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Wed Jul-09-08 04:07 PM
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| 52. sympathetic hugs to you. I ALMOST reached my breaking point when... |
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a bunch of people here criticized a linked article as being from a source that was "too leftist/too progressive". It happens very rarely, but I was at a loss for words, so I went and took the dog for a walk to get perspective. I came back and was STILL fuming!
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| -The Democratic Party no longer represents my best interests. |
Texas Explorer |
Jul-09-08 02:11 PM |
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Would you consider rewording that so this isn't locked and we can talk |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 02:12 PM |
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SF. If they lock it, it would be proof that the OP is correct, more of what the |
robinlynne |
Jul-09-08 02:15 PM |
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Skinner's house, Skinner's rules. I just wanted us to be able to talk. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 02:16 PM |
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I reworded it. But I'm also giving up on voting and begging |
Texas Explorer |
Jul-09-08 02:18 PM |
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Thanks. And I hear you. I couldn't even call Pelosi on this -- |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 02:21 PM |
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EVERY LAST SINGLE THING I have called them on has gone |
Texas Explorer |
Jul-09-08 02:26 PM |
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I know. n/t |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 02:27 PM |
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The sadness in that little two word reply... "I know." Yeah. n/t |
philly_bob |
Jul-09-08 02:55 PM |
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We need a multi party system with coalitions |
Ichingcarpenter |
Jul-09-08 02:53 PM |
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I'm trying to hold onto the idea that before Howard took over at DNC, |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 03:03 PM |
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We (PDA) went to Feinstein's office many times. We took hundreds of signatures |
robinlynne |
Jul-09-08 06:23 PM |
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You know what they say about "taxation without representation" |
RFKin2008 |
Jul-10-08 12:38 AM |
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actually, they really haven't since the Reagan era... |
villager |
Jul-09-08 02:12 PM |
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What was the trigger? I was bringing up small kids |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 02:22 PM |
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One example was Ted Kennedy ushering the Raygun agenda through the Democratically controlled Senate. |
greyhound1966 |
Jul-09-08 05:03 PM |
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Oh, cr@p. I missed that whole thing. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 05:09 PM |
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you got that wrong |
hfojvt |
Jul-09-08 05:21 PM |
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I write corrected. His duplicity is well documented, however. n/t |
greyhound1966 |
Jul-10-08 03:13 AM |
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for another thing: |
villager |
Jul-09-08 06:02 PM |
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The Democrats have the bushes back, especially Nancy and Harry, n/t |
fasttense |
Jul-09-08 02:14 PM |
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If you abandon the Dem Party, you no longer represent your best interests. |
ClassWarrior |
Jul-09-08 02:15 PM |
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WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO CHANGE IT FOR YEARS!!! How |
Texas Explorer |
Jul-09-08 02:25 PM |
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Then YOU give up. |
ClassWarrior |
Jul-09-08 03:04 PM |
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Who said I was defeated? And, where do you get off inferring that |
Texas Explorer |
Jul-09-08 03:15 PM |
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Yeah, stand in your corner and shake your balled-up little fists at the world. |
ClassWarrior |
Jul-09-08 04:30 PM |
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"real change" |
leftofthedial |
Jul-09-08 05:02 PM |
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That about sums up your entire posting career at DU. |
ClassWarrior |
Jul-09-08 05:14 PM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Jul-09-08 06:13 PM |
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-spit- |
leftofthedial |
Jul-10-08 12:20 AM |
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I wish I had a dollar for every time a DUer said it was time |
Common Sense Party |
Jul-09-08 04:30 PM |
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Or you could wake up to the fact that NEITHER The Dem Party or the Republican Party |
TheWatcher |
Jul-09-08 04:01 PM |
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DLC is all for government of, by and for the corporations. |
notsodumbhillbilly |
Jul-09-08 04:06 PM |
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What part of "staying and working to change it for the better" didn't you understand? |
ClassWarrior |
Jul-09-08 04:27 PM |
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I understand it completly. |
TheWatcher |
Jul-09-08 07:00 PM |
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Crimes? This was only about civil immunity, not CRIMINAL immunity |
Freddie Stubbs |
Jul-09-08 02:16 PM |
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There was no reason to provide civil immunity except to protect Bush. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 02:18 PM |
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Bush would have been exempt from civil litigation without this legislation |
Freddie Stubbs |
Jul-09-08 02:25 PM |
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But he would have had no way to suppress what came out in discovery. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 02:26 PM |
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It is already known what he has done |
Freddie Stubbs |
Jul-09-08 02:31 PM |
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Well, now we can't know that, can we? |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 02:37 PM |
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Evidence of what we "know", for starters. |
kgfnally |
Jul-09-08 04:29 PM |
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Feingold tried to tell them, they didn't have a clue as to what they were immunizing! |
Dr.Phool |
Jul-09-08 04:37 PM |
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So what? They do whatever they want. They don't want their |
Texas Explorer |
Jul-09-08 02:21 PM |
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Apperently Obama feels that it is pass ing FISA more important than suing telecoms |
Freddie Stubbs |
Jul-09-08 02:31 PM |
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FISA was fine the way it was. This was done specifically as a way |
Texas Explorer |
Jul-09-08 02:35 PM |
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We know what side Obama is on and it isn't ours. |
alarimer |
Jul-09-08 03:35 PM |
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please don't mention that name right now. |
robinlynne |
Jul-09-08 06:25 PM |
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We must build a new Democratic Party. |
Opposite Reaction |
Jul-09-08 02:21 PM |
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true. if it weren't for the stolen elections, and the DNCC committee who |
robinlynne |
Jul-09-08 06:28 PM |
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Watch it, you're going to get tombstoned |
Blue_In_AK |
Jul-09-08 02:22 PM |
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If that's true, this place is worthless. |
alarimer |
Jul-09-08 03:36 PM |
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Exactly. If I wanted to post somewhere everyone was drooling clones I'd go to Free Republic. |
LVjinx |
Jul-10-08 02:46 AM |
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This bill had nothing to do with criminal prosecution. |
Connie_Corleone |
Jul-09-08 02:22 PM |
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It does, though. Because now what can be found in discovery |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 02:24 PM |
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We don't really need |
polmaven |
Jul-09-08 02:48 PM |
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Right. But criminal cases are tried by the government. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 03:04 PM |
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That is where we will hold President Obama |
polmaven |
Jul-09-08 04:02 PM |
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Our justice system should never depend upon one person. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 04:04 PM |
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And, aparently there were several casees agaisnt the govt already which were |
robinlynne |
Jul-09-08 06:29 PM |
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There are, iirc, about 40 cases that stand to be tossed out. n/t |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 06:44 PM |
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Your interests are stripping telecom immunity? Why, are you a trial lawyer? |
Occam Bandage |
Jul-09-08 02:28 PM |
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With a two party system - do the repubs represent you interest better? |
dmordue |
Jul-09-08 02:41 PM |
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Too bad the Founders didn't create a Parliamentary System. |
Disturbed |
Jul-09-08 03:09 PM |
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OMG! A post that productively espouses ideas to initiate a better system! |
BushDespiser12 |
Jul-09-08 04:22 PM |
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Amen to most of that |
GreenPartyVoter |
Jul-10-08 07:04 AM |
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Lesser of Two Evils |
Opressed |
Jul-09-08 03:04 PM |
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The disappointment has been around for like 25 years. |
endarkenment |
Jul-09-08 03:05 PM |
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Slightly over 40 years, but still we have to fight. Otherwise, we're just sheep. nt |
glitch |
Jul-09-08 03:11 PM |
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On this day, Teddy Kennedy was wheeled onto the floor of the Senate |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 03:40 PM |
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Yes. :( nt |
glitch |
Jul-09-08 08:30 PM |
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We're like the frog trying to find a better place to kick |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 03:11 PM |
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Can you make that an OP? |
redqueen |
Jul-09-08 03:23 PM |
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Mine either. |
alarimer |
Jul-09-08 03:33 PM |
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I joined the Green Party after the 2000 RWing Coup. |
Disturbed |
Jul-09-08 03:42 PM |
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The Republicans favorite kind of Democrat - The Kamikaze!! |
TexasObserver |
Jul-09-08 03:46 PM |
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Damn the DLC! |
notsodumbhillbilly |
Jul-09-08 03:48 PM |
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And your post represents the Republican Wing of the Democratic Party |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 04:08 PM |
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No, it represents the Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party. |
TexasObserver |
Jul-09-08 04:23 PM |
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I apologize for not being mindless enough for you. n/t |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 04:25 PM |
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Ah, you're one of those pro-censorship, anti 1st ammendment-type "democrats" |
LVjinx |
Jul-10-08 02:48 AM |
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It would be nice to win on an issue at least every once in a while.. |
Fumesucker |
Jul-09-08 04:24 PM |
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It would be nice to see a post from you that isn't attacking Obama. |
TexasObserver |
Jul-09-08 04:25 PM |
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Ummm... I post about a lot of things.. not just Obama |
Fumesucker |
Jul-09-08 04:57 PM |
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Texas Observer, methinks many of us would take issue with that |
RFKin2008 |
Jul-10-08 01:07 AM |
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sympathetic hugs to you. I ALMOST reached my breaking point when... |
FarceOfNature |
Jul-09-08 04:07 PM |
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nope, and haven't for a long time - i'm done with them |
katty |
Jul-09-08 04:07 PM |
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Yes, they do. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Jul-09-08 04:10 PM |
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There is no vote today so maybe we should back off the "Go vote for Nader" thing. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 04:15 PM |
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My feelings today are the same as after Katrina. |
Maureen1322 |
Jul-09-08 04:14 PM |
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They vote, I vote. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Jul-09-08 04:16 PM |
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The majority of "Democrats" on Capitol Hill no longer represent my best interests... |
derby378 |
Jul-09-08 04:31 PM |
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That's a good point. Most of us who are the party don't work there. n/t |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-09-08 05:04 PM |
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Took the words right out of my mouth. Unless you're a corporation, of course today's Democrats |
ForrestGump |
Jul-09-08 05:06 PM |
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You obviously can't win with... |
Help_I_Live_In_Idaho |
Jul-09-08 04:44 PM |
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I am disappointed too |
HughMoran |
Jul-09-08 04:59 PM |
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It's Pelosi and Reid. They are HORRIBLE. They are destroying the party. |
deacon |
Jul-09-08 05:12 PM |
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Best interests? I'd settle for them representing my average, middling, so-so interests |
kenny blankenship |
Jul-09-08 05:19 PM |
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False. Oh, wait this isn't a poll? Sorry. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Jul-09-08 06:13 PM |
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We need to reclaim the Democratic party |
MartyL |
Jul-09-08 07:38 PM |
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The Republican Party no longer represents my best interests. |
TexasObserver |
Jul-10-08 07:52 AM |
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If what you say is true, then the Revolution is overdue. |
Tyler Durden |
Jul-10-08 08:03 AM |
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then you're probably not a homeless veteran |
Enrique |
Jul-10-08 08:37 AM |
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