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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:26 PM Original message |
DLC is now calling itself "moderate", not centrist. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. They're not moderate or centrist. |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Right on |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Bingo |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Your post beat me to it! |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Exactly |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe better PR isn't the answer this time ... nt |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. WP making them sound like the party itself. Headline: |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 07:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
71. Those headlines may be misleading |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. they've always called themselves moderates |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. LOL...I thought they were progressives. So I quit calling myself that. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. so, define these terms... LOL! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. They are not being honest about who they are. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. oh, look! Here they are in 1997 calling themselves "moderates" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Always word games, mental exercises....not real thought. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. always a cop out |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Marshall Wittmann faxed over all the latest talking points, huh? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. you call the dictionary "talking points?'' LOL! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
73. Yeah, the slimey dlc gets |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. wow! Websters is a neo-con. Who would have thought it! |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Observe as the ever-milquetoast band of BullMoose worshipers |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. "I thought they were progressives so I quit calling myself that." |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yep, that old Progressive Policy Institute, side by side with DLC. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. "I've always been a moderate... except when I was a progressive" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. WW, just call me anything. If the DLC can do it, so can I. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. ok, we're in agreement on THAT... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I've always been a moderate. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have some adjectives, too |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. The are neither centrist NOR moderate... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. they are irrelevant |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. DLC is now calling itself "moderate". Good move I say. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
58. Four is the charm, eh? |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. The New Coke Democrats from the DLC |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. LOL |
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MontanaMaven (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
52. Or The Edsel |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. WE are the centrists, dammit |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. Thom Hartmann calls himself "the radical middle" and he's AWESOME.. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. oh, yeah |
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benny05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. yeah, as one of the bloggers said at OAC site today |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. In case you didn't know.... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. He wasn't invited this year, according to the article. |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. That's excellent news! |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Edwards is not a member of the DLC |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You are only listed if you are in office. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Right |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. That's right.. that list is only "active/in office" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I found the statement and the link. |
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benny05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. He's not part of that group anymore, as far as I know |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Outta curiosity, did they create a list of attendees? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. The only place I have seen anything is at the Hotline blog. |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Yuppers Benny, TC is right.. |
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machka (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
67. I'm thinking... |
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MontanaMaven (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
54. Hartmann is a genius |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. How "moderate" is this? -- |
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alvarezadams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
43. They're right on one point |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. Nothing more than lipstick on a pig. |
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NativeTexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. The DLC IS moderate AND centrist....... |
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MontanaMaven (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Yes, John Dean's authoritarian conservatives |
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NativeTexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Don't forget there are on here a few authoritarian........ |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. No, they are just right-leaning. Why allow them to shift the spectrum? |
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NativeTexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 07:08 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. That is caused by theo-conservatism going farther right than...... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. They still don't have any good ideas, though |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
51. Mussolini was "moderate" when compared to Hitler |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
53. Next they will call themselves "Fair and Balanced" ROFLMAO |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
56. What is "centrist" about supporting the far-right and George Bush? |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Nothing! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
60. I am now calling myself |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Yes- and I shall be called "Frankenstein" |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 07:11 AM Response to Reply #61 |
69. have you convened a focus group on your name change? |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Yes- and like the DLC, I did it well over a year ago. n/t |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
62. It's worth supporting the DLC just to annoy you, floridian |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. They should be thinking about it if they aren't, Benchley. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 07:12 AM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Between you and the DLC, I'll stick with the DLC |
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MarkDevin (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. "It's worth supporting the DLC just to annoy you." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Now I have to quit saying I have common-sense. |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
74. I am not going to "rally" around "free" trade |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
77. They can call themselves "Fred" - but they'd still all be right wing hacks |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 11:58 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. They can call themselves "Fred" |
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