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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 10:43 AM
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9. why didn't they "bother" to vote as you put it?
Edited on Sun Feb-27-11 10:44 AM by boston bean
meant to post up one!

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  -The great historical lesson of the WI protests: Biden was right. RBInMaine  Feb-27-11 10:32 AM   #0 
  - stop blaming progressives for republicans!  boston bean   Feb-27-11 10:37 AM   #1 
  - you need to reread that whole story  mzteris   Feb-27-11 10:38 AM   #2 
  - people did vote for a democratic mayor.  boston bean   Feb-27-11 10:41 AM   #4 
  - On large balance D's support workers, NOT the PUKES. And yes, too many D's/Progressives sat on their  RBInMaine   Feb-27-11 10:42 AM   #7 
  - Recalls where possible.  drm604   Feb-27-11 10:39 AM   #3 
  - why didn't they "bother" to vote as you put it?  boston bean   Feb-27-11 10:43 AM   #9 
  - No excuses ! None. We had the most progressive and productive Congress possible.  RBInMaine   Feb-27-11 10:44 AM   #10 
     - why didn't they "bother" to vote?  boston bean   Feb-27-11 10:45 AM   #11 
        - I blame any "progressive" who didn't vote, and too many didn't. Stop making excuses.  RBInMaine   Feb-27-11 10:48 AM   #15 
        - We know why people don't vote..  Davis_X_Machina   Feb-27-11 10:50 AM   #18 
           - Not very illuminating.  hay rick   Feb-27-11 11:23 AM   #21 
              - In the sense that there's no...  Davis_X_Machina   Feb-27-11 11:29 AM   #22 
                 - but 17% said they were too busy?  hfojvt   Feb-27-11 11:37 AM   #24 
                    - Nope. Non-registrants...  Davis_X_Machina   Feb-27-11 11:39 AM   #25 
  - Thanks for acknowledging the large numbers of people who "didn;t bother to vote."  RBInMaine   Feb-27-11 10:49 AM   #16 
  - Just a thought. Had the Tea Party never protested and dsplayed  OHdem10   Feb-27-11 10:41 AM   #5 
  - I agree. Protesting is good. BUT, real political action during campaigns is much more effective.  RBInMaine   Feb-27-11 10:50 AM   #19 
  - or, the lesson could be...  JHB   Feb-27-11 10:41 AM   #6 
  - Vfery important part of the lesson. I agree with you  OHdem10   Feb-27-11 10:42 AM   #8 
  - Oh hogwash ! Do the excuses ever end? That congress passed a god damn litany of progressive  RBInMaine   Feb-27-11 10:46 AM   #13 
  - Not hogwash, just the basics on how to motivate people.  JHB   Feb-27-11 09:19 PM   #28 
  - Do you see the electorate as a group of chldren who go home to pout..  Ozymanithrax   Feb-27-11 10:49 AM   #17 
     - No, I don't. Where the hell does that comment come from?  JHB   Feb-27-11 09:09 PM   #27 
  - Elections have conseuences...  Ozymanithrax   Feb-27-11 10:45 AM   #12 
  - Thanks ! My point exactly.  RBInMaine   Feb-27-11 10:47 AM   #14 
  - I see a ton of posts saying "I'll vote for Obama but I wont lift a finger to help him in any other  Pirate Smile   Feb-27-11 10:54 AM   #20 
  - He warned, he begged & pleaded , he even came to Wi. ........  Historic NY   Feb-27-11 11:35 AM   #23 
  - Real democrats are needed to run for office  Angry Dragon   Feb-27-11 11:42 AM   #26 
 

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