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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 02:43 PM
Response to Reply #20
21. A president always appeals to the middle and throws out
whatever he can to the base but it is never much, and always clouded in rhetoric designed not to alienate support in the middle. That is just how it works, period. The onus would be on those who disagree to demonstrate it.
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  -Your Concerns are Trivial! Kurt_and_Hunter  Nov-04-10 02:07 PM   #0 
  - When Elvis dies.  HopeHoops   Nov-04-10 02:08 PM   #1 
  - RLOL  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-04-10 02:16 PM   #7 
     - Wait, never mind. I just saw him at the 7-11 - afternoon hanging out with Jesus & Michael Jackson.  HopeHoops   Nov-04-10 02:19 PM   #9 
        - Did you remember to thank Jesus?  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-04-10 02:20 PM   #11 
        - Nah, he was too busy handing out carnations and asking, "have you tried Hari Krishna?"  HopeHoops   Nov-04-10 02:22 PM   #14 
        - I see him every day  Egnever   Nov-04-10 03:32 PM   #33 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Nov-04-10 02:09 PM   #2 
  - The true believers believe that our concerns can be aired after the ruling rich extract 100% of the  Vincardog   Nov-04-10 02:10 PM   #3 
  - yup -- makes one wonder where THEIR allegiances really sit, doesn't it?  Donnachaidh   Nov-04-10 03:09 PM   #28 
  - +1000000 This is a magnum opus  TornadoTN   Nov-04-10 02:11 PM   #4 
  - They won't  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-04-10 02:17 PM   #8 
  - 3/4 of what gets posting on DU is complaining. I have not noticed any Complaint Surpression by  emulatorloo   Nov-04-10 02:11 PM   #5 
  - Well, you haven't noticed it because you're too busy defending Obama's abysmal record.  readmoreoften   Nov-04-10 02:25 PM   #15 
  - I rec'd the thread. Get a grip.  emulatorloo   Nov-04-10 02:45 PM   #23 
  - Actually, what the person you replied to said was  pipi_k   Nov-04-10 05:52 PM   #46 
     - the end of the world happened a while back.  tomp   Nov-05-10 10:14 AM   #50 
        - Maybe I was busy that day....  pipi_k   Nov-05-10 10:27 AM   #52 
           - oh, about a hundred years ago...  tomp   Nov-05-10 10:37 AM   #54 
  - I agree  Naturyl   Nov-04-10 05:14 PM   #40 
  - I am sure the Republicans will take care of your concerns  NJmaverick   Nov-04-10 02:14 PM   #6 
  - Probably about as well as the Democrats have.  readmoreoften   Nov-04-10 02:25 PM   #16 
     - Even better, I'm sure. Wait for it............... n/t  Fire1   Nov-05-10 10:14 AM   #49 
  - Nah sun going nova? Too early  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-04-10 02:20 PM   #10 
  - But that's only a THEORY!!!  Tansy_Gold   Nov-04-10 02:21 PM   #13 
  - Yes, I'm mostly focused on my pet issue.  laughingliberal   Nov-04-10 02:21 PM   #12 
  - and the biggest one.. IGNORED... because you are poor.  bobbolink   Nov-04-10 02:26 PM   #17 
  - Well, to be fair, not everyone can be expected to mention us every time.  Naturyl   Nov-04-10 05:17 PM   #41 
  - EVery time???  bobbolink   Nov-04-10 05:30 PM   #42 
     - Not at all what I was getting at.  Naturyl   Nov-04-10 05:43 PM   #45 
  - Stimulus= less poverty  Lorien   Nov-05-10 11:40 AM   #56 
     - Once again, you don't understand the issue, so you vilify me.  bobbolink   Nov-05-10 01:34 PM   #59 
  - Complain if you want but I don't know what makes anyone think  BootinUp   Nov-04-10 02:29 PM   #18 
  - What is your evidence that Obama retains additional support from the middle?  EFerrari   Nov-04-10 02:38 PM   #20 
     - A president always appeals to the middle and throws out  BootinUp   Nov-04-10 02:43 PM   #21 
        - That's not really evidence, is it?  EFerrari   Nov-04-10 02:46 PM   #24 
           - Sure it is. its clearly demonstrated by history. nt  BootinUp   Nov-04-10 02:48 PM   #27 
              - Invoking an abstract noun like "history" doesn't support your point.  EFerrari   Nov-04-10 03:12 PM   #29 
                 - How abstract can it be?  BootinUp   Nov-04-10 03:30 PM   #32 
  - K&R. n/t  lumberjack_jeff   Nov-04-10 02:32 PM   #19 
  - K&R. Well said.  jgraz   Nov-04-10 02:44 PM   #22 
  - All of our concerns are trivial individually  treestar   Nov-04-10 02:46 PM   #25 
  - Geez sanity!  Egnever   Nov-04-10 03:33 PM   #34 
  - that might actually make sense if the left ever got anything out of it.  tomp   Nov-05-10 10:31 AM   #53 
  - Oh boy, did you fuck up  gratuitous   Nov-04-10 02:48 PM   #26 
  - More of this?  Jester Messiah   Nov-04-10 03:25 PM   #30 
  - I tried to post something like this  whatchamacallit   Nov-04-10 03:27 PM   #31 
  - "The continual refocusing of the lens to keep Obama framed prettily"  FiveGoodMen   Nov-05-10 01:39 PM   #60 
  - The voters rejected the "3rd Way", "New Democcrats", Tuesday.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Nov-04-10 03:36 PM   #35 
  - +1. nt  Lorien   Nov-05-10 11:42 AM   #57 
  - DLC "if you can't beat them, join them" wing of the Democratic Party  FiveGoodMen   Nov-05-10 01:42 PM   #61 
  - Oh the drama!!!!  JoePhilly   Nov-04-10 03:49 PM   #36 
  - Thanks. I had forgotten to add "drama" to the list  Kurt_and_Hunter   Nov-04-10 03:55 PM   #37 
     - I'm not sure how you missed drama ... your OP drps with it ...  JoePhilly   Nov-04-10 05:08 PM   #38 
  - Oh, I was already well aware my concerns were trivial.  Naturyl   Nov-04-10 05:11 PM   #39 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Nov-04-10 05:33 PM   #43 
  - i don't know what you mean.  tomp   Nov-05-10 10:21 AM   #51 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Nov-04-10 05:39 PM   #44 
  - The majority party in the presidential election almost always loses seats.  txaslftist   Nov-05-10 09:32 AM   #47 
  - Truths  Man_with_a_plan   Nov-05-10 10:09 AM   #48 
  - Spot on! The DLC "pragmatists" theories have been completely disproven  Lorien   Nov-05-10 11:34 AM   #55 
  - It's time for the Compromiser In Cheif to eat a little crow and start acting  leeroysphitz   Nov-05-10 11:44 AM   #58 
 

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