Jackpine Radical
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Sat Oct-08-11 09:44 AM
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| 34. I think Tea Party comparisons are wrongheaded. |
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The Baggers all sing the same hateful little tunes on demand, like a Satanic chorus. I wouldn't even credit them with a groupmind. They did not invent, and don't even understand, the consequences of their destructive platform. They are totally predictable tools of their owners, and their owners are psychopathic authoritarians of the sort Bob Altemeyer has written about extensively.
DU, on the other hand, probably has more opinions than it does members. (Hell, I know I have 3 or 4 mutually contradictory opinions on almost any given topic.)
We may be dysfunctional, we may spend most of our energy battling each other, but never accuse us of being an echo chamber.
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| -Why it's hard to be a Democrat |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-07-11 04:38 PM |
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Recommended, even though it didn't show. Yet. |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Oct-07-11 04:46 PM |
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Thank you! |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-07-11 04:54 PM |
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Thank YOU, Frenchie! You have just showed why the GOP is NOT a political party! |
BanTheGOP |
Oct-09-11 09:10 PM |
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Mine showed! |
Wait Wut |
Oct-07-11 05:07 PM |
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Kick & Recommend |
Pirate Smile |
Oct-07-11 04:57 PM |
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K & R |
Tarheel_Dem |
Oct-07-11 04:59 PM |
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It's also hard because Wall Street and other nefarious interests also buy off Democratic politicians |
Cali_Democrat |
Oct-07-11 05:00 PM |
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You speak for "the people" now? |
Tarheel_Dem |
Oct-07-11 05:16 PM |
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I speak for myself. It was my opinion |
Cali_Democrat |
Oct-07-11 05:18 PM |
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"This website" represents "the people" about as much as the tea party. |
Tarheel_Dem |
Oct-07-11 05:31 PM |
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Many Americans feel politicians are bought off by special interest money |
Cali_Democrat |
Oct-07-11 06:44 PM |
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I think Tea Party comparisons are wrongheaded. |
Jackpine Radical |
Oct-08-11 09:44 AM |
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Finally, someone admits the truth. |
saras |
Oct-08-11 01:23 PM |
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Hypothesis testing. |
Jackpine Radical |
Oct-08-11 06:05 PM |
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So DU is the same as the Tea Party in your mind? |
Mr Deltoid |
Oct-08-11 12:52 PM |
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Oh. You speak for this website now |
Vanje |
Oct-09-11 04:57 AM |
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You speak for me. |
emilyg |
Oct-08-11 12:14 PM |
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You speak for me |
Vanje |
Oct-09-11 04:59 AM |
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I don't see "the people" anywhere in the post above. |
theaocp |
Oct-07-11 08:56 PM |
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"I don't see"...... |
Tarheel_Dem |
Oct-07-11 09:11 PM |
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What's your opinion? Do you think special interest money has too much influence on politicians? |
Cali_Democrat |
Oct-07-11 11:30 PM |
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Well, duh. No one should have to raise & spend a billion dollars to hold public office. |
Tarheel_Dem |
Oct-07-11 11:38 PM |
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How is any Democrat different, then? |
theaocp |
Oct-08-11 09:21 AM |
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Something tells me you don't much care if a democrat actually wins. |
Tarheel_Dem |
Oct-08-11 10:33 PM |
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"But you work within the system you're given" |
Mr Deltoid |
Oct-08-11 12:56 PM |
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That's not even a nice dodge. |
theaocp |
Oct-08-11 09:17 AM |
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Do you really believe |
sulphurdunn |
Oct-09-11 04:35 PM |
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It is an uneven playing field at best..... |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-07-11 05:18 PM |
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A large part of the 99% started voting for Nixon and Reagan long before the Democrats... |
Hippo_Tron |
Oct-07-11 10:52 PM |
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Unfortunately, that's what happened. The Republican nearly had a monopoly... |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-08-11 01:37 AM |
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K&R. n/t |
FSogol |
Oct-07-11 05:15 PM |
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Rec'd. (And I will be shoving that Lincoln quote up a few teabagger asses. |
11 Bravo |
Oct-07-11 06:01 PM |
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WOW, awesome. Thanks for re-posting that one n/t |
mojowork_n |
Oct-07-11 07:12 PM |
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Like I said, someone dropped it into another thread, |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-07-11 08:38 PM |
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Democrats |
libinnyandia |
Oct-07-11 08:05 PM |
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Yeah |
Worship Money |
Oct-07-11 11:00 PM |
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K&R n/t |
Mimosa |
Oct-07-11 09:05 PM |
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K&R Excellent piece! |
JNelson6563 |
Oct-07-11 11:49 PM |
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excellent article Frenchi, kick and recommend! |
Douglas Carpenter |
Oct-08-11 02:35 AM |
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. . |
Karenina |
Oct-08-11 04:51 AM |
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It's hard to be a Democrat when |
Pab Sungenis |
Oct-08-11 06:31 AM |
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+1000000 |
Jamastiene |
Oct-09-11 09:17 AM |
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+1 |
Shining Jack |
Oct-10-11 07:25 PM |
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Tripe. Faith talk. To be rejected. |
Bluenorthwest |
Oct-08-11 08:36 AM |
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Exactly. +1. |
RandomKoolzip |
Oct-08-11 08:56 AM |
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Hmm |
DonCoquixote |
Oct-08-11 09:01 AM |
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The first step toward 'how' is to cease the steaming self service |
Bluenorthwest |
Oct-08-11 09:56 AM |
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Ok, let me clarify |
DonCoquixote |
Oct-08-11 10:12 AM |
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You tell me how to reach "Joe and Jane Churchy' while the |
Bluenorthwest |
Oct-08-11 10:15 AM |
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that coupled with this insistence from the straights that gay people hold responsibility to educate |
DonCoquixote |
Oct-08-11 07:28 PM |
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Why it's hard to be a Democrat who acts like one... |
truedelphi |
Oct-08-11 02:12 PM |
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This is the killer line in my opinion |
Hutzpa |
Oct-08-11 02:15 PM |
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My favorite paragraph: |
mtnsnake |
Oct-08-11 08:29 PM |
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It's hard because the de-facto leader of the party is embracing Reaganism and far RW policy. |
Edweird |
Oct-09-11 06:24 AM |
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No, it's always been hard.....the article is from 2004. |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-10-11 07:33 PM |
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