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Sat Mar-31-07 01:20 PM
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| 24. Anybody who opposes them is "extreme left wing" |
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but I can tell you that most of us are just traditional democrats. Anybody who speaks in that manner is not.
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| -working to crush "the extreme left wing of the Democratic Party" |
Robbien |
Mar-31-07 09:26 AM |
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'Politico profile' |
bigtree |
Mar-31-07 09:28 AM |
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If anyone knowsthe backstory of the Moderate/Centrist Dem |
Robbien |
Mar-31-07 09:33 AM |
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bullshit. These folks are making it up as they go along. |
bigtree |
Mar-31-07 12:58 PM |
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Politico/Drudge knows centrists/moderates like the back of their hand. |
Robbien |
Mar-31-07 04:11 PM |
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Politico/Drudge may know something, but what they feed us is bullshit |
bigtree |
Mar-31-07 07:24 PM |
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The only ones picking on Dems here are the Centrists/Moderates/Blue Dogs |
Robbien |
Mar-31-07 09:31 PM |
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There certainly is a struggle going on between the corporate and liberal wings of |
Marr |
Mar-31-07 09:34 AM |
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I'd say it's more like the "corporate and populist wings..." |
Kurovski |
Mar-31-07 04:12 PM |
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Yep - remember this gem from Hillary - always siding with Bush..... |
blm |
Mar-31-07 05:50 PM |
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There has been an ongoing effort to stamp out the left wing of the Democratic party |
MadHound |
Mar-31-07 09:41 AM |
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Precisely. I am feeling more disallusioned as I learn. |
higher class |
Mar-31-07 10:59 AM |
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It's not a "problem" its a battle between two factions within the Democratic Party. |
w4rma |
Mar-31-07 01:02 PM |
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John Edwards WAS DLC the whole time he was senator, btw. n/t |
Clark2008 |
Mar-31-07 04:24 PM |
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I'm not sure that's true -- or please document if it is |
Morgana LaFey |
Mar-31-07 07:01 PM |
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His name is under the Leaders headline |
seasonedblue |
Mar-31-07 09:15 PM |
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Well, there ya go. |
Morgana LaFey |
Apr-01-07 07:46 PM |
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I'd like to see how that plays out. It's obvious that they have |
higher class |
Mar-31-07 08:10 PM |
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The DLC is funded by the big corporations. DLCers says what their funders want them to say. |
w4rma |
Mar-31-07 08:20 PM |
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Are there any facts that would show that DLC members have been |
higher class |
Mar-31-07 08:41 PM |
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Yes. (nt) |
w4rma |
Mar-31-07 08:58 PM |
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It is amusing to me |
Pastiche423 |
Mar-31-07 04:46 PM |
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If we had national IRV |
ProudDad |
Mar-31-07 07:46 PM |
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and yet as the last election showed, they can't afford to get rid of us... |
NorthernSpy |
Mar-31-07 11:33 AM |
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That's crystal clear. |
LWolf |
Mar-31-07 11:54 AM |
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It isn't a two way street with them. |
Radical Activist |
Mar-31-07 11:59 AM |
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When we had a real progressive win the nomination if TX AG the 'Establishment' Democrats worked |
Vincardog |
Mar-31-07 05:28 PM |
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And when they show up in DC to lobby, |
proud2Blib |
Mar-31-07 01:46 PM |
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Dave Obey has been one of the most reliably liberal.... |
CarbonDate |
Apr-01-07 07:36 AM |
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Is it the corporate and left wing or the corporate and workers wing? |
sfexpat2000 |
Mar-31-07 02:45 PM |
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I have learned. Left wing = |
PassingFair |
Mar-31-07 12:06 PM |
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Left is for the people, right is for the royals |
TorchesAndPitchforks |
Mar-31-07 12:21 PM |
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Well I am fucking SHOCKED!!! |
leftchick |
Mar-31-07 12:07 PM |
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The definition of "left wing" is those who are paying attention. |
shance |
Mar-31-07 12:09 PM |
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When we stop giving our power and money to Washington, we take our power back. |
shance |
Mar-31-07 12:16 PM |
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aka " American centrists" (who are being given voice via "netroots") |
pat_k |
Mar-31-07 12:25 PM |
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As many people here know, my MAIN issue today is the voting machines |
loudsue |
Mar-31-07 12:46 PM |
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Maybe if Obama loses Illinois in 08 he'll wise up. |
Warren Stupidity |
Mar-31-07 12:55 PM |
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Hmmm. You may be right. Obama took his first loss very hard, |
loudsue |
Mar-31-07 01:00 PM |
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Edwards has more experience at dealing with that stuff than anyone else you listed. |
w4rma |
Mar-31-07 01:05 PM |
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I think people on DU become delusional - it really hurts to learn |
higher class |
Mar-31-07 04:07 PM |
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You are reading too much into it, and he didn't refer to anyone as conspiracy theorist.. |
rebel with a cause |
Apr-01-07 04:30 AM |
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Nope. He said it himself. Look in the book! |
loudsue |
Apr-01-07 04:56 AM |
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Nope, |
rebel with a cause |
Apr-01-07 06:20 AM |
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In 100% agreement! If the corporate factions run our elections, then we don't really have |
kiteinthewind |
Mar-31-07 04:27 PM |
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That makes him extremely dangerous, IMO |
Morgana LaFey |
Mar-31-07 07:07 PM |
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what left wing? |
ananda |
Mar-31-07 12:54 PM |
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Anybody who opposes them is "extreme left wing" |
mmonk |
Mar-31-07 01:20 PM |
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They call us, "extreme left wing"..I call |
zidzi |
Mar-31-07 03:14 PM |
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They've picked up on the wrongwing talking points. These Democrats are as Democratic as the Neocons |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Apr-01-07 07:32 AM |
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that phantom left wing |
downstairsparts |
Mar-31-07 02:06 PM |
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i'm curious to know what your definition of "Left" is... |
rman |
Apr-01-07 07:21 AM |
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Those "3rd Wayers" have the same problem with using Democrat as an adjective as the 'thugs do. |
w4rma |
Mar-31-07 01:00 PM |
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In America there is an extreme right wing but not an extreme left wing. |
gordianot |
Mar-31-07 01:03 PM |
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I am a member of the extreme left wing |
proud2Blib |
Mar-31-07 01:48 PM |
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Compared to the extreme right in power now you are probably right. |
gordianot |
Mar-31-07 07:18 PM |
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I already know my opponents (by their choice, not mine). |
mmonk |
Mar-31-07 01:08 PM |
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My opponents are domestic, I have seen the elephant. |
gordianot |
Mar-31-07 01:34 PM |
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True. |
mmonk |
Apr-02-07 07:27 AM |
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when did extreme left wingers get voted into congress??? |
librechik |
Mar-31-07 01:40 PM |
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I think Kucinich is solidly left. Scarcely extreme, though. |
Jim Sagle |
Mar-31-07 06:36 PM |
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And some of these blue dogs are longtime DUers. |
proud2Blib |
Mar-31-07 01:45 PM |
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what a bunch of shit |
bigtree |
Mar-31-07 01:50 PM |
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True |
proud2Blib |
Mar-31-07 01:59 PM |
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Where is it posted? |
Breeze54 |
Mar-31-07 02:21 PM |
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Here it is: jump in! |
loudsue |
Mar-31-07 02:40 PM |
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thank you |
leftchick |
Mar-31-07 02:57 PM |
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Thanks!! |
Breeze54 |
Mar-31-07 04:51 PM |
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who knows why folks respond or don't |
bigtree |
Mar-31-07 03:06 PM |
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That wasn't a right/left issue. |
cali |
Mar-31-07 06:50 PM |
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the "blue dogs" and the DLC are actually quite different... |
NorthernSpy |
Mar-31-07 03:18 PM |
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Many Southerners as well as Catholics under hte Blue Dog tent,. |
Jim Sagle |
Mar-31-07 06:40 PM |
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It's slimeballs like this that convinced people to vote Nader in 2000. |
intheflow |
Mar-31-07 01:51 PM |
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Who are the 'extreme left' of the Democratic Party? |
LeftishBrit |
Mar-31-07 02:15 PM |
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The "extreme left" seems to be people who want fair elections, |
sfexpat2000 |
Mar-31-07 02:47 PM |
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And want equal rights |
zidzi |
Mar-31-07 03:28 PM |
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That's right. How extreme! |
sfexpat2000 |
Mar-31-07 03:39 PM |
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and want clean air, healthy food, address global warming etc. |
leftchick |
Mar-31-07 04:18 PM |
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and are pro-Labor and pro-minority at OTHER than election time |
Morgana LaFey |
Mar-31-07 07:10 PM |
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Gee, I've been speaking of "the civil war in the Democratic Party" since 2000. |
nealmhughes |
Mar-31-07 03:52 PM |
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I heard in the late 90s it was the Clinton Dems v the Kennedy Dems for soul of the party. |
blm |
Mar-31-07 05:49 PM |
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we need to go to the source |
leftofthedial |
Mar-31-07 04:13 PM |
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From the title and from the link, 2 words: |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Mar-31-07 04:15 PM |
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Yes. It is no wonder Rahm grabbed credit for the 2006 win |
Robbien |
Mar-31-07 04:39 PM |
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He's the Bob Schrum of the New American Century! |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Mar-31-07 04:55 PM |
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the Progressive Caucus in Congress |
zippy890 |
Mar-31-07 04:33 PM |
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I miss Howard Dean! |
Pharaoh |
Mar-31-07 04:44 PM |
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it does not matter |
DanWithAngel |
Mar-31-07 04:51 PM |
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Technically talk of voting 3rd party is against the rules |
magellan |
Mar-31-07 06:17 PM |
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Grassroots power! |
epppie |
Mar-31-07 05:12 PM |
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Welcome to DU epppie |
Vincardog |
Mar-31-07 05:38 PM |
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Corporations vs. the People |
omega minimo |
Mar-31-07 05:50 PM |
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So if this is a good idea, why do we never hear of the GOP doing it? |
Morgana LaFey |
Mar-31-07 06:57 PM |
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Not really |
ProudDad |
Mar-31-07 07:56 PM |
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Can we just call the "Extreme Left" |
Jcrowley |
Mar-31-07 09:08 PM |
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They are as Poisonous as Republicans |
Hidden Stillness |
Apr-01-07 12:23 AM |
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Unfortunately, many Dems think that Clinton/Gore was a break in the rise of |
omega minimo |
Apr-01-07 01:38 AM |
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that would be great, yeah. becasue once we get rid of the whacko left nuts, we will have 3 groups |
ComerPerro |
Apr-01-07 12:26 AM |
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Crushing the extreme left wing? |
creeksneakers2 |
Apr-01-07 07:14 AM |
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Did you read the OP? |
rman |
Apr-01-07 07:26 AM |
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Yes, and I read the story it linked to |
creeksneakers2 |
Apr-01-07 01:50 PM |
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To the degree the left is destroyed humanity looses its soul. |
Larry Ogg |
Apr-01-07 08:24 AM |
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over one hundred years ago |
newspeak |
Apr-01-07 02:33 PM |
#99 |
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