************* OFFICIAL DEM RESPONSE THREAD #1 ***************

(This is the thread formerly titled "Kaine on.")

we dont have a position!

I'll have to listen without looking or I won't pay attention! Ha! Make it stop!

They said, "That eyebrow has its own agenda."

they rushed him into this.

Get this fucking tool off of my T.V.

Tell me why I am wrong.

Not the type of face you want out there after the SOTU.

Kaine has a great message, but this is forced and very stale. Definately not what Kaine does best. This is what happens when someone else writes your speech that doesn't have a clue about the speaker.

responsible, and we pay our bills. Want to know how we in Virginia do it.

They tax the FU** out of us.

we learn anything? Rove must be rolling in his sty

He's a total sleep aide! :boring:

All I hear is Blah Blah Blah Blah and Blah

Much more interesting than this snooze. No wonder Dems keep loosing.

Is Virginia being spotlighted because of Mark Warner?

keeps talking about Republican and Democrat's workin together -

balanced budget, we are not in debt, plus we are fiscally responsible.(thanks to Mark Warner one-term Governor like he promised). Tim Kaine was the Lt. Governor under Warner (who is going to run in 08).

Mostly VA government is a mixed bunch of Dems and Republicans working together to get something done.

Mostly though, we get along.

cumbents, for the incumbents

how could the dems use a presidential hopeful (Warner, Hillary) without the speech being automatically dissed? I wish they had used Murtha, instead of hiding their heads in the sand like good little boys and girls.

Feh. we are so screwed.

Seriously, that eyebrow action was... disconcerting.

I can definitely see the moderate conservative members of my family connecting with what he says.

environment, Iraq etc.

Kaine will not be painted as an "angry liberal."

rhood simultaneously change the channel

always suck so by that standard I think he is doing fine.

Mark Warner and are basing their judgements on his eyebrow. He is not going to run for president (for a while anyway).

Wow, on CSPAN a neocon said Kaine was bashing everything Bush said.

No one listens to anything.

His neo-con rival tried to pull all the usual republican dirty tricks and the GOP got national help to try to get their base stirred up. It didn't work against Kaine. He just good-guyed his way to a victory.

We aren't evil like the Republicans and we can't out-mean the meanest guys in town.

I am both a Tennessean and a Virginian... and, while I danced at his election, I have to say this was BORING.

Well, guess I was accurate, then.

CNN sucks.

I liked him but he was staring at the monitor to the side, the teleprompter should have been straight ahead and not to the side.

Just my opinion

those we need to reach. Too many messages, too many words. I would have rather seen someone from our side come out succinctly, on a few messages - and swinging!

Nice rational indictment with nice rational solutions. Not everybody is ready to burn Washington down you know.

I think we've got some REALLY good guys on our side, they just never get on TeeVee for the good parts -- they're always edited out to make them sound too boring or too "elitist".

:kick:

It's shallow but jesus, put down that eyebrow and wipe that fucking smirk off your face, Kaine. Plus, where is the outrage? I wanna see someone angry and forceful. Kaine's probably a good guy but this is LAME.

what more do you want from him?

But my first impression was that he was trying to sell me a used car.

He is saying the SAME stuff that we have been saying for the last 3 years. No one is paying attention to it anymore. We don't need the same Blah, Blah, Blah, We need a plan.

You have to connect with the people who WON'T get outraged, but can still be brought over to your side

Kaine is awesome. He is laying out the Bush plan as the crap it is. Who gives a fuck what he looks like?

Then why didn't we find someone better to deliver this damn response?

I am getting so sick

if they wanted a moderate, why not someone with speaking ability like Obama?

Of course, if they actually wanted to answer, there are lots of possibilities, Gore, Kennedy, etc.

Tim Kaine WON. Big difference. He is doing great.

His intro was terrible, more confidence on education.

His visual cues -- the look down, the eyebrow thing -- not very good, they were scripted, and SEEMED that way.

The teleprompter, IMO, is causing some jerkiness.

Not very emphatic where he needs to be, like on "there's a better way."

I like what he says, just not how he says it. I still have hope for the guy, though -- give him a few more years, and this Kaine (sp?) guy may be a force to reckon with.

to lie. Chimp and his policies do not serve most of you well. Rinse and repeat. Over and Over.

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this guy is not known all across the country. Not compelling to listen to.

His eyebrow is scary. . .

this is the best the dems could do?

sad.

Somebody needs to get fired over this.

some help. However, Shrub did not provide a lot to rebut. War on terra...be afraid.....

This is the beginning of the 2006 campaign.

That's why so many of them voted for Shrub. A little more emotion couldn't have helped.

If (and that's a big if) there were any centrists still listening, they'll like what they heard.

Just does not grab you.

He is stumbling and stuttering. This is pitiful!

"Talk softly and carry a big stick."

But don't fucking forget you're carrying a big stick!!

Milktoast just doesn't cut it...

Geez, anyone remember the trainwreck that was Pelosi's response?

I can't believe DU sometimes. Kaine is doing great work here, explaining our positions extremely well in a way that doesn't alienate people. If you can't see that, you're not looking.

And the eyebrow keeps people watching.

That will bring people to our side!!!1 :eyes:

wore the wrong t-shirt

And spoke from his heart. I'm looking for some inspiration and that was terrible. I was hoping that he would do well and I'm sorry that he didn't.

but I do know I don't want more of the same, praying "earnestly" for bi-partisanship...hasn't got us anywhere so far. We will, I'm afraid, have to wait a while longer for something else to come around and turn the tide. I don't think this will do it.

I think he did fine.

People not sold on the Dems but unhappy with Bush sometimes think that the Dems just attack Bush. Kaine's response was trying to make the sale to them, I think.

Our response should elicit a response from someone other than SNL. Seriously, who are they afraid they're going to piss off - Republicans? Puh-lease...

Welcome to DU!

Peace.

What happened to "culture of *corruption* and cronyism?"

pray for a new speaker... we can do better than Tim Kaine.

"This is a good bit of what's wrong with the Dems"

bleh.

I just went into the other room to get a glimpse - terrible! The eyebrow, the fake smile, looks like a used car salesman (no offense meant to anyone in that profession).

Frist was taking notes on blivet's** speech tonight.

What else can I say? He's not bad if you don't look at him. His eyebrow is driving me crazy, that along with that continuous smile and soft, sweet voice. He doesn't project a very commanding presence.

Kaine was a bit dull.

They should have had Wes Clark give it again this year. Check out his Real State of the union message at www.securingamerica.com !
:patriot:

A true American Patriot!

Wes had true fire for the America I know and love and miss. Vision and Leadership, and true solutions for all of the blivets messes!

edit to add: And Passion! Wes has a true passion for whats right!

ever since he was elected. They are going to burn him out with everyone if they don't stop pushing him all the time.

He is a Centrist all the way. That is his philosophy. It is what he ran on, and his mission in life -- to pull everyone to the middle.

We can't or we won't win.

A lot of them are not RW'ers so why would we not try to speak to them? Please, stop taking it as an act of hostility against your views just becase a Democrat mentions it.

CBS said that.

I was highlighting the stupidity of CBS. A man makes a few religious references and all of a sudden he is a "VEEEEERY conservative Dem."

I wasn't criticizing Kaine. Don't be so sensitive.

upset about those things in the past.

Yeah, CBS, his opposition to the Death Penalty would make him a real RW'er.

It was better than the onesided yelling match I had with King George during the SOTUA.

Speeches like that wont make change...Im sorry...thats a weak ass speech..

Williams asking what he didn't hear

2/3rds of country think we are moving in the wrong direction

fuel, education ... no bold approach asking us to meet this challenge together.

Can't we do better?

"dems rose in sarcastic applause" <-- Brian Williams

against her.

Kind of arrogant, I thought.

I wasn't watching, only listening. Have the TV on in the other room...learned it's expensive for me to watch Bush on TV :blush:

Spoken with no emotion, and bad inflection.

This guy said little, sounded trite, and looked goofy with the rogue eyebrow.

Is there no one that the Dems could have gotten that would have been better?

otherwise, we will all just keep bickering!

He was a missionary?	Nikki Stone 1	Jan-31-06 10:17 PM	#1
and they say	morffin	Jan-31-06 11:07 PM	#133
"Poor Choices and Bad Management"	Jeanette in FL	Jan-31-06 10:17 PM	#2
Tim dissed how the Fed gov is screwing up--leaving a mess to our	rodeodance	Jan-31-06 10:35 PM	#108
Ugh...	HillDem	Jan-31-06 10:17 PM	#3
Yeah, he's a Saturday Night Live skit waiting to happen	katamaran	Jan-31-06 10:18 PM	#4
Rogue eyebrow	Tinksrival	Jan-31-06 10:19 PM	#
Yeah, that eyebrow is ridiculous. Makes him look silly. n/t	krkaufman	Jan-31-06 10:48 PM	#119
Someone on DU was hilarious.	The Backlash Cometh	Jan-31-06 10:31 PM	#89
He's an absolutely terrible speaker.	hedda_foil	Jan-31-06 10:18 PM	#5
Give the kid a break....	Wolsh	Jan-31-06 10:18 PM	#9
I've liked it so far.	Pirate Smile	Jan-31-06 10:18 PM	#10
He is spot on with all the points he is making.	Midlodemocrat	Jan-31-06 11:57 PM	#163
Is this Bush's younger brother?	d_b	Jan-31-06 10:18 PM	#6
whats with the goofy half=smile?	FLDem5	Jan-31-06 10:18 PM	#7
This is not a time to have a smirk on your face....these are serious times	Roxy66	Jan-31-06 10:20 PM	#23
I'm Sorry, this is weak	Jeanette in FL	Jan-31-06 10:18 PM	#8
If nothing else its good press for warner nt	Wolsh	Jan-31-06 10:19 PM	#14
I hate this, and I really like Kaine	TornadoTN	Jan-31-06 10:20 PM	#21
Well so far so good	proud patriot	Jan-31-06 10:18 PM	#11
Best managed state (yes, our budget is balanced), we are fiscally	frankly_fedup2	Jan-31-06 10:19 PM	#12
and you burn your gay residents for fuel.	kevinbgoode	Feb-01-06 12:36 AM	#177
nothing against the guy, but he is talking as fast as Bush...	jsamuel	Jan-31-06 10:19 PM	#13
better than the Pelosi mummy one. put the eyebrow down man	upi402	Jan-31-06 10:19 PM	#15
Seems like a nice guy. In this climate, nice guys finish last. Can't	NRaleighLiberal	Jan-31-06 10:19 PM	#16
Is his eyebrow the only thing that's animated?	Pithy Cherub	Jan-31-06 10:19 PM	#17
Make it stop!	Tinksrival	Jan-31-06 10:21 PM	#28
Xena did the eyebrow thing also. any fans out there?	rodeodance	Jan-31-06 10:25 PM	#44
Xena had other ass etts that nade her	tmfun	Feb-01-06 12:29 AM	#175
Why this guy?	Nikki Stone 1	Jan-31-06 10:19 PM	#18
DLC'er - My Guess	otohara	Jan-31-06 10:21 PM	#25
No. It's because we are the only state in the country who has a	frankly_fedup2	Jan-31-06 10:26 PM	#57
ALL politicians should be limited to one term. I love that about	soothsayer	Jan-31-06 10:31 PM	#91
I agree: strict term limits. Or we get gov of the incumbents, by the in-	wordpix2	Jan-31-06 11:53 PM	#157
Tim is a new face, thus no partisan baggage to target him with	librechik	Jan-31-06 11:33 PM	#148
Why not this guy?	Midlodemocrat	Jan-31-06 11:58 PM	#164
Good Eyebrow Action	otohara	Jan-31-06 10:20 PM	#19
LMAO nt	carolinalady	Jan-31-06 10:20 PM	#24
I think he has a live weasel stapled to his forehead...	Vulture	Feb-01-06 12:01 AM	#168
Please, bring out Gore as a closer	upi402	Jan-31-06 10:20 PM	#
I think Kaine is doing good!	calmblueocean	Jan-31-06 10:20 PM	#20
You nailed it! He politely laid out Bush's failures on taxes, the	mzmolly	Jan-31-06 10:35 PM	#110
Geez, some of you guys are hostile.	Pirate Smile	Jan-31-06 10:20 PM	#22
I don't have anything against him, but I could hear everyone in my neighbo	jsamuel	Jan-31-06 10:21 PM	#27
Well, that happens every time with a response. Frankly, these	Pirate Smile	Jan-31-06 10:26 PM	#56
Isn't that the truth. They don't even know anything about Tim Kaine or	frankly_fedup2	Jan-31-06 10:30 PM	#87
Kaine ran the cleanest campaign I have seen lately, and he WON!	Virginian	Jan-31-06 11:18 PM	#139
Kaine's doing well....go Timmy !	Catchawave	Jan-31-06 10:21 PM	#26
I love Tim, Catch, but... this was boring.	Clark2008	Jan-31-06 10:30 PM	#86
CNN's giving him high marks.	Catchawave	Jan-31-06 10:35 PM	#105
CNN is giving him high marks?	Clark2008	Jan-31-06 10:41 PM	#112
msnbc with Tweety Bird says he was boring, not hard hitting	wordpix2	Jan-31-06 11:55 PM	#158
We severely overestimate the attention span and intelligence of	NRaleighLiberal	Jan-31-06 10:22 PM	#29
agree- one of my favorite soap boxes! n/t	carolinalady	Jan-31-06 10:23 PM	#35
He is doing a Mr. Rogers....we need more of a Mr. T for this stuff.	NRaleighLiberal	Jan-31-06 10:23 PM	#36
He's very succinct	sandnsea	Jan-31-06 10:56 PM	#124
You mean like Howard Dean, Wes Clark, Ted Kennedy, Al Gore, et al	loudsue	Feb-01-06 02:22 AM	#178
I can't get over his looks	jonas_stradlater	Jan-31-06 10:22 PM	#30
He's nailing them on Iraq...	Wolsh	Jan-31-06 10:23 PM	#34
Maybe I'm just still pissed from the speech	jonas_stradlater	Jan-31-06 10:34 PM	#103
Nailing them with what?	Liberal_Art	Jan-31-06 11:15 PM	#138
Everyone who can be outraged already is	calmblueocean	Jan-31-06 10:23 PM	#37
Can I wake up yet!!!! OMFG>>>>This is fucking WEAK!!!!!	Roxy66	Jan-31-06 10:25 PM	#51
A little more passion couldn't hurt	Nevernose	Jan-31-06 10:26 PM	#54
Get over it, dude.	Midlodemocrat	Jan-31-06 11:59 PM	#166
Seems o.k. to me. nt	patricia92243	Jan-31-06 10:22 PM	#31
another stiff uncharismatic response	messiah	Jan-31-06 10:22 PM	#32
It looks like patient pleading and rational info to me. nt	greyl	Jan-31-06 10:24 PM	#39
he's partially surprised!	bagimin	Jan-31-06 10:22 PM	#33
HHHHAAAA HHHAAA !!!!	Tinksrival	Jan-31-06 10:25 PM	#45
zzzzzzz..........	tgnyc	Jan-31-06 10:24 PM	#38
ugh...We can do better?	JusticeForAll	Jan-31-06 10:24 PM	#40
agreed...	nickinSTL	Feb-01-06 09:13 AM	#185
They shoulda picked	DemonGoddess	Jan-31-06 10:25 PM	#41
I love Al Gore, but he LOST.	Midlodemocrat	Feb-01-06 12:00 AM	#167
He's better on what he knows better; and a crappy teleprompter	Nevernose	Jan-31-06 10:25 PM	#42
Should be a simple retort. The Pugs are corrupt. They lied, and continue	NRaleighLiberal	Jan-31-06 10:25 PM	#43
says dems of leading the way----well,,, if they shout loud enough!	rodeodance	Jan-31-06 10:26 PM	#58
FYI...site with media tools for fighting SOTU spin, here:	Wordie	Jan-31-06 10:25 PM	#46
this should be Gore or Rangel or Boxer or Kerry	Sydnie	Jan-31-06 10:25 PM	#47
Scarrrrrry....	hjash	Jan-31-06 10:25 PM	#48
There's no response in this "response".	Lexingtonian	Jan-31-06 10:25 PM	#49
He stipulated that he writes his own material but he did have	carolinalady	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#65
He sounds nice and unthreatening to middle of the road voters	Nikki Stone 1	Jan-31-06 10:25 PM	#50
Randi Rhodes should have done it	FogerRox	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#71
MOTR voters want someone who BELIEVES	Nevernose	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#
I agree -- he was calm and reasonable	CornField	Jan-31-06 10:29 PM	#78
This is lame and uninspiring......we can do better than this.	yourout	Jan-31-06 10:26 PM	#52
*	rusty charly	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#75
He is BORING!	qanda	Jan-31-06 10:26 PM	#53
Folks....sorry, but we are in DEEP SHIT. This approach DOES NOT WORK	NRaleighLiberal	Jan-31-06 10:26 PM	#55
Damn right!	JFN1	Jan-31-06 11:00 PM	#126
WTF do you folks want?	calmblueocean	Jan-31-06 10:26 PM	#59
Why don't we let Cindy Sheehan give the response!	Wolsh	Jan-31-06 10:27 PM	#64
cindy's been arrested	rusty charly	Jan-31-06 10:30 PM	#83
Cindy was arrested by the fashion police for wearing wrong shirt. n/t	Virginian	Jan-31-06 11:10 PM	#135
He is Ok--rather quiet in tone is my problem.	rodeodance	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#66
He should have practiced this speech	qanda	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#74
You're right, I don't know what they should do anymore.........	erinlough	Jan-31-06 10:30 PM	#84
LOL. I hadn't thought about that.	Pirate Smile	Jan-31-06 10:55 PM	#122
How about passion?	JFN1	Jan-31-06 11:03 PM	#131
A passionate response would have been quite effective!	fooj	Jan-31-06 11:33 PM	#149
Culture of partisanship any cronyism?	Idioteque	Jan-31-06 10:26 PM	#60
Bill Clinton he is not....	Nevernose	Jan-31-06 10:27 PM	#61
Did you see Clintons Keynote Address at the 88 convention? nt	Wolsh	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#
And so we pray.	Ovett	Jan-31-06 10:27 PM	#62
First Kaine Bingo Word...SERVICE. helllllppppp!!!!!!!!!!!	NRaleighLiberal	Jan-31-06 10:27 PM	#63
jon meacham on msnbc says	mb7588a	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#67
Sounds pretty good if the intended audience is Repubs. But gads,	54anickel	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#68
Frist and Obama on with Brian Williams	Sydnie	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#69
Oh boy!	FlaGranny	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#70
OH Yes	Tinksrival	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#72
WE NEEDED OBAMA!!! I am so sick of this weak shit!!!	Roxy66	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#73
We needed him for our response!!	Roxy66	Jan-31-06 10:29 PM	#79
Second that	Pillager	Jan-31-06 10:29 PM	#81
Dems who have been Presidents have been centrist (host)	rodeodance	Jan-31-06 10:29 PM	#82
Dem Response	PegDAC	Jan-31-06 10:33 PM	#98
I'll second that!	Tinksrival	Jan-31-06 10:56 PM	#123
The Democratic leadership has been pushing Obama to the front	frankly_fedup2	Jan-31-06 10:34 PM	#101
they didn't put him out front tonight, they should have	wordpix2	Jan-31-06 11:57 PM	#162
Please. Have you really disected Obama's speeches?	Turn CO Blue	Jan-31-06 10:44 PM	#116
Or the Tedster. Or, better yet, KERRY. n/t	PVK	Jan-31-06 11:04 PM	#132
agree. Obama is the best orator, put him out there and let's hear him	wordpix2	Jan-31-06 11:57 PM	#161
CBS: Kaine is a VEEERY conservative Dem, he made some religious references	jsamuel	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#76
Yes, because we can't cede all voters of faith to the Republicans.	Pirate Smile	Jan-31-06 10:41 PM	#111
did you read my post?	jsamuel	Jan-31-06 11:11 PM	#136
Sorry. I thought it was your opinion. I've seen a lot of people get	Pirate Smile	Jan-31-06 11:24 PM	#142
Wonder if that eyebrow hurts?	Pillager	Jan-31-06 10:28 PM	#77
They let dems get pushed around	Tristan	Jan-31-06 10:29 PM	#80
Feinstein gives him a B--msnbc now.	rodeodance	Jan-31-06 10:30 PM	#85
says Jr did lttle for health care in this speech--a concern for many.	rodeodance	Jan-31-06 10:31 PM	#90
I give him an F-	rusty charly	Jan-31-06 10:32 PM	#
Frist talking about obstruction - Obama up now	Sydnie	Jan-31-06 10:31 PM	#88
saying needs to get warrant . Period!	rodeodance	Jan-31-06 10:32 PM	#95
cindy wore T-shirt with # of dead on her T-shirt. Diane said that will	rodeodance	Jan-31-06 10:33 PM	#99
it was kinda cute--Diane did not want to diss Cindy.	rodeodance	Jan-31-06 10:34 PM	#102
My impression was that DiFi was laughing at the thought of Cindy running	wordpix2	Jan-31-06 11:59 PM	#165
Was that the brew-ha during SOTU? Dems sarcastic applause?	54anickel	Jan-31-06 10:35 PM	#107
"There is a better way"	Southpawkicker	Jan-31-06 10:31 PM	#92
Russert says the one thing that will get done this year - lobbying reform.	Sydnie	Jan-31-06 10:31 PM	#93
If we were targeting moderates, we should have gone with Obama.	Tatiana	Jan-31-06 10:32 PM	#94
Boy, speak about working a tough room....LOL	Catchawave	Jan-31-06 10:32 PM	#96
Gergen agrees with you	Sydnie	Jan-31-06 10:34 PM	#100
amazing	Jim4Wes	Jan-31-06 10:32 PM	#97
Speech Problem	Tristan	Jan-31-06 10:34 PM	#104
Kaine wrote it-condition of his prior to agreeing to doing the	carolinalady	Jan-31-06 10:35 PM	#109
I felt the complete opposite	Tarc	Jan-31-06 11:01 PM	#
The DLC anger management seminars are obviously working.	Neshanic	Jan-31-06 10:35 PM	#106
Kaine did an excellent job...	SaveElmer	Jan-31-06 10:41 PM	#113
Totally agree with you - and I disagree with 90% posts on this thread	Turn CO Blue	Jan-31-06 10:43 PM	#114
I agree. While I feel like I'm ready to explode, we need someone who	mzmolly	Jan-31-06 10:46 PM	#117
Good for the audience	sandnsea	Jan-31-06 11:00 PM	#127
Totally and completely agree with you.	Midlodemocrat	Feb-01-06 12:04 AM	#171
Nice guy probably. Horrible spokesman.	karlrschneider	Jan-31-06 10:44 PM	#115
Trust me, he grows on you.	Virginian	Jan-31-06 11:34 PM	#151
I also think Kaine and Mark Warner paved the way for the BIG success	Virginian	Jan-31-06 11:50 PM	#155
Agree, and it's ridiculous	Penndems	Feb-01-06 12:11 AM	#173
Oh, he is.	Midlodemocrat	Feb-01-06 12:22 AM	#174
Needs some practice with his speeches	Kni7es	Jan-31-06 10:47 PM	#118
what I saw looked fine	renate	Jan-31-06 10:52 PM	#120
he's Walt Disney, and we needed Keyser Soze	Blue_Tires	Jan-31-06 10:54 PM	#121
I was disappointed in the choice of Kaine.	flashdebadge	Jan-31-06 10:59 PM	#125
People who didn't vote for Kerry 2 years ago...	Wolsh	Jan-31-06 11:01 PM	#129
He did as well as he could. I think the dems are trying to avoid seeming	xTNliberalx	Jan-31-06 11:00 PM	#128
Through hellfire and brimstone, it's Kaine! And he's BORING.	ColonelTom	Jan-31-06 11:03 PM	#130
Passion is important and it was hard to detect in his response.	flashdebadge	Jan-31-06 11:10 PM	#134
Hard to detect. He had the passion of a wet noodle.	Neshanic	Jan-31-06 11:13 PM	#137
I would have liked to hear Feingold. Why not hear people who aren't well	wordpix2	Feb-01-06 12:03 AM	#170
I like tough Dems, and if it had been me I would have been yelling	PBass	Jan-31-06 11:21 PM	#
How about next year Sen. Paul Hackett delivers the response?	Pirate Smile	Jan-31-06 11:27 PM	#143
Well, if laying out the truth is boring to you.	Midlodemocrat	Feb-01-06 12:02 AM	#169
Politics is theater, and that was high-school, not Broadway.	ColonelTom	Feb-01-06 09:03 AM	#183
Kaine exceeded my expectations	Cugel the Clever	Jan-31-06 11:21 PM	#140
I sure did like that response!	mdmc	Jan-31-06 11:21 PM	#141
We need better leaders.	balzac	Jan-31-06 11:30 PM	#144
Really, it should have been Cindy Sheehan.	balzac	Jan-31-06 11:31 PM	#145
Even Michael Moore would have been fine.	balzac	Jan-31-06 11:31 PM	#147
Aweful response. Put Gore up there.	Singular73	Jan-31-06 11:31 PM	#146
After this week, what do we get? Howdy fricking Doody!	fooj	Jan-31-06 11:34 PM	#150
i needed a laugh about now. Thanks	flashdebadge	Jan-31-06 11:52 PM	#156
About the time we think the Democratic Leadership is starting to	INdemo	Jan-31-06 11:35 PM	#153
You say we need "better leaders". Better than who? Who do you suggest?	flashdebadge	Feb-01-06 12:06 AM	#172
Kaine didn't thrill me	MadisonProgressive	Jan-31-06 11:35 PM	#152
If you can keep your head while all around you are losing theirs...	Virginian	Feb-01-06 09:53 AM	#186
lol Bill Clinton should have been dragged back	JusticeForAll	Jan-31-06 11:45 PM	#154
well he would have to have been "dragged back" as you put it b/c	flashdebadge	Jan-31-06 11:56 PM	#160
And the Question Is:	WLKjr	Jan-31-06 11:56 PM	#159
The DLCers still think that what	LibDemAlways	Feb-01-06 12:33 AM	#176
Yep. "Republican Lite" again. Now with 75% less charisma! nt	ColonelTom	Feb-01-06 09:10 AM	#184
Ariana Huffington on Dem response to SOTU: "MY WORST FEARS REALIZED"	Nothing Without Hope	Feb-01-06 06:45 AM	#179
The theme wasn't bad--delivery sucked	bklyncowgirl	Feb-01-06 06:55 AM	#180
Instead of "We can do better." how about	Imalittleteapot	Feb-01-06 08:17 AM	#181
We can do better ! I think it was a good move	dmordue	Feb-01-06 09:03 AM	#182