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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-10 11:42 AM
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8. Maybe they were different people
Three way races are complicated. It is up to each voter's conscience. Maybe it would be better if we didn't have these polls out there and so didn't vote for strategic reasons.
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  -You. Just. Can't. Have. It. Both. Ways. Stinky The Clown  Oct-25-10 11:20 AM   #0 
  - Agreed.  closeupready   Oct-25-10 11:22 AM   #1 
  - In the dark and distant BR* past, I voted for a Republican  Warpy   Oct-25-10 11:26 AM   #2 
  - That was then . . . .  Stinky The Clown   Oct-25-10 11:29 AM   #4 
  - +1  YOY   Oct-25-10 11:29 AM   #3 
  - What about a person of the principle of loyalty?  JVS   Oct-25-10 11:32 AM   #5 
  - Conservatives are hypocrites. Nothing surprising about that. Never once does their meandering ever  TheKentuckian   Oct-25-10 11:41 AM   #6 
  - Principle above party! K&R  Individualist   Oct-25-10 11:42 AM   #7 
  - Maybe they were different people  treestar   Oct-25-10 11:42 AM   #8 
  - Three way races are complicated? Really? So its okay to vote Green?  Stinky The Clown   Oct-25-10 12:12 PM   #13 
  - Sure I can  Panaconda   Oct-25-10 11:43 AM   #9 
  - The two positions are completely consistent.  jgraz   Oct-25-10 11:51 AM   #10 
  - :-)  Stinky The Clown   Oct-25-10 12:14 PM   #14 
  - Caprio is a traitor. Chafee is a true Democrat.  Kurt_and_Hunter   Oct-25-10 11:58 AM   #11 
  - Dems for Hillary were traitors?  Baalath   Oct-25-10 12:44 PM   #21 
     - The post is in mocking jest  Kurt_and_Hunter   Oct-25-10 12:45 PM   #22 
  - I agree, Stinky  MissDeeds   Oct-25-10 12:11 PM   #12 
  - K&R&LOL.  Greyhound   Oct-25-10 12:21 PM   #15 
  - Does Caprio want his endorsement?  Recursion   Oct-25-10 12:22 PM   #16 
  - If you read any of the accounts of this, the answer is "Yes" he wanted Obama's endorsement  Stinky The Clown   Oct-25-10 12:37 PM   #19 
  - Zell Miller and Ben Nelson are life long Democrats as well  Winterblues   Oct-25-10 12:23 PM   #17 
  - As a Blanche Lincoln supporter....  moriah   Oct-25-10 12:36 PM   #18 
  - You think that what he had one so far is  ThomCat   Oct-25-10 04:03 PM   #37 
  - General Treasurer of Rhode Island  Kurt_and_Hunter   Oct-25-10 12:41 PM   #20 
  - Sure you can. Just put the machine on spin and call it "practical".  Tierra_y_Libertad   Oct-25-10 12:49 PM   #23 
  - I'm not sure there's a cafeteria table left for me so I'll eat my lunch under the lovely tree  blondeatlast   Oct-25-10 12:54 PM   #24 
  - Had I been nuts enough to stay in Florida after my dad died  Warpy   Oct-25-10 01:03 PM   #26 
  - You can sit with me  Stinky The Clown   Oct-25-10 01:07 PM   #27 
  - Honestly, it doesn't seem like Stinky criticizing people who vote on principle.  moriah   Oct-25-10 01:40 PM   #28 
     - You're *almost* correct about what Stinky is talking about.  Stinky The Clown   Oct-25-10 01:48 PM   #29 
     - Absolutely right on all points. +1  ThomCat   Oct-25-10 04:04 PM   #38 
  - Great post.  Tatiana   Oct-25-10 01:01 PM   #25 
  - "Republican opposer" is an entirely consistent position.  Donald Ian Rankin   Oct-25-10 01:53 PM   #30 
  - I'm not really a "go along with the party" loyalist in ALL circumstances.  Liberal_Stalwart71   Oct-25-10 02:04 PM   #31 
  - You and the poster above you seem to be two of only a handful of people in this thread  Number23   Oct-25-10 10:33 PM   #55 
     - Thanks! It's not often that I receive compliments like this. DU is a rough place! n/t  Liberal_Stalwart71   Oct-26-10 01:21 PM   #73 
  - We've got Democrats here  Blue_In_AK   Oct-25-10 02:07 PM   #32 
  - And a kick to the top . . . .  Stinky The Clown   Oct-25-10 03:04 PM   #33 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-25-10 03:21 PM   #34 
  - Agreed.  BlueIris   Oct-25-10 04:18 PM   #40 
  - They're really Obama loyalists; the party is ancillary to all that  Smashcut   Oct-25-10 03:31 PM   #35 
  - Ha! Nice, clear perspective. I think you're on to something.  ThomCat   Oct-25-10 04:08 PM   #39 
  - nailed it  frylock   Oct-25-10 05:19 PM   #42 
  - BINGO! n/t  QC   Oct-25-10 09:30 PM   #47 
  - Yep!  Hassin Bin Sober   Oct-25-10 09:39 PM   #49 
  - Time for an artistic DUer to come up with an "Action Liberal"  bullwinkle428   Oct-25-10 10:25 PM   #53 
  - We could put it on that woodchuck.  Scurrilous   Oct-26-10 12:03 AM   #63 
  - With a cape...  Jamastiene   Oct-26-10 07:44 AM   #71 
  - That was brilliant!  ProSense   Oct-25-10 10:30 PM   #54 
  - Divisiveness cuts both ways, brother.  Jakes Progress   Oct-25-10 10:41 PM   #57 
     - It's not just divisive  ProSense   Oct-25-10 10:46 PM   #58 
        - Nice picking.  Jakes Progress   Oct-25-10 11:48 PM   #61 
  - damn -- nailed it.  nashville_brook   Oct-26-10 06:49 AM   #69 
  - This is the lowest point DU has ever reached.  Kurt_and_Hunter   Oct-25-10 03:32 PM   #36 
  - The pragmatic, incremental, action oriented thing to do is do whatever Obama tells ya to do. nt  boston bean   Oct-25-10 04:33 PM   #41 
  - !  QC   Oct-25-10 09:31 PM   #48 
  - Fancy that!  Scurrilous   Oct-25-10 11:54 PM   #62 
  - Bingo!  The Uncola   Oct-26-10 07:04 AM   #70 
  - You are setting up a false dichotomy.  Unvanguard   Oct-25-10 06:17 PM   #43 
  - What you're saying makes sense to me  Number23   Oct-25-10 07:58 PM   #45 
  - Nuance  Stinky The Clown   Oct-25-10 09:27 PM   #46 
  - To me, the issue with Meek is now moot  ProudToBeBlueInRhody   Oct-25-10 10:39 PM   #56 
     - That makes perfect sense. I mean, it really does  Number23   Oct-25-10 11:03 PM   #60 
  - Actually, in more than a few cases party or politician loyalty outwieghs anything else  depakid   Oct-25-10 10:55 PM   #59 
  - Judging by the unrecs, at least 29 people here think you can.  Catherina   Oct-25-10 06:25 PM   #44 
  - K and R!  Hassin Bin Sober   Oct-25-10 09:40 PM   #50 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-25-10 10:00 PM   #51 
  - HUGE K & R !!!  WillyT   Oct-25-10 10:04 PM   #52 
  - Chafee is more "Democrat" than 90% who actually have that label  scheming daemons   Oct-26-10 01:09 AM   #64 
  - Based on this post, Stinky... I assume you would vote for the "Democrat" against Bernie Sanders?  scheming daemons   Oct-26-10 01:16 AM   #65 
  - And is Lieberman also a better "democrat" than 90% of the politicians  cornermouse   Oct-26-10 01:22 AM   #66 
     - To compare Chafee to Lieberman is to expose your utter lack of knowledge about both candidates  scheming daemons   Oct-26-10 01:35 AM   #67 
        - They're both independents because they couldn't capture their party nomination.  cornermouse   Oct-26-10 05:53 AM   #68 
  - It is almost like the only way to get along with the current  Jamastiene   Oct-26-10 07:56 AM   #72 
 

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