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quaker bill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 05:46 AM
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4. Great concept
But the Repugs have places like Kansas, Utah, South Carolina.... Where would we get the Latte party elected?
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  -Clearly, we need our own crazy party. Plaid Adder  Aug-01-11 05:38 AM   #0 
  - I believed that was what the President initially meant by "hold my feet to the fire" but  Pholus   Aug-01-11 05:44 AM   #1 
  - As if we need a reminder that we are abused not only by the Right  Supersedeas   Aug-01-11 09:29 AM   #35 
  - I've always wondered  LWolf   Aug-01-11 12:13 PM   #49 
  - One would think..........nt  Enthusiast   Aug-02-11 04:01 AM   #96 
  - Agreed. And why would we have to force the President  eilen   Aug-02-11 07:08 PM   #106 
  - + 1 n/t  truedelphi   Aug-01-11 02:49 PM   #63 
  - We need more professional leftists.  Capitalocracy   Aug-01-11 08:57 PM   #78 
  - We did hold his feet to the fire, He ran away.  bahrbearian   Aug-02-11 12:14 AM   #93 
  - I thought we had our own crazy party.  madmax   Aug-01-11 05:45 AM   #2 
  - LOL, but they can play 3-d chess , so I'm told.  bahrbearian   Aug-02-11 12:16 AM   #94 
  - The problem with dangerous idiots  Turbineguy   Aug-01-11 05:45 AM   #3 
  - Case you ain't keeping up on current events.....  Pholus   Aug-01-11 05:49 AM   #5 
  - Great concept  quaker bill   Aug-01-11 05:46 AM   #4 
  - recommend  xchrom   Aug-01-11 05:50 AM   #6 
  - well, a crazy party AND a microphone.  unblock   Aug-01-11 05:51 AM   #7 
  - Maybe "crazy party" would be a good name! I'd go. :)  Pholus   Aug-01-11 05:54 AM   #9 
  - you mean like a microphone connected to 1000 unchallenged radio stations?  certainot   Aug-01-11 08:32 AM   # 
     - yeah. i guess more like an microphone and a very big amp :)  unblock   Aug-01-11 11:40 AM   #44 
  - What happened to all the people who were involved in the anti-globalization movement?  Leopolds Ghost   Aug-01-11 05:54 AM   #8 
  - The 'fire' in the anti-globalization movement seems to have gone to the "populist right".  pampango   Aug-01-11 09:07 AM   #28 
  - And to all those who would like to have this thread locked, will have to find another way  boston bean   Aug-01-11 05:55 AM   #10 
  - this is almost all obama's doing  placton   Aug-01-11 05:55 AM   #11 
  - We need a media that exposes the crazies and the extremists the GOP are. n/t  deacon   Aug-01-11 05:58 AM   #12 
  - The media is a private for profit enterprise. This excuse is old.  Bluenorthwest   Aug-01-11 09:11 AM   #30 
     - And we do have some very good liberal commentators - the real  jwirr   Aug-01-11 01:07 PM   #52 
  - I'm more than ready for a Left-Wing Crazy Party by now  Demeter   Aug-01-11 06:00 AM   #13 
  - me, too. Left Wing Crazy Party here I come  trud   Aug-01-11 11:58 AM   #45 
  - We also must understand the Tea Party is very well-funded and has many connections on Wall Street.  Selatius   Aug-01-11 06:05 AM   #14 
  - They've already swung left. Look at all the polls  socialist_n_TN   Aug-01-11 10:13 AM   #38 
  - It could be called the Fucking Retarded Party since we know their view of Progressives  NightWatcher   Aug-01-11 06:08 AM   #15 
  - There are other things this crazy party can do - we can ignore the  jwirr   Aug-01-11 01:14 PM   #53 
     - There is no danger of me ever sending  Enthusiast   Aug-02-11 04:09 AM   #97 
  - The crazies are the people that keep driving this party to the right.  Ganja Ninja   Aug-01-11 06:52 AM   #16 
  - Then the double standard would come into play  nxylas   Aug-01-11 07:01 AM   #17 
  - By the way I just came on DU - is the bill passed in the houses and  jwirr   Aug-01-11 01:16 PM   #55 
     - Wait....You just came on DU  kurtzapril4   Aug-01-11 09:04 PM   #80 
  - this is what obama and the boys in chicago fear the most.  madrchsod   Aug-01-11 07:31 AM   #18 
  - Thank you for the reminder about Wisconsin.  truedelphi   Aug-01-11 02:51 PM   #64 
  - tea party is just the face of talk radio, just need to fix the radio  certainot   Aug-01-11 08:30 AM   #19 
  - They already think we're crazy.  Shagbark Hickory   Aug-01-11 08:32 AM   #20 
  - I do not think they will lock it - most of us are not talking about leaving  jwirr   Aug-01-11 01:20 PM   #56 
  - doesn't really make a difference if you don't have Fox News on basic cable 24/7  TheeHazelnut   Aug-01-11 08:42 AM   #21 
  - In my understanding  hootinholler   Aug-01-11 08:51 AM   #22 
  - I agree but this won't happen. When the commission  Fire1   Aug-01-11 03:44 PM   #67 
  - their crazy party was legitimized by 24/7 media support...won't happen for dems  spanone   Aug-01-11 08:53 AM   #23 
  - +1 Simply the truth.  Gold Metal Flake   Aug-01-11 08:58 AM   #26 
  - Such a tired old excuse. And it willfully ingores the skills and  Bluenorthwest   Aug-01-11 09:25 AM   #33 
  - not excuse...fact  spanone   Aug-01-11 10:47 AM   #41 
  - Our media are propagandists, not journalists.  hay rick   Aug-01-11 02:38 PM   #62 
  - +1  Blue_Tires   Aug-01-11 03:37 PM   #66 
  - Progressive Dems and Bernie go on TV  treestar   Aug-01-11 04:39 PM   #69 
  - Unlike us, they actually get people elected  Recursion   Aug-01-11 08:54 AM   #24 
  - The people who vote for them are ill-informed, bigoted, and easily manipulated  Lex   Aug-01-11 08:58 AM   #25 
  - If you wish  Recursion   Aug-01-11 08:59 AM   #27 
     - The founding fathers knew an educated, informed electorate would preserve democracy.  Lex   Aug-01-11 10:45 AM   #40 
  - The entire West Coast elected Democrats to Congress. 'us'?  Bluenorthwest   Aug-01-11 09:15 AM   #31 
  - If there was a viable  sulphurdunn   Aug-01-11 09:10 AM   #29 
  - "We will not negotiate with Terrorists."  formercia   Aug-01-11 09:15 AM   #32 
  - We need to be as impossible to ignore as are the big-money donors.  Orsino   Aug-01-11 09:27 AM   #34 
  - How about the Underground Railroad  RegieRocker   Aug-01-11 09:42 AM   #36 
  - They're crazy like a fox  Courtesy Flush   Aug-01-11 09:58 AM   #37 
  - Excellent OP as always!  blackspade   Aug-01-11 10:32 AM   #39 
  - Rec  Zorra   Aug-01-11 10:57 AM   #42 
  - We need a grownup to put them in a crib and tell them to Go the F**k to Sleep.  swimboy   Aug-01-11 11:35 AM   #43 
  - sadly, Dirty Fucking Hippies can't get elected or catch a break.  librechik   Aug-01-11 12:00 PM   #46 
  - When the tantrum starts..you walk away  Horse with no Name   Aug-01-11 12:00 PM   #47 
  - Right - you do not negotiate with them.  jwirr   Aug-01-11 01:25 PM   #58 
  - We already have one  kctim   Aug-01-11 12:11 PM   #48 
  - slight addendum to your post  booley   Aug-01-11 12:19 PM   #50 
  - You are so right. In fact when he negotiates he uses us in that way  jwirr   Aug-01-11 12:58 PM   #51 
  - Exactly right, fear-mongering as the crux to social engineering and financial theft.  Fire Walk With Me   Aug-01-11 01:16 PM   #54 
  - We must infiltrate the Democrat Party!  sabrina 1   Aug-01-11 01:22 PM   #57 
  - That begins with attending caucuses and voting in primaries. Even  jwirr   Aug-01-11 01:28 PM   #59 
  - And we probably need money. There must be some rich Democrats  sabrina 1   Aug-01-11 01:34 PM   #61 
     - Who was that guy from Greece...  tcaudilllg   Aug-01-11 09:12 PM   #82 
  - Sorry to agree.......nt  Enthusiast   Aug-02-11 04:17 AM   #98 
  - OUTSTANDING commentary. Where do I sign up?  Tatiana   Aug-01-11 01:32 PM   #60 
  - Remember the "Loony Left," - Of course the label was used to  Blue Meany   Aug-01-11 03:29 PM   #65 
  - We need not go anywhere near that far.  Enthusiast   Aug-02-11 04:23 AM   #99 
  - Obviously you're a great parent, Plaidder  catrose   Aug-01-11 04:26 PM   #68 
  - We need the equivalent of Inigo Montoya.  klook   Aug-01-11 10:04 PM   #86 
  - If the teabaggers weren't funded & backed by the corporate sector, they would have been run out on a  pacalo   Aug-01-11 05:07 PM   #70 
  - K&R, and I share your #@$!,  Ignis   Aug-01-11 05:46 PM   #71 
  - But then we'd have to be funded by some deep deep pocketed crazy Koch Brothers knock-off. nt  cyberpj   Aug-01-11 07:31 PM   #72 
  - Like that guy Glenn Beck went after? He seems nice enough.  tcaudilllg   Aug-01-11 10:14 PM   #87 
  - I've wanted to propose this myself for a while...  erebusman   Aug-01-11 08:30 PM   #73 
  - Here is the answer (possibly)  libmom74   Aug-01-11 08:30 PM   #74 
  - YES! Great idea and link! Progressives should takeover county Dem Committees.  Waiting For Everyman   Aug-01-11 11:38 PM   #92 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-01-11 08:39 PM   #75 
  - ibtl  mdmc   Aug-01-11 08:53 PM   #76 
  - Question: how does such a party keep the faith?  tcaudilllg   Aug-01-11 08:57 PM   #77 
  - So glad to see you back, Plaid Adder  Betty88   Aug-01-11 09:00 PM   #79 
  - I wholeheartedly agree  Fresh_Start   Aug-01-11 09:10 PM   #81 
  - Bookmarking for reading later...  awoke_in_2003   Aug-01-11 09:24 PM   #83 
  - The Best Party  kitp   Aug-01-11 09:36 PM   #84 
  - Hows's this for crazy?  eridani   Aug-01-11 09:59 PM   #85 
  - Socialismo o muerte!  baldguy   Aug-01-11 10:19 PM   #88 
  - Calling their bluff would mean liberals could no longer afford to be so "peace loving" IMO  guruoo   Aug-01-11 10:32 PM   #89 
  - I agree, but the big problem we face is the lack of a Fox-like Left, and cohesion as a group...  Stumbler   Aug-01-11 10:52 PM   #90 
  - It starts with the filibuster of the bill tomorrow.  grahamhgreen   Aug-01-11 11:02 PM   #91 
  - a four party system would be great for the united states.  iamthebandfanman   Aug-02-11 03:04 AM   #95 
  - K & R  dreamnightwind   Aug-02-11 04:34 AM   #100 
  - agree,,,it is so crazy it might work  Douglas Carpenter   Aug-02-11 05:02 AM   #101 
  - EVERYBODY IN THIS THREAD, PLEASE READ THIS LINK:  Waiting For Everyman   Aug-02-11 04:24 PM   #102 
  - Great post  dreamnightwind   Aug-02-11 05:11 PM   #104 
     - Thank you! This gives me some hope.  Waiting For Everyman   Aug-02-11 06:10 PM   #105 
  - Apparently we're too subdued, content or  Fire1   Aug-02-11 04:49 PM   #103 
  - Bookmarking for post downthread. n/t  Fire1   Aug-02-11 07:55 PM   #107 
 

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