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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:49 PM Original message |
Is this still the DEMOCRATIC Underground? |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. none of these candidates are working against our interests. Wanna bet? |
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Ninja Jordan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Ever consider posting somewhere else? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
88. That doesn't sound very Democratic. nm |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not sure, actually... |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Because |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. The Dems have ALWAYS had the power of the filibuster |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is anyone counting the number of threads like this? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Dems who have the power to speak for us and do not speak forcefully |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
95. You're wrong: Feinstein's record is fairly liberal, not much different than Boxer's |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Since when is criticizing what someone says a criticism of their right to free speech? |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Condemning what someone says is the first step |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. You can't possibly be serious . . . |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. It wasn't a person condemning MoveOn |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
64. its the end of freedom of the press, actually. |
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suigeneris (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
99. I just ran outside and checked. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. The people I voted for were NOT supposed to help Dubya keep telling his lies! |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
102. Funny, how they didn't manage to criticize anyone else in the last x years |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. You forgot the sarcasm thing. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's this crazy thing some people have called "principles." |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. Damn. That's a great line: "We're not Democrats because we like the mascot." |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
53. Yeah, the fact that our mascot is a Donkey may well be one of our problems |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
93. Stubbornly insisting on doing what's right? |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Passion |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Exactly how ARE they working FOR our interests? I have not seen one |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
94. They raised minimum wage. n/t |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. Goddammit, we are the "Dems" or at least a part of them. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. The people on DU are not THE Dems. We are a segment of the party |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Why do you denigrate us |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. Yes, we are the segment that pays attention. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. Today they voted against free speech. |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Reid should never have let that bill even get to the floor |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
90. yeah, I agree |
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dogman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. Do they still represent the values of the DEMOCRATIC Party? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. "Democratic" is a description of an ideal, not just the name of a political party. |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well, now.. depends on what you mean by bashing |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. I'm talking about the former |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Deleted message |
kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. Oh, yeah |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Exactly nt |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. apparently, one person's "bashing" is another's valid criticism. |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. OK, here's a question for you |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. yawn. |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Of course you didn't say that |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Frankly, I prefer to err on the side of saying NONE of us should say "stop" |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Man, I wasn't saying a law should be passed to shut them up |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. you asked me a question, I answered it honestly. |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 04:12 AM Response to Reply #77 |
81. I didn't quote them as if you were breaking them |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:05 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. well, we BOTH feel the other has insinuated things incorrectly. |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #83 |
101. Yeah, well, sometimes print doesn't lend itself well to these |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. Some of those fools in Congress have betrayed the base over and over again... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
91. we ARE them, aren't we? We elected them. |
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terip64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thank you. Looks like the headlines are working. Dems failed instead Repubs BLOCK!!!! K&R n/t |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. yup. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. Barbara Boxer: "This is not about MoveOn.org anymore" |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. That's right, where was the outrage when Kerry and Cleland were attacked? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. Deleted message |
LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. no, its kneejerk Underground |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
26. NONE? Are you sure? |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. DU is in meltdown. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. That's because the Democratic party is in meltdown. nt |
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terip64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. The dems are more united now then I have ever seen. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. And yet they refuse to use the power of the purse... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. They voted for them knowing full well that they would be defeated... |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. Hi beaconess |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Ha ha |
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Rainbowreflect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. I will continue to speak against any and all Dems who |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. ahem - did you check the resolution vote today? |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Excellent observation. n/t |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. it has been that way since November or January |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. I believe its infinitely more important to be a small "d" democrat... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
47. MoveOn responds |
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terip64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
50. kick |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
55. Are they not the enemy? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. if your own teammates keeps shooting into the wrong basket |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Deleted message |
Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I'll be more kind: I'm not against the dem leadership. I'm against they way they're voting. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I'm being kind |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. very apt. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. It's all good |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. come to think of it, me neither. We live in an age where speaking truth to power |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Apparently, some people think it is a sin to get mad when someone signs your rights away |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. naw, I don't even need to go there: even if its benign cluelessness, the point is |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Truth...it's the most dangerous thing on earth |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Very good analogy |
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concerned citizen23 (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
70. They may not be the "enemy"...but |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
73. Half of the Senate Democrats are posers. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Couldn't agree more!! |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
74. True. |
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concerned citizen23 (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
78. The hamster wheel... |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
79. 97 to Zero - Lieberman Amendment supporting focus on Iran passed - 4/2007 |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
80. Is this still the Democratic UNDERGROUND? |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. That part always gets ignored in these posts, doesn't it? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #80 |
92. We're supposed to be an unthinking, uncritical mouthpiece. |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
82. In other words: All dissenting voices should be tazed? |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
84. One big organized herd of cats! |
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MetalCanuck (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
86. When they enable Bush they are.. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
87. Please don't tell me that all Democrats are good! nm |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
89. I think many Democrats see that unless our Congress-critters start speaking out |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
96. Did you ask the same question when all the DLCers supported Joe Lieberman (I-3rd Party)? |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
97. The Democratic Party IS its members, the politicians represent us or they get voted out. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. You are right- it's like saying :"The voters need to get in line with the career politicians" |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 03:15 PM Original message |
False platitudes served up as self-evident. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
100. False platitudes served up as self-evident. |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
103. sorry-this primary represents a battle for the heart and soul of the party |
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