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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-30-07 09:57 AM
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63. And you'll have gone your whole life without a progressive President.
That needs to stop as well. Let's not waste this opportunity on a status quo candidate.
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  -I was born in 1983. There have been 4 Presidents in my lifetime. ButterflyBlood  Mar-29-07 10:48 PM   #0 
  - I first voted  junofeb   Mar-29-07 10:51 PM   #1 
  - My kids were born long before either of you, and for their sake,  GregD   Mar-29-07 10:54 PM   #3 
  - You're preaching to the choir here.  yourout   Mar-29-07 10:52 PM   #2 
  - If the founding fathers has had a problem with it...  SaveElmer   Mar-29-07 10:55 PM   #4 
     - Washington could have been President for life but he knew it would be..  yourout   Mar-29-07 10:57 PM   #6 
     - That is not the same thing...  SaveElmer   Mar-29-07 10:59 PM   #11 
        - If had been alive I might have.  yourout   Mar-29-07 10:59 PM   #13 
     - John Quincy Adams became president 24 years after his father left office  BlueStater   Mar-29-07 10:58 PM   #7 
     - That is disingenous...  SaveElmer   Mar-29-07 11:00 PM   #14 
     - If we had no one but their families and another one for the past 20 years  ButterflyBlood   Mar-29-07 11:02 PM   #17 
     - FDR was a fifth cousin of Teddy  BlueStater   Mar-29-07 11:10 PM   #21 
        - FDR was close to Teddy however...and Eleanor was his niece...  SaveElmer   Mar-29-07 11:11 PM   #22 
           - Would I have supported RFK?  BlueStater   Mar-29-07 11:18 PM   #27 
              - but if RFK had been elected, it still would have qualified for the definition of "dynasty."  wyldwolf   Mar-30-07 05:03 AM   #58 
     - you're not familiar with the definition of dynasty, then, are you?  wyldwolf   Mar-30-07 05:01 AM   #57 
     - When the Constitution was drafted,  ripple   Mar-30-07 09:45 AM   #62 
  - Sorry, I'll judge on qualities other than who my candidate married.  jobycom   Mar-29-07 10:56 PM   #5 
  - say it again  emilyg   Mar-29-07 11:20 PM   #29 
  - And don't forget this...  Chimpys_Last_Stand   Mar-29-07 10:58 PM   #8 
  - Born in 1983 as well  Katzenkavalier   Mar-29-07 10:58 PM   #9 
  - And the day you were born, A Bush was Vice President...  Tom Joad   Mar-29-07 10:59 PM   #10 
  - Pick a new word. Dynasty doesn't cut it n/t  Kerry2008   Mar-29-07 10:59 PM   #12 
  - Revolving Monarchy.  yourout   Mar-29-07 11:01 PM   #15 
  - How about nepotism?  BeyondGeography   Mar-29-07 11:39 PM   #39 
     - None of this would be a problem if  Katzenkavalier   Mar-29-07 11:46 PM   #41 
     - People are presented with limited choices  BeyondGeography   Mar-29-07 11:54 PM   #43 
        - But look at this now  Katzenkavalier   Mar-29-07 11:59 PM   #45 
           - Ask yourself why she is the frontrunner  BeyondGeography   Mar-30-07 12:21 AM   #48 
     - I kind of like "banana republic."  Nedsdag   Mar-30-07 09:15 AM   #60 
  - I was born in 1950. We have had other pseudo-dynasties  AshevilleGuy   Mar-29-07 11:01 PM   #16 
  - Damn straight I'm tired  rockymountaindem   Mar-29-07 11:04 PM   #18 
  - I'm with you!! No Dynasties!  Breeze54   Mar-29-07 11:06 PM   #19 
  - I understand your frustration, but...  progdonkey   Mar-29-07 11:09 PM   #20 
  - HRC IS DLC!  Breeze54   Mar-29-07 11:13 PM   #23 
  - that's a different issue...  progdonkey   Mar-29-07 11:19 PM   #28 
     - It's all the same issue.  Breeze54   Mar-29-07 11:51 PM   #42 
  - It may be unfair to Hillary but this county needs a serious dose of .....  yourout   Mar-29-07 11:15 PM   #24 
  - I know plenty of people who are excited about Hillary's candidacy  ElizabethDC   Mar-29-07 11:21 PM   #30 
     - I'm glad your involved but even here near Madison all I hear is....  yourout   Mar-29-07 11:25 PM   #31 
     - I think you'd be surprised at the number of people who are excited about Hillary  ElizabethDC   Mar-29-07 11:31 PM   #32 
     - I'm 23 and  Katzenkavalier   Mar-29-07 11:32 PM   #33 
        - Yep, he's got a lot of young people excited, too  ElizabethDC   Mar-29-07 11:34 PM   #34 
        - Problem is  Katzenkavalier   Mar-29-07 11:35 PM   #35 
           - I have no idea  ElizabethDC   Mar-29-07 11:38 PM   #38 
        - me too  ButterflyBlood   Mar-29-07 11:36 PM   #36 
           - Yeah, but are they going to vote in the primaries?  Katzenkavalier   Mar-29-07 11:40 PM   #40 
              - Check this out  ButterflyBlood   Mar-30-07 12:24 AM   #49 
  - Excellent assessment n/t  ElizabethDC   Mar-29-07 11:17 PM   #26 
  - As yet another child of the 1980s  ElizabethDC   Mar-29-07 11:15 PM   #25 
  - I was born in 1975.  Jennicut   Mar-29-07 11:38 PM   #37 
  - Great and spot on post!  Breeze54   Mar-29-07 11:55 PM   #44 
  - Worse yet, the Clintons are effectively  DemBones DemBones   Mar-30-07 12:08 AM   #46 
  - Don't let ANYONE tell you who to vote for or not vote for!  Jennicut   Mar-30-07 12:20 AM   #47 
  - I admire Dennis Kucinich.  Breeze54   Mar-30-07 12:26 AM   #50 
  - If Hillary is a moderate Republican then Democrats (almost) don't exist  AJH032   Mar-30-07 01:24 AM   #54 
  - no, they are not.  wyldwolf   Mar-30-07 05:04 AM   #59 
  - I don't think you can use the term Republikan since the only qualification for  greyhound1966   Mar-30-07 09:32 AM   #61 
  - So we vote against someone for their name now?  Bluedogvoter   Mar-30-07 12:27 AM   #51 
  - I oppose Hillary because of her actions, not because of her last name  skipos   Mar-30-07 12:28 AM   #52 
  - Well, at least you weren't born 2 weeks before one our best Presidents ever was murdered...  Up2Late   Mar-30-07 12:32 AM   #53 
  - I was also born in 1983. I agree.  Alexander   Mar-30-07 03:30 AM   #55 
  - there have been 11 presidents in my lifetime so what you claim isn't a dynasty at all  wyldwolf   Mar-30-07 05:00 AM   #56 
  - And you'll have gone your whole life without a progressive President.  Radical Activist   Mar-30-07 09:57 AM   #63 
  - While I admit that the idea sorta bothers me (ala we need fresh ideas  salin   Mar-30-07 09:58 AM   #64 
  - I was born in 1962. There have been 9 Presidents in my lifetime.  ieoeja   Mar-30-07 10:11 AM   #65 
 

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