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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:58 PM Original message |
"Merlot Democrats" is an analytical designation invented by BELCHER |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gee... |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. oh, jeez! I hate merlot and it's been years since I've worn Birkenstocks |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's not LITERAL. It's ANALYTICAL. See? n/t |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. Analytical? |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. I hope this makes us cab fans members of the bite-me wing of the dem party |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Woo hoo! Cabernet and stinky cheese! |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. We need wine toasting smilies! |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Is this moron working for the GOP as well? |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. He's a pollster and he examined the demographics. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. We call them "Rocekefeller Republicans" where I come from |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. So you are not secular in your cultural values? Are you at all affluent? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I am secular and pocketbook issues are primary issues |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So the war in Iraq is a money issue to you? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The Iraq War is a moral and legal issue for me |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. There you go. Why do you think the "R" base supported it? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. They haven't turned from the war, they think the war can be managed better |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. No, they think it was a mistake and is going nowhere. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. The point is that they failed to see the wrongness of the war |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. But still, why do they NO LONGER support it? n/t |
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Catrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Couldn't agree more |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. All Belcher did was to coin a new label for the GOP to use against Dems |
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Catrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Exactly! |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. This is just so inside the beltway... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. proud zinfindel green here.... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Fur Coats in Texas Republicans. n/t |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Merlot is something I made up late one night," Belcher belched. Hic! |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. So the base is somewhat affluent, secular, ideological and smart. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Was Belcher speaking of the base of his skull or his chair? |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. You are INTERPRETING. Where does it say they lack class consciousness? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. They don't care about pocket book issues |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. No. It means that the base puts pocketbook issues down on the list. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Obviously they don't have problems making ends meet |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Perhaps not. But that doesn't mean they don't care about them. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. Merlot? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Belcher should have watched Sideways before he came up |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. as opposed to the Republicans, patron saints of "pocketbook issues" |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. D.U.M.B. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. I like pinot noir |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
36. An unfortunate name--it's causing even DUers to miss the point |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Belcher is wrong in assuming that all people of faith are alike! |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. where are you reading that? I didn't see anything in the linked |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Belcher calls them "Patriotic Democrats" ( a label for Reagan Democrats) |
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grateful581 (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. HA, I'm a Pabst Blue ribbon Democrat |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. I find that very offensive. |
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leanin_green (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. Guess that makes me a Gamay Radical, or a Pinot Revolutionary. |
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