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In reply to the discussion: Dem chief: Kucinich a 'narcissist' [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)47. A lefty for sure...
...but left is a four letter word to some.
Yeah, I'm sure the GOP, and the Third Way Party as well, would love to see Bernie kicked to the curb.
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As a resident of Washinton State I'm horrified you think we'd welcome carpetbagger Kucinich
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Apr 2012
#6
Actually, the headline is misleading. He didn't actually say that Kucinich was a narcissist.
Hissyspit
Apr 2012
#8
And then Obama and the New Dems dumped Dean and lost Congress the next cycle. (nt)
w4rma
Apr 2012
#82
Well said, the center right model is why Congressional approval is at 13% too
just1voice
Apr 2012
#38
Skip the name-calling, please. I'm just a progressive who doesn't always agree with your
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#63
Wrong. It is name calling and derogatory to call anyone here a "conservaDem." We all identify as
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#65
This is a site for progressives, which is why there are Greens and other non-Democrats here.
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#69
Show me one single post where I could be said to have "fought single payer health care
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#76
You aren't a very good Catholic then. I know I wasn't and I spent years in convent school, living
Cleita
Apr 2012
#77
I don't let right-wing thugs define my view of what a "good Catholic" should do or believe.
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#79
You're parroting the absolutist beliefs of the right wing, but millions of Catholics, including
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#83
Well, you are making up your own rules there. I'm happy they taught you about those
Cleita
Apr 2012
#92
That's your opinion, and the opinion of the right wingers, but it's not the only one.
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#99
I didn't. I said you accepted right-wingers claims to their authority in the church.
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#101
You need to read some actual books, instead of misinterpreting Wikipedia articles.
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#107
Do you have anything to back up the claim that most Catholics held/hold pro-life views?
cali
Apr 2012
#81
Most lay Catholics often don't know the Church's teaching and position on a lot of these
Cleita
Apr 2012
#86
Yes. And it applies only "when he speaks ex cathedra" -- that is, when he proclaims that a doctrine
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#109
You provided a link. Read it again. It says "when" a doctrine is issued ex-cathedra.
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#112
There are only 2 instances upon which theologians all agree, and another handful in dispute --
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#114
My source says twice in the last two centuries, not in the history of the Church and those two are
Cleita
Apr 2012
#115
Look you need to hang onto your religion for whatever reason so I know not all Catholics are
Cleita
Apr 2012
#117
As many as 98% of Catholics disagree that the encyclical on artificial contraception was infallible.
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#119
Or because he realized that you can not run for the Democratic nomination as prolife
karynnj
Apr 2012
#88
Kennedy ran on a platform of cutting taxes and increasing nuclear missiles
Freddie Stubbs
Apr 2012
#95
I wonder how long it will be before they shove Bernie Sanders out of the Senate. n/t
Cleita
Apr 2012
#19
Bernie isn't a carpetbagger. He "came up through the ranks" in VT. He is invested in the state and
MADem
Apr 2012
#41
Classic Politico. Why anyone trusts it as a news source is beyond me. Look at who owns it...
RufusTFirefly
Apr 2012
#27
Ooh, nasty. Thanks for the info, will regard them with a *more* jaded eye than before.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#34
Yes. The folks at Politico are the journalistic equivalent of agents provocateur
RufusTFirefly
Apr 2012
#37
The same J Allbritton who gave GHW Bush a job as a bank Director after Carter fired him as CIA Chief
leveymg
Apr 2012
#35
Politico's MO is remarkably consistent. It stirs up trouble with the goal of Divide and Conquer
RufusTFirefly
Apr 2012
#62
Kucinich is being urged to come to Washington -- he doesn't have a better record on woman's issues
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#59
So the timing of his conversion to being pro-choice is not suspicious to you???
Odin2005
Apr 2012
#71
He didn't just lose an election and get interested in WA. He's been coming out for years and..
freshwest
Apr 2012
#68
Why are so many people convinced that the Republicans "got rid of" Kucinich?
brooklynite
Apr 2012
#84