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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-03 12:15 AM Original message |
NO FLAMES >> Is Howard Dean a liberal, a centrist, or something else? |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. He's a human being who actually gives a damn. |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Do you think he "gives a damn" more than the other candidates? |
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Patriot_Spear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Yes. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. I'm sorry for the profanity. |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. I believe he is a centrist |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. What if he is sincere? |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. I haven't seen much to give me the impression of sincerity |
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Joeve (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:37 PM Original message |
Dean's War Stance |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
133. I'm not against the use of force entirely |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:21 PM Response to Reply #133 |
156. and that would definately be a black mark against Kerry but not |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:51 PM Response to Reply #156 |
167. if he didn't think Saddam was a threatthen why |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:53 PM Response to Reply #167 |
169. How did he support the UN effort to remove him? |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:14 PM Response to Reply #169 |
184. there was no UN effort to remove him |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:33 PM Response to Reply #184 |
191. Citation of that quote? |
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Joeve (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:18 PM Response to Reply #169 |
186. It's not a contradiction |
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Joeve (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 04:18 PM Response to Reply #133 |
205. Poolicing the world |
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bearfartinthewoods (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. the Wellstone line, "from the democratic wing of the democratic party" |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
141. Dean didn't start using that saying on his own though |
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ModerateMiddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:11 PM Response to Reply #141 |
151. kephra, that just doesn't make sense |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:22 PM Response to Reply #151 |
158. He's commented on his use of the phrase and the liberal label |
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CWebster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:31 PM Response to Reply #151 |
162. That's not it |
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ModerateMiddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
147. I have a problem with his use of the Wellstone line |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:59 PM Response to Reply #147 |
200. Is Dean running as a green? If he isn't he is not abandoning the dem |
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poskonig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. The bashing is warranted. |
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poskonig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Centrist with a backbone. |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:09 PM Original message |
He's a Clinton Democrat, I think..... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. Clinton described Dean's accomplishments...as "New Democrat" positions |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
154. Just a little left of Clinton |
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molly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. I do not think he is as "liberal" as many of his followers believe |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. the more I hear and read....the more centrist he appears to be to me |
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pop009 (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. can't squeeze him into traditional political spectrum |
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ModerateMiddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
152. Yes, Dean is "anti-Bush" |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:55 PM Response to Reply #152 |
199. He wouldn't have gotten us into the Iraq mess, and compromised |
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DEMActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. He's simply grassroots |
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tpub (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm glad this is being discussed |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Do you think he is more centrist than Kerry? |
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tpub (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. YES! |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
134. Yes |
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TLM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Kerry is not against the Death penalty in all cases. |
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tpub (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
82. well... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:18 PM Response to Reply #82 |
99. Kerry's against the death penalty as part of the criminal justice system. |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:29 PM Response to Reply #99 |
114. Kerry isn't actually against the death penalty just most |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:47 PM Response to Reply #114 |
166. Kerry against death penalty in US JUSTICE SYSTEM. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:57 PM Response to Reply #166 |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:11 PM Response to Reply #173 |
183. No spin, just the fact of his stance. |
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Nicholas_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:10 PM Response to Reply #114 |
180. Kerry on Dealth Penalty...Tim Russert Interviewer. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:55 PM Response to Reply #99 |
172. You can't execute people on the battlefield. |
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Nicholas_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:25 PM Response to Reply #172 |
189. You CAN execute |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:32 PM Response to Reply #189 |
190. There is a difference between what's legal and what's right... |
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Nicholas_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 04:07 PM Response to Reply #190 |
201. Kerry's position |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:40 PM Response to Reply #82 |
128. Welcome tpub |
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bearfartinthewoods (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
77. death penalty...this is another problem for me with Dean |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:26 PM Response to Reply #77 |
107. The death penalty isn't a dlc issue though |
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WEagle (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
139. at least for me |
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DarienComp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. Dean is a human being |
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Frederic Bastiat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. Only Bush and Lieberman are to the right of Dean |
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markbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Strooth! |
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DarienComp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Guess who else said that? |
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TLM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
47. Because he has consistantly spoken out against the war |
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Frederic Bastiat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
89. I don't put too much stock |
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DarienComp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
56. He's NOT anti-war. |
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Frederic Bastiat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:11 PM Response to Reply #56 |
87. Thanks for bringing up the distinction |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. IMHO |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. centrist, liberal, conservative, are very relative... |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:15 PM Original message |
I don't need the label. |
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messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. A centrist and to the right of Clinton.. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. i fear he is a rove plant...a wolf in sheep garb |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
163. How do you substantiate that claim? |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think you summed it up quite nicely |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. perception v. reality |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. Will be interesting to see |
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mclam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
130. Good point. |
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Emperor_Norton_II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
63. Possible (non-Rove) backlash in the liberal camp? |
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arissa (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. He's a centrist like Bill Clinton |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. He's reminds me of Harry Truman .... |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
67. That's it exactly- like Harry S |
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DarienComp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. There's a perception |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I still don't understand what the DLC is doing. |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I think it's a way to get |
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EarlG ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
64. I dunno |
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arissa (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. Then what is Dean doing so differently from the DLC? |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
98. DLC = Pro-Tax cut, Pro-Iraq war, Anti-universal healthcare |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:20 PM Response to Reply #98 |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:27 PM Response to Reply #101 |
110. No it's not |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:39 PM Response to Reply #110 |
127. do you think |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:20 PM Response to Reply #127 |
155. That's the problem |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:54 PM Response to Reply #155 |
170. i have a problem with it |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:10 PM Response to Reply #170 |
182. So the DLC position was: |
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arissa (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:29 PM Response to Reply #98 |
113. Dean's plan is NOT Universal healthcare |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:30 PM Response to Reply #113 |
115. You can have universal healthcare with private insurers.. |
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arissa (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:34 PM Response to Reply #115 |
120. It doesn't matter - that's not even Dean's position |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:54 PM Response to Reply #120 |
142. That's untrue |
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Nicholas_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 04:25 PM Response to Reply #115 |
206. Deans plan |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:33 PM Response to Reply #113 |
119. He also says that if he thought it would pass he would prefer |
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arissa (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:35 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. That doesn't change my point that heis not advocating for Universal health |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:44 PM Response to Reply #121 |
136. It changes it greatly, because now we have to elect him a congress |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:52 PM Response to Reply #136 |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:22 PM Response to Reply #71 |
103. The dlc runs to the center on corporate issues like |
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EarlG ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:40 PM Response to Reply #71 |
129. I don't believe it's about issues to the DLC |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:47 PM Response to Reply #129 |
137. I guess that's where we differ |
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EarlG ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:17 PM Response to Reply #137 |
153. Well yes, that's true |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:00 PM Response to Reply #153 |
174. but at the same time |
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EarlG ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:24 PM Response to Reply #174 |
187. Not at all |
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Nicholas_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:44 PM Response to Reply #187 |
195. Exactly |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:35 PM Response to Reply #71 |
192. I don't agree that it is easy to be anti-war when you didn't have to vote |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:04 PM Response to Reply #64 |
81. yes but Dean was a member of the DLC while he was governor |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
66. Exactly... |
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poskonig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:07 PM Response to Reply #66 |
84. How is Dean's stand against the Iraq invasion "pragmatic?" |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:13 PM Response to Reply #84 |
90. he didn't take a pricipled stand |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:44 PM Response to Reply #102 |
135. Thank you! |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:46 PM Response to Reply #90 |
196. It is principle |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
125. The current DLC may be relegated to anachronism status. |
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ModerateMiddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
161. The DLC can't stand his anti-war stance |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:39 PM Response to Reply #161 |
193. The best way to accomplish this is to debunk the myth |
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Patriot_Spear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. I see him as a candidate with proven leadership qualities |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm posting my opinion before I read the other posts; I want it to be pure |
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w13rd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. I say "other"... |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. Centrist |
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bearfartinthewoods (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
93. one thing.......i am convinced that bush is going buh-bye |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:38 PM Response to Reply #93 |
126. Boy would I ever like to believe that |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. a stealth centrist |
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CWebster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. Projects refreshing honesty, lack of artifice |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. I agree with Plurality in post #2 |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. The anti-Iraq-war movement was more than just liberals... |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
149. Most who were opposed to the Iraq war were not antiwar though |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think he is both |
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AmyStrange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. I believe he is a centrist... |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
39. Left-leaning moderate |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. My view is that he governed as a compromising centrist. |
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poskonig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. I do not care about "progressive" ideals. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
65. Biden-Lugar is consistant with his stance on Iraq. |
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TLM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
42. Dean is a moderate Democrat... slightly to the left of Clinton. |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. Labels are damaging ... labels are damaging ... labels are damaging ... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. But the voters like labels, and the Dem candidate must get his ideas ove |
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Iverson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
159. labels are limiting |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. I would put him in the OTHER category with GWB and Clinton |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. In a word yes |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:59 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. Per capita or straight numbers? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:12 PM Response to Reply #76 |
88. Per capita |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
49. I think Dean is a socially liberal centrist |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
50. It depends on your perspective. |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
52. Thank you for the thread, Skinner |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. I hope to do this type of thread on a number of issues. |
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CheshireCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
100. Quality of discussion |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. Agreed! Thank you, Skinner, and to all who posted intelligent responses. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
53. He's something else |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
72. "He's a liberal, but he never challenges the status quo" |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. The status quo -- He avoids the core of these problems. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:55 PM Response to Reply #83 |
171. The "corporatists" are the status quo. |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:51 PM Response to Reply #171 |
197. The DLC are corporatists |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:15 PM Response to Reply #72 |
94. Iraq was a pretty big challenge the status quo |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:02 PM Response to Reply #94 |
176. You mistook the post. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
91. Great post Armstead |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
58. He is himself, because he is not beholden to corporate money |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:04 PM Response to Reply #58 |
79. Dean never accepted corporate pac money? |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:10 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. He won't for this campaign. Pac money isn't the only way |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:24 PM Response to Reply #86 |
106. I thought he already accepted corporate money |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:29 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. Dean started the Fund for a Healthy America PAC |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:37 PM Response to Reply #112 |
124. Doesn't sound corporate to me |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:05 PM Response to Reply #112 |
178. Corporate donors? Energy companies, right? |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:36 PM Response to Reply #106 |
123. Doesn't matter. If he doesn't need them for funding |
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ModerateMiddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:04 PM Response to Reply #86 |
177. Corporations aren't allowed to donate |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:42 PM Response to Reply #177 |
194. They fund think tanks, that generate talking points |
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Nicholas_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:32 PM Response to Reply #79 |
117. Not quite true... |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:42 PM Response to Reply #117 |
131. He has earned enough from other sources that he doesn't need |
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202. Deleted message |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
62. I think he's a mixture and more Trumanesque than any candidate we've had |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
69. Dean is a centrist |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:09 PM Response to Reply #69 |
85. Appears centrist. but he will be many things to many diff people |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:16 PM Response to Reply #85 |
95. Thank you, Opi!,,,,,that's a Real Nice Summation of the guy,,, |
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tinnypriv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
73. Based on my Brit-o-meter |
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74. Deleted message |
Nicholas_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
75. Well |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
78. Thank you, posters, for keeping it civil! And of course, to Skinner . . . |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
80. My perceptions of Howard Dean |
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MISSDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:16 PM Response to Reply #80 |
96. If you want to have a chance of |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:22 PM Response to Reply #96 |
104. I am very glad that there don't seem to be a lot of people... |
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molly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:24 PM Response to Reply #96 |
105. AHEM - I live in Delaware - Joe is not running |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
92. Dean is like liquid Mercury....he can't be held down or "labeled".... |
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LiberalLibra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
97. I think Dean is more of a "centerist" because on some issues..... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
108. I think he's just something different from the regular candidates |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
109. Dean is a leftist with centrist electability factors. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
111. Howard Dean is Howard Dean |
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T Roosevelt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
118. First of all - thank you for this thread |
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Upfront (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
122. Who cares besides the rethugs? |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
132. I think the best way to get a feel for Howard Dean is: |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
138. Two words: |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:42 PM Response to Reply #138 |
164. Compromise Candidate? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:00 PM Response to Reply #164 |
175. Clinton, Johnson for starters n/t |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:10 PM Response to Reply #175 |
181. hrm... |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
143. Summary of Dean |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 04:13 PM Response to Reply #143 |
204. The problem I have with this list, and this is the 2nd time |
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Quahog (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
145. Dean's the guy who can turn the pendulum around |
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southernfried (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
146. I'd call him a populist |
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DFLforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
148. Liberal moderate? Moderate Liberal? |
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RogueTrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
150. All that glitters is not gold |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
157. A little from Column A, a little from Column B |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
160. Personally, I don't like labels. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:53 PM Response to Reply #160 |
168. Out of the stew comes a nugget of MEAT |
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ursacorwin (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:24 PM Response to Reply #160 |
188. thanks, skinner! and everyone else on this great thread |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
165. That sounds fair to me |
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CMT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
179. I've long considered Howard Dean to be a Clinton Democrat |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
185. He calls himself a "common sense moderate" |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
203. I think this went pretty well. |
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