05-06 05:13 PM |
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FDR did have a socialist twinge in his programs. |
Joe for Clark |
Sep-05-06 05:21 PM |
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I don't think that a marxist prez could be elected. |
MATTMAN |
Sep-05-06 05:27 PM |
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I understood what you meant. |
Joe for Clark |
Sep-05-06 05:36 PM |
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The country had a socialist turn in the great depression. |
MATTMAN |
Sep-05-06 05:46 PM |
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Thats right. |
Joe for Clark |
Sep-05-06 05:52 PM |
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FDR's agenda was only "radical" |
ProudDad |
Sep-05-06 10:15 PM |
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You don't really belive this, do you?? |
Joe for Clark |
Sep-05-06 11:27 PM |
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I told you |
ProudDad |
Sep-06-06 07:11 PM |
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Wait - you think FDR "ginned up" WWII?? |
Joe for Clark |
Sep-07-06 03:37 PM |
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A 'socialist', actually, is not what I had in mind ..... |
Husb2Sparkly |
Sep-05-06 05:34 PM |
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A radical just thinks "outside the box". |
Joe for Clark |
Sep-05-06 05:50 PM |
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when you said radical |
MATTMAN |
Sep-05-06 06:03 PM |
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I read the other responses - and they are right - |
Joe for Clark |
Sep-05-06 06:38 PM |
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That's still the piece of slime that's inhabiting the White House |
ProudDad |
Sep-05-06 10:19 PM |
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Paul Tsongas was RADICAL? |
Totally Committed |
Sep-05-06 05:16 PM |
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Mario ........ |
Husb2Sparkly |
Sep-05-06 05:37 PM |
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Mario Cuomo will forever be the best President |
Totally Committed |
Sep-05-06 06:00 PM |
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No...not in a national campaign... |
SaveElmer |
Sep-05-06 05:23 PM |
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No. They want a face and prescripted platitudes. |
PresidentWar |
Sep-05-06 06:06 PM |
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bush is a radical neocon - so I guess the answer would be yes |
RadiDem |
Sep-05-06 06:28 PM |
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Sure. A radical with spending capacity approaching infinity. n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
Sep-05-06 06:42 PM |
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Not likely, |
DiktatrW |
Sep-05-06 08:02 PM |
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I don't think Democrats would go for someone like that...... |
FrenchieCat |
Sep-05-06 08:08 PM |
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He did. Bush is radically self-absorbed, ignorant and selfish. |
MasonJar |
Sep-05-06 09:02 PM |
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Not a chance |
ProudDad |
Sep-05-06 10:09 PM |
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I certainly hope not. |
AZBlue |
Sep-05-06 10:40 PM |
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Sorry, but that is just plain wrong. It is what Repukes would like you |
greyhound1966 |
Sep-08-06 12:52 PM |
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Wes Clark can be our bridge to that. |
Tom Rinaldo |
Sep-06-06 08:08 PM |
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Yes. They already have. Unfortunately, they're all right wing assholes. |
TankLV |
Sep-06-06 08:17 PM |
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yes... |
theanarch |
Sep-06-06 08:34 PM |
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I would submit that Bush is the most radical president ever. |
rurallib |
Sep-06-06 08:37 PM |
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In HIS time, F.D.R. had some pretty 'radical' ideas, & served FOUR terms |
zann725 |
Sep-06-06 11:00 PM |
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want a radical? |
flaminbats |
Sep-06-06 11:56 PM |
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Yes. |
LWolf |
Sep-07-06 06:43 AM |
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John Edwards can do those things |
SeaNap05 |
Sep-07-06 03:52 PM |
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So can other Dems n/t |
politicasista |
Sep-07-06 06:20 PM |
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Riding the bus the other day |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Sep-07-06 09:11 PM |
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Yes, but it would take a crisis of some sort. |
LostInAnomie |
Sep-07-06 10:11 PM |
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No. That candidate would split the Democratic vote... |
kentuck |
Sep-07-06 10:20 PM |
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I still wish Perot would have won |
TheFarseer |
Sep-07-06 10:27 PM |
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IOW, where is this generation's Huey Long? |
greyhound1966 |
Sep-08-06 02:17 PM |
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thanks for the link |
TheFarseer |
Sep-08-06 06:09 PM |
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well, a radical already got selected |
newspeak |
Sep-08-06 01:23 PM |
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Wellstone had 17,000 very well organized volunteers in just one state |
eridani |
Sep-08-06 11:20 PM |
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Absolutely |
alvarezadams |
Sep-08-06 06:13 PM |
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Well, Bush is in the WH, not that he was elected |
Jacobin |
Sep-08-06 06:32 PM |
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As much as I hate it, |
CarlVK |
Sep-08-06 11:52 PM |
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bernie sanders n/t |
Tiggeroshii |
Sep-09-06 12:26 AM |
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