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And some of us have said this is going on for a few years nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #1
DU had changed OverseaVisitor Jun 2012 #63
Hey, welcome back! Canuckistanian Jun 2012 #113
It had been like OverseaVisitor Jun 2012 #117
But who was laughing? probably the same people who attacked Kucinich for standing up to them... Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #66
Ridicule and propaganda is a cheap tool of oppressors upi402 Jun 2012 #127
Yup, and it all started with... joycejnr Jun 2012 #100
Cold... for now villager Jun 2012 #110
Many Of Us Were Ridiculed For Making These Points About The Threat That Is The Right cantbeserious Jun 2012 #2
I've been beaten up for saying something like this years ago......... PDJane Jun 2012 #3
unfortunately no one is cleaning up the mess ldf Jun 2012 #10
And my all-time favorite... Raster Jun 2012 #11
some day that powder, surely the world's driest, will end up on ebay. NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #17
Not ebay, burned off as fireworks for their victory celebration JHB Jun 2012 #48
yup Skittles Jun 2012 #12
I was harrassed and ridiculed agent46 Jun 2012 #16
The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away forever. TeamPooka Jun 2012 #4
Lucas was warning us. freshwest Jun 2012 #83
Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team) Karen Ellis Jun 2012 #5
Sign 6. OnyxCollie Jun 2012 #6
+1 -nt CrispyQ Jun 2012 #65
Ding ding ding.... n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #85
Like the Washington Generals. Octafish Jun 2012 #99
Once upon a time... Javaman Jun 2012 #7
Nearly everything that Nixon was accused of is now legal or commonplace. JDPriestly Jun 2012 #8
Some people take that as progress, not as the exception n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #43
It's horrible. And much of the change is due to Cheney's machinations. JDPriestly Jun 2012 #46
It didn't help that the left was divided in 2000. libinnyandia Jun 2012 #9
The left was no where near divided as painted to be. Hyperbole and negative PR. Raster Jun 2012 #14
exactly. n/t NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #15
It doesn't matter. They were divided enough... Drunken Irishman Jun 2012 #22
You nailed it. Thank you. ancianita Jun 2012 #28
some of that apathy from the dem side came from the bbgrunt Jun 2012 #31
And that's why a great deal of liberals cut their noses off to spite their face... Drunken Irishman Jun 2012 #33
....and so we have an endless chicken and egg blame game. nt bbgrunt Jun 2012 #38
It's not, tho... Drunken Irishman Jun 2012 #39
IMO, voting should be mandatory. n/t dotymed Jun 2012 #77
Bush did not 'win' in 2000. Bush was not 'elected' in 2000. Bush coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #53
x2. And I also voted for Gore. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #64
+1000 You need to repeat this post as an OP so more people can see it! LongTomH Jun 2012 #82
IMO This thread should be plastered to lamp post on every street corner clang1 Jun 2012 #90
seems to me the nose cutting is coming from the sensible centrist wing of the party.. frylock Jun 2012 #89
This 'centrist' wing in most other countries clang1 Jun 2012 #92
You alienate yourself by not voting or voting third party... Drunken Irishman Jun 2012 #94
bend over backwards?! that's fucking rich.. frylock Jun 2012 #95
And you don't get those 'traditional Democratic values'... Drunken Irishman Jun 2012 #98
Completely ridiculous to say this and your wrong clang1 Jun 2012 #104
I'm wrong? Drunken Irishman Jun 2012 #105
You do not see the forest for the trees clang1 Jun 2012 #106
Right. Why should we hold people responsible for the way they vote/don't vote... Drunken Irishman Jun 2012 #108
NOT EVERYONE ONE WANTS ALL YOUR CANDIDATES. Don't you get that! clang1 Jun 2012 #109
I know they don't. Drunken Irishman Jun 2012 #111
the nader blamers are just like birthers in my book.. frylock Jun 2012 #136
you just keep doing what you're doing and enjoy your little right-wing party.. frylock Jun 2012 #135
Well ..... clang1 Jun 2012 #103
Since Oregon made vote by mail the system of the state their turn-out has been exceptional Bandit Jun 2012 #75
68 the last time Americans gave a damn ... CRH Jun 2012 #107
Nader ran a campaign that divided the left. Enough people voted for him to make possible the libinnyandia Jun 2012 #55
Nader voters were heavily outnumbered by Democrats who voted for Bush. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #114
Nader's numbers in Florida and New Hampshire made the difference. If Gore had carried NH, he libinnyandia Jun 2012 #115
Then Gore should have sought out the votes of the left, which he didn't. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #116
When you have a man like Nader telling people not to vote for Gore, then Nader shares some libinnyandia Jun 2012 #122
Why should Nader tell his voters to vote for his opponent? Did Gore tell his to vote for Nader? Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #129
In a perfect world what happened here in 2000 would not happen. There are tremendous diffrences libinnyandia Jun 2012 #131
Do you feel "good" when voting for "not as bad"? Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #133
I feel good when "not as bad" defeats evil. A Gore administration would have been much better libinnyandia Jun 2012 #134
Seems 99% of the people here just still are not getting it clang1 Jun 2012 #132
"divided in 2000".... bvar22 Jun 2012 #80
But if we hold up signs and shout loud enough, they might go away. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jun 2012 #13
Yeah. That 'll work. It's working even now. NOT. n/t loudsue Jun 2012 #18
We've all been witness to a slow motion coup that started with the mugging of TheDebbieDee Jun 2012 #19
I told people back in 2000 that is was a coup eztalker2 Jun 2012 #20
welcome to DU! NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #21
Thanks... eztalker2 Jun 2012 #29
Neither am I - but it is the 2004 coup that sent me to DU. NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #58
Welcome to DU, eztalker2! kdmorris Jun 2012 #49
I feel very angry about it too. Quantess Jun 2012 #59
Thanks for joining us, I think the same thing Tumbulu Jun 2012 #119
Roberts and Alito were put on the court because they were committed FASCISTS. Bush family's NWO blm Jun 2012 #23
Democrats did nothing to stop their appointmenst. Now the Republicans wont permit the rhett o rick Jun 2012 #24
Kerry did launch a filibuster - Schumer and Clinton argued against it in caucus, then blm Jun 2012 #60
If my memory serves me, my senator Patti Murry responded to my rhett o rick Jun 2012 #81
The author left out 2 other key pieces of their take over: Dustlawyer Jun 2012 #25
Didn't the McDonald's lady get a reduced settlement anyway? Blanks Jun 2012 #56
Considering that Roberts as an attorney went to Florida and quietly advised Jeb Bush on the recount Samantha Jun 2012 #26
"Once on the bench, for life" - They can be impeached (House) and removed davidwparker Jun 2012 #27
See where we are at with 'Checks and balances' n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #79
The founding fathers never planned for stolen elections. pa28 Jun 2012 #30
Another sign? Here's an important one. How can the general public be opposed to wage-lowering, AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #32
Health care would have been a better example clang1 Jun 2012 #40
A better example of what exactly? AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #42
You'll figure it out n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #45
I wonder if Quantess Jun 2012 #61
+1 clang1 Jun 2012 #97
Did this "Coup" end with the election of Obama? donheld Jun 2012 #34
Nope everything PROGRESSES when you don't stop things clang1 Jun 2012 #41
I'd call it a "coup" but not the way we traditionally think of it. pa28 Jun 2012 #44
I agree with you 100%. It is the polarization, clang1 Jun 2012 #128
No one should even need to read an article like this to see clang1 Jun 2012 #35
The coup was started in 2000 with Bush V. Gore. Initech Jun 2012 #36
Yeah.. Planning began well before, but yeah clang1 Jun 2012 #37
The billionaire class in society have solidified themselves as the real terrorists in this country. Initech Jun 2012 #73
The Coup Began With The Powell Memo In 1971 cantbeserious Jun 2012 #102
No, it started November 22, 1963 dflprincess Jun 2012 #118
agreed!!! Dan Jun 2012 #124
Great post/information - thanks. NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #125
K&R. n/t DLevine Jun 2012 #47
I found another sign of a coup when I clicked on the link to the article bupkus Jun 2012 #50
Our political system sulphurdunn Jun 2012 #51
"Is undergoing"? - Fallows' use of present progressive belies the coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #52
K&R raouldukelives Jun 2012 #54
Massive amt of money and a public that is anesthetized by the TV - and apathy. NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #57
The GOP along with their supporters operates with information like the clang1 Jun 2012 #67
Don't forget all the voter suppression and union busting at the state level. moondust Jun 2012 #62
Just why is it they so utterly RABID when it comes to those voting machines clang1 Jun 2012 #71
none of this would be possible without complicity of the corporate media, using our public airwaves Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #68
The major media in this country are frankly little more than clang1 Jun 2012 #87
I knew it was a coup when it happened lunatica Jun 2012 #69
yes, then they were so brazen as to put their PNAC plans on a website for all to read Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #70
Yes. The perfect excuse for the PNAC agenda lunatica Jun 2012 #72
More like "underwent a coup" Doctor_J Jun 2012 #74
I knew it when the second plane hit. PNAC confirmed it. nt valerief Jun 2012 #76
"Underwent" a coup, since it has already happened... mother earth Jun 2012 #78
k&r n/t RainDog Jun 2012 #84
I'm not laughing. You could see it happen during 2000. southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #86
We are living through & witnesses to what will go down in history as the destruction of the U.S. tpsbmam Jun 2012 #88
Personally, I think that RoccoR5955 Jun 2012 #91
Dick Cheney's wife is writing history books Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #93
They've already done it with Reagan Adenoid_Hynkel Jun 2012 #112
There are days I believe this country is dying 47of74 Jun 2012 #96
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2012 #101
There appears to be a huge consensus that it's all over... joycejnr Jun 2012 #120
what indeed? I think all of us who are aware have much to ponder - and even more to do. NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #121
That was the point of Occupy Wall Street. Quantess Jun 2012 #130
Great Read Tsiyu Jun 2012 #123
Fallows has a habbit upi402 Jun 2012 #126
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