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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:09 PM Original message |
The Green Party ran a candidate against Ned Lamont in 2006. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. And your point is....? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It looks like they sought to defeat the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Okay, and...??? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:18 PM Original message |
I wouldn't say that they're out to help the Democrats. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. So what? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You're edging ever-closer to existential territory. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Only if you consider state politics an "ever-closer existential territory." |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. That if they cared about progressive issues, they should have supported |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I wouldn't say that they're out to help the Democrats. |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Wasn't it a Lyndon LaRoucher whose only issue was 9/11 truth? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Laughable assertion. It was the Democratic Aristocracy that supported Lieberman. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. They are not the only ones. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. And the Green Party helped him along, too, by helping drain votes from Lamont. n/t |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. How 'bout you specifically define "drain" as it relates to this? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. The progressives split their votes between two progressive: |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. How 'bout you specifically define "split" as it relates to this? |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Freesoil Party ran a candidate against Franklin Pierce in 1852...... |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. And *nobody* fielded a candidate against James Monroe in 1820! |
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21st Century FDR (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. The problem in Connecticut is that they need a law that 47 other states have. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why so they did |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. So the election was between Lamont and a Green Party candidate only? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. No, but the choice for PROGRESSIVES was only between those 2 candidates. nt |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. And conservatives had two choices. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. it's a free country |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. In it, I am free to criticize the Green Party and their voters. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. And they are free to cause you much perturbation and despair. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. and they're free to vote for who they want too. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. Ned Lamont lost by 124,000 votes. The Green Party garnered 5922. A Green candidate had nada |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I did not say they did. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Of course not. By the way, Connecticut for Lieberman ran a candidate against the Democratic |
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