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  -'Lesson 1: If you’re going to let yourself be characterized as liberal, you damn well better be one' Bluebear  Nov-06-10 01:10 AM   #0 
  - HELL YEAH!  DearAbby   Nov-06-10 01:16 AM   #1 
  - K&R  leftstreet   Nov-06-10 01:19 AM   #2 
  - I can see that he's really disappointed some people.  LoZoccolo   Nov-06-10 01:19 AM   #3 
  - You're absolutely right. And the article writer is absolutely correct.  Bluebear   Nov-06-10 01:25 AM   #4 
  - I liked him very much also. I so wanted him to succeed.  sabrina 1   Nov-06-10 03:51 AM   #10 
  - Boy Oh Boy... You Said It For Me! After THIS Election I've Been Trying To  ChiciB1   Nov-07-10 09:43 AM   #83 
  - What to do? Howard Dean 2012, a true Democrat.  txlibdem   Nov-07-10 08:56 PM   #119 
  - I think if he wants to be elected again, he needs to realize that.  LibraLiz1973   Nov-07-10 11:55 AM   #92 
     - If he wants to get elected again...  pezDispenser   Nov-07-10 02:17 PM   #103 
  - Self Delete--Dupe.  Jackpine Radical   Nov-06-10 06:41 PM   #21 
  - That pretty well describes my history with this too.  Jackpine Radical   Nov-06-10 06:41 PM   #22 
  - Corporate Friendly, Complicity -  TBF   Nov-07-10 06:58 AM   #67 
  - The true believers add insult to injury  Divernan   Nov-07-10 08:31 AM   #79 
  - He Alienated His Base  WVRICK13   Nov-07-10 08:39 AM   #81 
     - "When you don't give your base what you promised  rhiannon55   Nov-07-10 12:31 PM   #95 
  - I'm glad to see you are understanding what we are feeling, and more willing to listen.  bobbolink   Nov-07-10 11:32 AM   #88 
  - And I'm just so glad that you're being completely sincere for once.  superduperfarleft   Nov-07-10 03:36 PM   #108 
  - Have the name, just as well have the game.  OHdem10   Nov-06-10 01:33 AM   #5 
  - They called him 'far left' no matter what he did.  tblue   Nov-06-10 01:41 AM   #6 
  - He should show them what Far Left is, and people will see just  OHdem10   Nov-06-10 01:54 AM   #7 
     - +100  Myrina   Nov-07-10 06:30 AM   #64 
  - obama has willingly cooperated with republican bullying by going along with it.  msongs   Nov-06-10 02:07 AM   #8 
  - +1  readmoreoften   Nov-06-10 02:19 AM   #9 
  - +2  LWolf   Nov-06-10 08:15 AM   #16 
  - +3  Bluebear   Nov-06-10 02:59 PM   #19 
  - +4  SammyWinstonJack   Nov-06-10 06:44 PM   #23 
  - +5  Richard Steele   Nov-06-10 10:58 PM   #27 
  - +6  Poll_Blind   Nov-06-10 11:06 PM   #29 
  - +7 nt  Lorien   Nov-06-10 11:40 PM   #30 
  - +8  Gold Metal Flake   Nov-07-10 01:00 AM   #33 
  - +9  Bozita   Nov-07-10 01:49 AM   #35 
  - +10  grahamhgreen   Nov-07-10 01:05 AM   #37 
  - +11  Lasher   Nov-07-10 02:28 AM   #46 
  - +12  a2liberal   Nov-07-10 03:37 AM   #50 
  - Plus 13 nt  Enthusiast   Nov-07-10 04:08 AM   #53 
  - +14  The Uncola   Nov-07-10 07:34 AM   #70 
  - +15  peace frog   Nov-07-10 08:00 AM   #72 
  - +16  QC   Nov-07-10 08:31 AM   #78 
  - Plus me.  de novo   Nov-07-10 09:47 AM   #84 
  - ...and me. +  SaveOurDemocracy   Nov-07-10 07:35 PM   #115 
  - If you're going to pay the piper, you might as well dance. n/t  Scuba   Nov-06-10 05:24 AM   #11 
  - K&R  Pooka Fey   Nov-06-10 06:08 AM   #12 
  - Fucking right. He let his opponents define him, and abandoned  Poboy   Nov-06-10 07:52 AM   #13 
  - But he's like his many mouthpieces; the more they're proven wrong, the more  Lorien   Nov-06-10 11:43 PM   #31 
  - dead-on assessment  ibegurpard   Nov-06-10 07:55 AM   #14 
  - K&R  Jamastiene   Nov-06-10 08:13 AM   #15 
  - Is Our President Insane?  WVRICK13   Nov-07-10 08:42 AM   #82 
     - I have strongly supported him, but now I wonder...  rhiannon55   Nov-07-10 12:38 PM   #96 
  - Perfectly nailed. k & r nt  glitch   Nov-06-10 10:33 AM   #17 
  - Spot On!!!! K/R n/t  Howler   Nov-06-10 11:28 AM   #18 
  - K&R. We've taken the full beating for liberal government without getting any of it.  Naturyl   Nov-06-10 03:01 PM   #20 
  - That's not all.  TriMera   Nov-06-10 06:51 PM   #24 
  - +1  Gold Metal Flake   Nov-07-10 01:01 AM   #34 
  - Maybe that was all part of the BIG plan.  Enthusiast   Nov-07-10 04:10 AM   #54 
     - The possibility can't be dismissed  peace frog   Nov-07-10 08:02 AM   #73 
  - I never bought what he was selling  Skittles   Nov-06-10 10:15 PM   #25 
  - Sadly, I am there with you.  bobbolink   Nov-07-10 11:49 AM   #90 
  - Yep  MissDeeds   Nov-06-10 10:56 PM   #26 
  - Pretty much correct. nt  woo me with science   Nov-06-10 10:58 PM   #28 
  - Agreed n/t  Shrader   Nov-06-10 11:54 PM   #32 
  - That doesn't make any sense.  Starbucks Anarchist   Nov-07-10 01:58 AM   #36 
  - Then he needs to say it. I am not a liberal, I am a (whatever he is)  grahamhgreen   Nov-07-10 01:08 AM   #38 
     - Like how he says he's a Christian and some people still don't believe him?  Starbucks Anarchist   Nov-07-10 01:09 AM   #39 
        - Point taken, but it would sure help.  grahamhgreen   Nov-07-10 01:12 AM   #41 
        - Interestingly, he has reaffirmed his religious leanings multiple times...  liberation   Nov-07-10 01:55 AM   #44 
        - Another good point.  grahamhgreen   Nov-07-10 02:29 AM   #48 
        - Hey, good thinkin'....nt  Enthusiast   Nov-07-10 04:11 AM   #55 
        - one reason for being demonstrably religious  trud   Nov-07-10 04:45 AM   #57 
        - He did write a book about them you know.  Egnever   Nov-07-10 05:19 AM   #60 
        - everyone else  quakerboy   Nov-07-10 11:49 AM   #89 
           - You mean those wishy-washy independents?  Starbucks Anarchist   Nov-07-10 12:18 PM   #94 
              - Not really  quakerboy   Nov-07-10 03:18 PM   #105 
  - This is exactly why we MUST primary the guy from the left. We have no choice. NT  grahamhgreen   Nov-07-10 01:11 AM   #40 
  - Sadly, that will probably have the same outcome as it did in 79...  liberation   Nov-07-10 01:52 AM   #43 
  - I know. My ideal scenario  grahamhgreen   Nov-07-10 02:26 AM   #45 
  - The problem with that is  a2liberal   Nov-07-10 03:39 AM   #51 
  - That's what you are going to get, primary or no.  bobbolink   Nov-07-10 11:51 AM   #91 
  - What history book are you smoking?  txlibdem   Nov-07-10 09:49 PM   #121 
  - Agreed!  countrydad58   Nov-07-10 08:17 AM   #76 
  - No offense, but Obama never really has stated that he is a liberal, has he?  liberation   Nov-07-10 01:51 AM   #42 
  - He said he was anti-war, pro single-payer, and anti-torture/rendition, and would close GITMO. Ooops.  grahamhgreen   Nov-07-10 02:28 AM   #47 
  - Not to mention a "fierce advocate" for gays and lesbians  Bluebear   Nov-07-10 04:45 AM   #56 
  - Big Ooops n/t  Autumn   Nov-07-10 04:48 AM   #58 
  - He never made any claims about poverty, did he? After Edwards left the race, the word was  bobbolink   Nov-07-10 11:57 AM   #93 
  - Obama NEVER said he was "anti-war" he said he was against "stupid wars"  rainlillie   Nov-07-10 01:13 PM   #100 
  - Then why are we still in Iraq? Oil? Or just to profit from the war itself?  grahamhgreen   Nov-07-10 08:33 PM   #116 
     - I was just correcting a post above that inarticulately stated he was "anti-war".  rainlillie   Nov-08-10 12:48 AM   #126 
  - Actually he didn't.  Matt Shapiro   Nov-07-10 02:05 PM   #102 
     - +1  pezDispenser   Nov-07-10 02:43 PM   #104 
     - Great analysis.  Gin Blossom   Nov-07-10 11:22 PM   #123 
  - had I had any idea  trud   Nov-07-10 04:50 AM   #59 
  - I knew when I voted for Obama he wasn't a liberal, Therefore I wasn't  rainlillie   Nov-07-10 01:10 PM   #98 
  - ITA! Well said.  rainlillie   Nov-07-10 01:11 PM   #99 
  - I agree with you, liberation  Skittles   Nov-07-10 08:34 PM   #117 
  - and i'm not talking about  southmost   Nov-07-10 02:52 AM   #49 
  - Kerry Eleveld knows why we are pissed off.  Enthusiast   Nov-07-10 04:04 AM   #52 
  - Another nutless Democrat  The Wizard   Nov-07-10 06:03 AM   #61 
  - If you're gonna be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced beforehand  hobbit709   Nov-07-10 06:06 AM   #62 
  - Touche, K&R  Carolina   Nov-07-10 06:21 AM   #63 
  - Shit, too late to rec, so I'll just kick it.  jgraz   Nov-07-10 06:32 AM   #65 
  - Shit, too late to rec, so I'll just kick it.  jgraz   Nov-07-10 06:33 AM   #66 
  - Umm. That's not what happened  Mason Dixon   Nov-07-10 07:21 AM   #68 
  - You, just like Obama...  The Uncola   Nov-07-10 07:45 AM   #71 
     - umm I think  Mason Dixon   Nov-07-10 08:18 AM   #77 
        - Mea culpa..  The Uncola   Nov-07-10 08:32 AM   #80 
  - Looks like I'm too late to rec this...  The Uncola   Nov-07-10 07:28 AM   #69 
  - Yep - and don't insult the people who brung ya  somone   Nov-07-10 08:08 AM   #74 
  - Killing us softly.  ooglymoogly   Nov-07-10 08:11 AM   #75 
  - Can't rec this  cate94   Nov-07-10 09:48 AM   #85 
  - K & R nt  laughingliberal   Nov-07-10 10:03 AM   #86 
  - and who's gonna be our Sarah Palin?  ElsewheresDaughter   Nov-07-10 10:04 AM   #87 
  - As good a way to put it as I've seen. Obama could be Reagan's 2d Coming & they'd call it "Marxism."  DirkGently   Nov-07-10 01:07 PM   #97 
  - Kick.  TacticalPeek   Nov-07-10 01:55 PM   #101 
  - If he doesnt get this  Ramulux   Nov-07-10 03:29 PM   #106 
  - "Liberal" is a dirty word now  Chulanowa   Nov-07-10 03:34 PM   #107 
  - My rephrase -  DURHAM D   Nov-07-10 03:42 PM   #110 
     - You don't get to call them enemies after you work THAT hard to get them elected. n/t  Chulanowa   Nov-07-10 08:43 PM   #118 
  - Exceptionally well put.  DeSwiss   Nov-07-10 03:37 PM   #109 
  - Yes! Brilliant stuff, well put  saorsa   Nov-07-10 05:36 PM   #111 
  - Damn straight I'm a liberal  NuclearDem   Nov-07-10 05:48 PM   #112 
  - Right on Bluebear!  robinlynne   Nov-07-10 06:21 PM   #113 
  - DUH statement of our generation.  Soylent Brice   Nov-07-10 07:22 PM   #114 
  - To late to recommend.  Better Believe It   Nov-07-10 08:59 PM   #120 
  - Kick.  foxfeet   Nov-07-10 10:03 PM   #122 
  - OBAMA NEVER WAS A LIBERAL  HowHasItComeToThis   Nov-08-10 12:35 AM   #124 
  - Why couldn't the straight people come out and vote?  Creideiki   Nov-08-10 12:39 AM   #125 
  - BUMP  TheKentuckian   Nov-08-10 09:37 AM   #127 
 

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