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closeupready Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 10:59 AM
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4. Yep. Makes it more plausible to deny progressives legislative victories, saying,
"We need a majority - THEN we can do it." :eyes: :mad:
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  -(1) INSULT THE BASE, (2) LOSE. (3) BLAME THE BASE. yodermon  Sep-28-10 10:56 AM   #0 
  - your apathy is inexcusable  Enrique   Sep-28-10 10:58 AM   #1 
  - (4) WHINE.  jefferson_dem   Sep-28-10 10:58 AM   #2 
  - It really does, and we're doing exactly what the Republicans want.  Liberal_Stalwart71   Sep-28-10 11:07 AM   #16 
  - Which makes you wonder what the real agenda of the administration is, anyway....  grahamhgreen   Sep-28-10 02:19 PM   #48 
  - Do you think this ''whiner'' talking point is going to turn out the base?  yurbud   Sep-28-10 02:57 PM   #52 
  - I am. We all are.  yodermon   Sep-28-10 11:14 AM   #20 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-28-10 11:21 AM   #23 
  - +1 n/t  wisteria   Sep-28-10 12:08 PM   #38 
  - Pretty much sums it up.  muffin1   Sep-28-10 10:59 AM   #3 
  - Yep. Makes it more plausible to deny progressives legislative victories, saying,  closeupready   Sep-28-10 10:59 AM   #4 
  - WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE! (or is it tea?)  emulatorloo   Sep-28-10 11:00 AM   #5 
  - What is all the drama about?  young but wise   Sep-28-10 11:00 AM   #6 
  - I will. You will.  yodermon   Sep-28-10 11:10 AM   #19 
  - Sure beats listening to and supporting the base.  avaistheone1   Sep-28-10 11:01 AM   #7 
  - Rinse and repeat. n/t  kiva   Sep-28-10 11:01 AM   #8 
  - 1. Pretend to be the base, 2. Get called out on it, 3. Cry some more  HiFructosePronSyrup   Sep-28-10 11:02 AM   #9 
  - +1  great white snark   Sep-28-10 11:53 AM   #34 
  - +10000. I don't get that people don't see what's going on here. It's called  Tarheel_Dem   Sep-28-10 03:44 PM   #56 
  - yikes  Blue Owl   Sep-28-10 11:04 AM   #10 
  - progressives = whiners  dennis4868   Sep-28-10 11:04 AM   #11 
  - Progressives will be on board come election day....  Tippy   Sep-28-10 11:09 AM   #18 
  - These are not progressives whining  catgirl   Sep-28-10 11:50 AM   #33 
     - Exactly...  butterfly77   Sep-28-10 12:03 PM   #37 
  - The real Democratic base is voting for Democrats.  tridim   Sep-28-10 11:06 AM   #12 
  - or is it: The real Democratic Base is voting for REAL Democrats.  NorthCarolina   Sep-28-10 11:33 AM   #30 
     - No need for qualifiers. The Dem base will vote for Democrats.  tridim   Sep-28-10 11:47 AM   #32 
  - It's teh conspiracy, stuipd. n/t  ProSense   Sep-28-10 11:06 AM   #13 
  - I'm not sure that the people feeling insulted are really "the base".  Hansel   Sep-28-10 11:06 AM   #14 
  - you don't erect a building on a base that shifts and crumbles when it encounters stress and  RaleighNCDUer   Sep-28-10 11:25 AM   #28 
     - It does sound like the Blue Dogs. No argument there.  Hansel   Sep-28-10 01:05 PM   #45 
  - 1) Insult the small, unreasonable minority  treestar   Sep-28-10 11:07 AM   #15 
  - If it's such a small minority  Nite Owl   Sep-28-10 11:23 AM   #25 
  - The blogosphere, a form of the media, makes a big deal of it  treestar   Sep-28-10 12:55 PM   #41 
  - *WHY* go out of your way to PUBLICLY TAKE A DUMP on such a SMALL GROUP???  yodermon   Sep-28-10 11:24 AM   #27 
     - Those would be mostly independents  treestar   Sep-28-10 12:55 PM   #42 
        - Then may I suggest you go down to your local Dem office and request a list of independent voters  Hello_Kitty   Sep-28-10 03:53 PM   #57 
  - You don't get it, at all, what you are doing with a post like this is  Tippy   Sep-28-10 11:07 AM   #17 
  - No, i'm spending my time talking to orindary Dems trying to make them feel  yodermon   Sep-28-10 11:28 AM   #29 
  - Maybe Obama means all of those abandoning Meek for Crist  Bluenorthwest   Sep-28-10 11:17 AM   #21 
  - Yes, I agree  young but wise   Sep-28-10 11:19 AM   #22 
  - Stop. Rubio, At. All. Costs.  Dr.Phool   Sep-28-10 12:36 PM   #40 
  - That is a none exception carved out because of a unique situation  treestar   Sep-28-10 12:56 PM   #43 
  - Ding!  disillusioned73   Sep-28-10 11:21 AM   #24 
  - Who is insulting the base?  impik   Sep-28-10 11:24 AM   #26 
  - Bottom line. We cannot let these bastards take back the House--or the Senate!  flpoljunkie   Sep-28-10 11:34 AM   #31 
  - Obama and Biden -- the rarest of political animals: Truth Tellers  Hekate   Sep-28-10 11:58 AM   #35 
  - Waah waah waah  CakeGrrl   Sep-28-10 12:02 PM   #36 
  - Not insulted & if we lose because some are stupid enough to stay home, then they should be blamed.  Dawgs   Sep-28-10 12:11 PM   #39 
  - (4) Impose litmus tests and purify the party of those not insulted  Perky   Sep-28-10 01:00 PM   #44 
  - Jesus, grow a thicker skin  DearAbby   Sep-28-10 01:09 PM   #46 
  - you will, I will, 99%of DU will.  yodermon   Sep-28-10 01:20 PM   #47 
  - actually, the whiners aren't the Base.  Aramchek   Sep-28-10 02:33 PM   #49 
  - (4) SOIL DIAPERS (5) POST IN ALL CAPS  dionysus   Sep-28-10 02:36 PM   #50 
  - How come no one has used "base" in their forum name?  BootinUp   Sep-28-10 02:37 PM   #51 
  - He didn't insult me... and I'm as much a part of the base as you (actually more so)  scheming daemons   Sep-28-10 03:09 PM   #53 
  - who said I don't support him? I'll vote. I'll fight to get others to vote.  yodermon   Sep-28-10 03:26 PM   #54 
  - Post this on the GD forum. More logical discussions there.  KansasVoter   Sep-28-10 03:44 PM   #55 
  - I will not be a party to allowing reactionary bigots to take the reigns of power.  Dawson Leery   Sep-28-10 04:14 PM   #58 
 

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