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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:57 PM Original message |
Serious question, where are the progressives *going*? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Centrists have done the same thing, at times. |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Actually, the centrists bought the whole stadium. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Au contraire, this site has been pulled steadily "centrist" & rightwards. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. +1 |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Sadly so. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. +1 |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. A belief not much backed by evidence. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
113. "DUers have always been and remain among the leftest of the left. " |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #113 |
115. Logical falacy |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #115 |
125. It's all relative. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
114. As evidenced by poll after poll here. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
120. lol nt |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Yep. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:50 AM Response to Reply #35 |
95. "I have a list of them" |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
46. Hogwash. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:55 AM Response to Reply #46 |
83. Well I've been here a long time too, so let's agree to disagree. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:14 AM Response to Reply #83 |
89. It has moved to the right/center. Bluebear, you are correct. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #83 |
109. I agree w/ that also |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #83 |
137. Whatever. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. By "Progressives," perhaps |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #50 |
129. Help is based on a reciprocal relation of respect. nt |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
104. Yep |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
105. +1 |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
118. It has, but they're still wrong and progressives're right, more often than not. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
133. +1 n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. I have no idea where they are going |
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haikugal (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Just the mention |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's not enough people to worry about |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Many of those "disruptors" worked their asses off to get Obama elected. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. I don't believe them |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:42 PM Original message |
I volunteered with them. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. Erm, no it is not |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Jesus... It's That Kind Of Thinking That's Going To Bring It All Down... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
81. it's useless trying to argue with them, WillyT |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 02:38 AM Response to Reply #42 |
86. isn't that a great recruiting tool for the party, "You can be replaced" |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #86 |
107. If you are a small enough minority, of course |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #107 |
130. There only one treating others as if they are "nobodies" here is you on this thread. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
103. It often appears |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
106. So we are to let the far left push us around? |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #106 |
126. The Left... Are The Ones Who Historically Pushed For The Things YOU Take For Granted Today !!! |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #42 |
123. That's precisely the plan...and it seems to be working for the conservatives. eom |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #34 |
108. Erm... yea it is. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
146. 'They can be replaced' |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
41. You do realize that by the time '12 comes around a lot of brand new 18 yr olds |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. young people were inspired because they perceived obama would not be a status quo president. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #48 |
61. Well what ever will we do when the wsws leave us? Taken a poll have you? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. i know that almost all the young people i know who were enthusiastic during the |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #65 |
72. I guess it depends on the circles one travels in, huh? Not hearing that. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:21 AM Response to Reply #72 |
91. nor because you say so. we'll see. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 04:17 AM Response to Reply #91 |
98. Nader in '12, comrade! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 05:02 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. i know it's difficult for you to believe, but i have never voted for anyone but a democrat for |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 05:39 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Your block is no different than thousands of others across the nation. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #100 |
139. no, i don't know what you mean. i interact with my neighbors every day. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #72 |
119. OK, so I'll provide statistical numbers... and you're wrong. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #119 |
142. I smell a bit of rightwing & uber leftwing propaganda. Don't like your source. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #142 |
144. The Pew Research Center isn't good enough? |
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fishbulb703 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
145. College kid here. Obama is perceived as a huge let-down. "What?! We have to BUY insurance?!" nt |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Have you read the analysis of the "youth vote" lately? |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Link? (nt) |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Sorry. I'm not doing your research for you. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. I thought not. That's the problem with unsubstantiated "assertions". |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #71 |
122. Oh... it took me about two minutes. Why can't you do it? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #122 |
149. Thank you, Kalyke |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
140. You'll get your answers in November. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. ..... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #41 |
63. I know a lot of soon to be 18 year olds. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:41 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. In a country of 300 million, you know what all the 18 y.o.'s are thinking? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:48 AM Response to Reply #66 |
94. Then you would fathom wrongly. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 04:16 AM Response to Reply #94 |
97. More anecdotes? And not a single link. Gee thanks. A lot of that going around tonite. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #94 |
124. I work with young people and that too is my read of the Obama fad, great post. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 02:50 AM Response to Reply #63 |
87. The youth vote is progressive. So bashing progressives |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
51. On the other hand, so did I |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
58. Denialism and conspiracy theory aren't the healthiest ways to deal with cognitivie dissonance. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
85. What could go wrong if progressives vote Green, right? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
136. "they are a very small part of that and easy to replace - with reasonable people." |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. have you ever looked at polls of progressives versus DLCers here? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. A dozen? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I was being generous. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Here's a poll I did a couple of years ago that got a pretty big response: |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Um dude, first rule of polls, self selected sampling is meaningless |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #37 |
76. someone implied that progressives were a disruptive minority on DU. How would you like to measure |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #37 |
77. so DLCers love to start a lot of threads and shout down others, but not vote in polls? |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. "Centrist" is NOT a euphemism for corporate water boy. A centrist |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
79. ha! so are most conservatives. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. naw |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. What? You think 70% of the population are left wing progressives |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
68. Actually - I Think The Evidence Says Yes |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Many progressives expected Obama to to move the country back to the left the same way that Bush |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #26 |
57. We expected a return to the rule of law |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #57 |
74. That's entirely a matter of opinion. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
92. That's what the tea klanners say about Obama |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #92 |
148. Then I suppose we'll just have to |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:28 PM Original message |
I think you're wrong. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
80. Deleted message |
Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. I wish I knew. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. some people are deciding not to give a fuck |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm sure you'll be getting a PM from some of them... |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
70. He already has. The o.p. is bogus. All these GBCW threads have one purpose. |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #70 |
101. That is so pathetic. If they were really in to changing |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #101 |
112. Um, his conspiracy theory is what is bogus. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #70 |
111. OP here. No PM's received. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #70 |
116. o i love conspiracies! do tell more! n/t |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. It no longer has as much appeal for me as it once did. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. :( |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. no, the left is not irrelevant |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. As a progressive, wish I knew where to go to post |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. DLC isn't moderate |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I stand corrected and you are right . . . eom |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. What was that about laying in wait every time ? |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
127. Well said. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
78. But some of us like to hear you voice your point of view too. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
128. Doesn't matter where Progressive go. The DLC New Dems will simply infiltrate |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. Are you sure they're all going to the same place? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. No idea. |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Some are dropping out entirely. I know a LOT who have joined the Greens. One of them |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Are the Greens registration numbers up dramatically? |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. not last I heard |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. Olbermann angrily left Kos? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I think we could have done without KO's thinskinned temper tantrum |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. no it didn't. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. there was a thread the other day about him leaving. he wrote |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. What I love are so-called "progressives" who laud FDR as some example of progressive virtue |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. +1 |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. I find deep irony in them calling themselves "Progressives" |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 02:01 AM Response to Reply #52 |
84. "Slow, measured, paced change"? Huh? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. FDR Did Stuff To Help The Average American - FAST |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Actually that is not true |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. You're saying that President FDR was great, but President-elect FDR was not? |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Its not that as President Elect it wasn't good - it was a huge disaster |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 04:15 AM Response to Reply #75 |
96. Let's talk facts, not historical revisionism. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #64 |
134. Your post is a willful distortion of history and a complete misreading of the Wiki article. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
147. Review your history. FDR's "First 100 days" are famous. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #55 |
132. Great points and the political climate was poisonous in the 1930s. nt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. The Bus for FDR! |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
73. The problem isn't with the pace of progress, it's with the direction. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:29 AM Response to Reply #39 |
93. FDR moved slowly????????? |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #93 |
102. On civil rights for African-Americans he did... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
131. You foist off adjectives and assumptions and characterizations |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
150. +1 n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
53. Deleted message |
Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
60. Some of us are still here |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
82. Frankly, we will be regrouping. However, it doesn't mean that we will |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
88. For many of Left Leanings, Idealists, etc.- voting for Obama was an experiment. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:15 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. LooseWilly speaks for me too. nt |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #88 |
117. no, it was the only option. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #88 |
138. I'm sure Obama is scared to death of that threat |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
110. Same place the "progressives" went in 2001 |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
121. progressivesunderground ?! |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
135. Whenever I get pissed at centrist democrats I just pound the right harder |
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