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1. Yes, 2. Yes, 3. No, 4. Huh? Scuba Dec 2012 #1
cute, but total fail Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #4
What is your answer to #2, and do you expect that person to run in 2016? nt MH1 Dec 2012 #7
Mine's not a short list, and "ever" is a very long time. Scuba Dec 2012 #24
Sanders is already 71... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #105
Actually, Senator Sanders calls himself a "Democratic Socialist." eom tledford Dec 2012 #191
Thanks for the correction. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #201
Bernie is the best!!! I wish we had a hundred of him! n/t bluethruandthru Dec 2012 #153
Elizabeth Warren said EVERYTHING is on the table regarding Iran.oops there goes another graham4anything Dec 2012 #166
Anyone with a good education is or should be flamingdem Dec 2012 #2
Do you really think you answered any of my questions? Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #5
Do you really think anyone perceives your questions as anything other than rhetorical? eom tledford Dec 2012 #192
My reply is number 195. Yeah, more than rhetorical. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #195
Oh, I understand what "rhetorical" means and every single response you've made in this thread... tledford Dec 2012 #199
846 posts in 8 years. Awesome. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #200
Huh?a good education equates to liberalism? Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #16
Conservatism is fed by ignorance. The more one is educated, the more one rejects conservatism. Scuba Dec 2012 #26
College educated people tend NOT to vote Republican AgingAmerican Dec 2012 #101
actually, people with less education are more likely to vote democrat. college-educated = HiPointDem Dec 2012 #232
The tendency of people AgingAmerican Dec 2012 #242
in the last election, people with less education were more likely to vote democratic. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #254
That response is just outright bigoted. Skidmore Dec 2012 #190
Here is a quote by a famous liberal President Botany Dec 2012 #3
Alrighty then! Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #6
I see constantly moving to the right as a failure, yes. Fumesucker Dec 2012 #8
Why would anyone think pols behind Nafta and Welfare Reform arent liberals? Report1212 Dec 2012 #9
So it is antithetical to liberalism Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #102
It is antithetical to do so.... FredStembottom Dec 2012 #116
So it is American liberalism to which you refer.... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #141
I agree with most of what you said but.... FredStembottom Dec 2012 #205
This recovery has been so slow Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #237
Lol. Yeah that's the goal of globalism. Union Scribe Dec 2012 #233
That's how the idea of globalization was sold. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #238
A lot of people, me included, didnt realize NAFTA would do what it did. Those people were mistaken stevenleser Dec 2012 #260
You need to think about what "self-fulfilling prophecy" means. Bonobo Dec 2012 #10
So ... you have no answers to any of my questions? Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #13
If you want a pet monkey, go to ebay. Bonobo Dec 2012 #15
I was asking your opinion. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #17
Read my response. It is an answer to your push-poll type questions. Bonobo Dec 2012 #21
Good one, Bonobo. They forget Lincoln. tblue Dec 2012 #34
My questions were serious, and I gave full context for them. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #42
by the responses you are giving to people's answers and the attitude in which you are giving them liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #170
You would be wrong... Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #175
Full context tavalon Dec 2012 #208
You have the ability to read my mind? Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #213
The number of responses indicates a strong desire by Duers to show you tavalon Dec 2012 #223
Yet, many thoughtful people gave me serious responses. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #226
Self-fulfilling prophecy is exactly right laundry_queen Dec 2012 #128
Another illustration of this is at the website truebluegreen Dec 2012 #162
I think he was confused by your username Bake Dec 2012 #123
LOl tavalon Dec 2012 #207
+1 Scuba Dec 2012 #27
Not exactly quaker bill Dec 2012 #231
So far, everyone is missing the idea: ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #11
People ARE answering your questions Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #39
LOL! Despite several efforts to derail this conversation, the conversation is happening. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #45
I can practically see you sitting on the edge of your seat, getting more and more frustrated as Marr Dec 2012 #157
Your post is #157, and you were responding to post #11. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #161
I did! My favorite part was where someone thanked you for admitting that Clinton and Gore Marr Dec 2012 #171
Ah. You're just fishing for a response. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #182
Your questions aren't relevant to the position you take that Obama, Clinton tavalon Dec 2012 #209
Sure they are. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #211
I already spoke to this, tavalon Dec 2012 #224
The number of blue dog Democrats in office is at an all time low. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #12
That's interesting. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #14
Well, I think.. ananda Dec 2012 #18
Thank you! Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #20
I think you're missing the OP's point frazzled Dec 2012 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author ywcachieve Dec 2012 #89
Surely you must see what a silly argument that is. Marr Dec 2012 #158
If I thought it was silly I obviously wouldn't have made it frazzled Dec 2012 #168
How does electablity of true liberals in any way support the position that Obama, Clinton tavalon Dec 2012 #210
President Obama is doing what a great leader must do. ywcachieve Dec 2012 #77
Exactly! n/t marew Dec 2012 #178
Bernie Sanders, Kucinich Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #19
Thanks. A follow-up Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #23
"Considering that only a small fraction of the population is liberal..." equals "fail". Scuba Dec 2012 #30
If Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and Obama are NOT liberals, then very few Americans ... Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #49
The problem with your questions sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #139
"I post a lot on discussion boards with conservatives." tavalon Dec 2012 #216
Don't confuse rhetoric and tribalism Chathamization Dec 2012 #250
Compromising does NOT mean proposing only what you imagine your opponent will accept Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #35
+1 forestpath Dec 2012 #36
+1 leftstreet Dec 2012 #43
+1 djean111 Dec 2012 #52
Health care is a perfect example to use. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #53
Obamacare was orginally introduced by conservatives leftstreet Dec 2012 #69
Republicans first proposed compulsory private insurance in the 1980s Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #75
You put words in my mouth, and I resent that Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #72
That was not my intent. Sorry. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #81
Obama stole his healthcare plan from Romney tavalon Dec 2012 #217
Actually Lydia, That Seems To Be ALL Compromise ProfessorGAC Dec 2012 #67
+1 Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #79
+1 leveymg Dec 2012 #138
Amen to that. nt Nay Dec 2012 #140
My personal experience is something like this. Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #38
Fantastic answer. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #54
You didn't "jump the fence". You stayed where you were while the TeaParty went further right. Scuba Dec 2012 #58
Considering that only a fraction of the population is liberal? tavalon Dec 2012 #212
Discussion over. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #218
Isn't that the first duty of any politician? Getting elected? Tarheel_Dem Dec 2012 #259
Here Paulie Dec 2012 #22
Thanks. However,... Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #28
Yes, as a Minnesotan, I can attest to his being popular among at least two groups of people Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #37
Without a doubt he could have won. Paulie Dec 2012 #40
He was electable, just as Howard Dean was, tavalon Dec 2012 #221
Oh shit! Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #227
I was told on DU that a black man can't become president Enrique Dec 2012 #25
Well, stupid comments are no stranger to DU. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #29
"the Tea Party and their similar stances"?? G_j Dec 2012 #31
Way to avoid the context of my comment. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #41
your "context" is a worn out "meme" G_j Dec 2012 #100
Gratefully, a few people thought otherwise. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #111
Your comparing liberals with the Tea Party is too offensive to bother answering your "questions." forestpath Dec 2012 #33
That's a cop out. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #44
This is true as I related in my post above Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #48
It's clear you wish to move the Overton Window to the right Fumesucker Dec 2012 #50
Your first 3 questions were laughably disingenuous. forestpath Dec 2012 #56
All four questions were dead serious. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #61
He's upset about the Tom Tomorrow tune I posted Ichingcarpenter Dec 2012 #47
The Tom Tomorrow cartoon was outstanding. The reactions to it were stupid. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #59
you lied Ichingcarpenter Dec 2012 #98
One should never compromise when all one has to offer is bullshit. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #108
+1 I'm more than tired of that bullshit Union Scribe Dec 2012 #234
Your bucket. 99Forever Dec 2012 #46
LOL! Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #57
Nor the 30 seconds... 99Forever Dec 2012 #65
But you replied anyway. Why is that? Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #68
Why shouldn't I? 99Forever Dec 2012 #78
Good point. We should always blame other people for the time we waste. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #82
You seem well versed in ... 99Forever Dec 2012 #92
Thank you for admitting Obama, Clinton, Gore aren't liberals leftstreet Dec 2012 #51
You misread my question. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #55
No. Your OP assumes they aren't liberals leftstreet Dec 2012 #63
You missed the point entirely. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #70
No I didn't leftstreet Dec 2012 #80
Jesus effin' Christ. I'm not going where you're going. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #84
Temper, temper leftstreet Dec 2012 #91
you won't read it from him Ichingcarpenter Dec 2012 #135
Not used to being challenged? Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #181
Dingdingdingdingding, give the man a cigar, we have a winner! eom tledford Dec 2012 #197
My question was a serious one for those who do not think they are liberals. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #180
Excellent point. Marr Dec 2012 #160
Depends. That list includes conservative neoliberals, liberal neoliberals, liberal neoconservatives leveymg Dec 2012 #60
So, you believe that Obama, Gore, and Clinton are liberals. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #64
I don't think we agree on the terms we're using here, so it's hard to agree on your conclusions leveymg Dec 2012 #121
Great leaders may have to negotiate and compromise at times. ywcachieve Dec 2012 #62
+1 Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #71
1: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders (at the Senatorial level). 2: Elizabeth coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #66
3. Clearly I have no idea what a liberal is because I think Gore, Clinton, and Obama are liberals. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #74
You can use the 'liberal' label all you want, but if you fail to define your terms you're coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #93
I'm not? Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #127
OK, I just wanted to be clear. You consider Clinton a 'progressive'. You are coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #176
You haven't read this thread. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #184
If 1/3 of this thread agree with you that Clinton was a 'progressive,' then that provides coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #185
Oh, don't stop now! Please bestow more knowledge on us! Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #187
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #188
it depends on what the definition of "negotiate" is hfojvt Dec 2012 #73
Why do you suppose that the right despises Clinton in spite of his conservative views? Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #76
what difference does that make? hfojvt Dec 2012 #97
It does not matter. I form my own opinions independent of the entrenched right or left. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #115
ah, so I am entrenched hfojvt Dec 2012 #126
You are operating under the either/or fallacy, or false dichotomy: janx Dec 2012 #94
ah, sure, I am confused hfojvt Dec 2012 #99
Where are you getting that information? janx Dec 2012 #106
we are supposed to be talking about politics hfojvt Dec 2012 #142
+1 Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #109
Yay, championing capitulation and mediocrity! whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #83
Ok. Let's start there. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #86
No, but Medicare for All would be way better. Scuba Dec 2012 #169
I would say that LBJ, Truman & FDR were the last left-leaning presidents.... dmosh42 Dec 2012 #85
Not even Carter? Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #87
Not sure you will get what you are looking for here. aandegoons Dec 2012 #88
sigh. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #90
Neoliberals = liberals, social democrats = liberals, but neoliberals =/= socials democrats. PETRUS Dec 2012 #95
Neoliberalism is an economic system AgingAmerican Dec 2012 #104
Yes, and I think that's where the dispute lies. PETRUS Dec 2012 #122
I'll give this a stab wyldwolf Dec 2012 #96
Whoa!! janx Dec 2012 #103
+1/2. That is a damned fine answer. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #107
Given your post AgingAmerican Dec 2012 #110
given your post wyldwolf Dec 2012 #112
The word "Purist" AgingAmerican Dec 2012 #204
What dictionary did you pull THAT out of? LOL wyldwolf Dec 2012 #236
It's called "Dog whistle politics" AgingAmerican Dec 2012 #243
And you assigned 'purist' as one to fit your needs wyldwolf Dec 2012 #253
"Don't be silly. The purist left could never organize the way the Tea Party has." Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #114
Oh lookie... 99Forever Dec 2012 #118
oh lookie... wyldwolf Dec 2012 #120
Nothing of value.. 99Forever Dec 2012 #130
Plenty. wyldwolf Dec 2012 #131
There were insults in the OP? Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #129
I'll elaborate wyldwolf Dec 2012 #132
as for your "loaded" questions, #2 - few thought obama was electable til he ran nt msongs Dec 2012 #113
Agreed. Those of us who worked our asses off for Obama were pleasantly surprised. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #117
I stopped at Sanders and Warren so as not to make a long list. There are some coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #119
I'd add Russ Feingold (n/t) thesquanderer Dec 2012 #124
Feingold might just be the strongest of all the possibilities, although he coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #174
I have relatives from Kentucky who hate him nolabels Dec 2012 #136
They are all Corporatists. RevStPatrick Dec 2012 #125
ROFL MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #133
wink wink nudge nudge Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #137
Well, what is "truly liberal"? CitizenK9 Dec 2012 #134
1) Obama the campaigner NCTraveler Dec 2012 #143
Obama the campaigner, but not the real person. Then who? Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #145
Every time someone answers your questions in this thread.... NCTraveler Dec 2012 #146
But you did not answer the question. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #151
Okay. LWolf Dec 2012 #144
They are social liberals Dirty Socialist Dec 2012 #147
I would agree. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #148
DU is the wrong place to ask this question SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #149
You believe that no Democrats are liberal. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #152
You really expect the establishment to be liberal? AgainsttheCrown Dec 2012 #150
Thanks. That was an excellent and thoughtful reply. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #154
Sherrod Brown is liberal Dirty Socialist Dec 2012 #155
Thanks, and good point about the Tea Party. Clarification: Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #163
It's a big mistake to conflate the left with the tea baggers RainDog Dec 2012 #156
Well.... Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #164
Have you looked at studies about wealth distribution? RainDog Dec 2012 #172
I do not support the Tea Party's position at all. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #183
I was responding to your attempts at false equivalency RainDog Dec 2012 #186
Teabaggers have no 'data' to back anything up AgingAmerican Dec 2012 #244
This is a problem with posting at DU. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #246
So, the wide majority of teabaggers are highly intelligent informed voters? AgingAmerican Dec 2012 #249
My take. creon Dec 2012 #159
Great points. Thanks. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #165
What do 1, 2, 3, and 4 have to do with Obama, Clinton, and Gore not being retread Dec 2012 #167
I would love to answer your question, ... Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #179
It's a pretty simple question Union Scribe Dec 2012 #235
It isn't a question at all. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #240
What the hell. I have 10 minutes to kill. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #239
I'd pose the above questions to losers like Jill Stein, Roseanne Barr, and Rocky Anderson. Tarheel_Dem Dec 2012 #173
+1 Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #177
When you ask about ISSUES rather than candidates, the Green etc. candidates do well Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #245
I agree. Their biggest mistake is trying to highjack the Democratic Party.... Tarheel_Dem Dec 2012 #258
There is a progressive caucus. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #189
Kucinich. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #193
Indeed. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #198
You just explained the problem in a nutshell Oilwellian Dec 2012 #202
It is also possible... Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #203
Protecting the interests of ordinary people over the interests of the Wall Street pirates is Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #214
LOL. Yes, they do. Millennials are more liberal than those who came of age during Ronnie Raygun RainDog Dec 2012 #228
In other words, Clinton is the first Dem president you observed closely Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #247
The first Dem presidential candidate I observed closely was Humphrey. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #248
Yes I can name liberals. mmonk Dec 2012 #194
Well, according to the same group that is oh-so-worried about Obama and Clinton... Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #196
Gore was a founding member of the DLC and supported the Contras and Reagan's military buildup Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #215
Were you posting here in 2000? Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #219
NOBODY was posting here in 2000; DU wasn't started till 2001 Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #241
Wow, four strawman, er, five strawman questions tavalon Dec 2012 #206
Yeah. You have repeated this previously on this thread. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #220
I post as I read through tavalon Dec 2012 #222
Gawd. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #225
I have thought about this tavalon Dec 2012 #230
Xavier Becerra. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #229
None of those questions have anything to do with being convinced djean111 Dec 2012 #251
My question was serious, and many took it seriously and responded. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #256
all three are liberals madrchsod Dec 2012 #252
Thanks! Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #257
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