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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:49 PM Original message |
We’re losing. And we’re losing big. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree with you. |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. No ..Republicans have been trying for 80 years to get to the point where |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. he's not a Democrat |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. And you? What are you??? |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #57 |
118. Homer |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
158. you obviously |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
120. They HAVE destroyed almost all New Deal legislation. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #120 |
122. Actually they have destroyed more of LBJ's legislation on civil |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #122 |
136. I agree to a point. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #136 |
163. On that I agree - I was thinking of the safety net as programs for the |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #120 |
156. term limits |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think we might be past the point of no return. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. The only good thing about the Bush years: |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
64. I thought Kerry was the same way |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #64 |
121. Being from MA I always respected Kerry. I thought of him as a fighter.. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #121 |
147. And he didn't fight back when they stole the election from him in 2004 either. n/t |
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november3rd (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
131. It was deception |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #131 |
146. spot on |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #27 |
143. "...if Obama was an outspoken, dedicated, and skillful fighter -" |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
51. I despair for those same reasons, and because, |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
66. I agree. I can understand the gullible republicans, but the gullible democrats are what |
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CarmanK (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
111. You are wrong! The TBAGGERS Are exposed!! It is OUR TIME! |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
125. That's the big issue... |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. We're are losing, but it aint over till we quit |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. There's a difference between losing and being sold out. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 04:39 AM Response to Reply #33 |
97. It's a huge difference |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
67. This doesnt have anything to do with quitting. We are losing and past the tipping |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. If its too late to do anything |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:39 AM Response to Reply #71 |
88. Agree - things can always get worse -- we have to get the nuke reactors shut down...!!! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #71 |
151. I will continue to fight even if there is no hope. nm |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. our leaders have by and large been bought |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
90. We also need to do what Repugs did ... TARGET those in our party and their party who work against |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. My impression of Mondale was that he felt America's best days |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. ^ Very true ^ |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. Have you ever thought to ask yourself, "do we need jobs?" |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #52 |
117. You are so right. |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:25 AM Original message |
Good point- I have observed the same thing |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
89. Peak Oil could be an opportunity had we reacted during the Carter years ... !!! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's all one big |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. There is a groundswell of anger out there just waiting to be tapped. |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Amen! K&R. n/t |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. we do need a movement |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
65. Democratic Party won't be there |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #65 |
73. The Democratic party will be there |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
74. Woo Me, you speak for the voiceless, ieoeja you have agood point too. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 03:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
92. Two fights that would change things -- ending wars/MEDICARE FOR ALL... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
93. Agree with your analysis ... but Third Way is running Dem Party .... !! |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #93 |
123. IF we can take over "our" government, we can re-instate |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:09 AM Response to Reply #123 |
167. Taking back government would mean a new Dem candidate for 2012 .... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. We had a window of opportunity in 2009 but Obama and the Dem Senate leaders quickly threw it away |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. I really, really hope you're wrong, leveymg. Yet, I can't come up with |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. I hope I'm wrong about that, too, and will gladly eat my words |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. OMGOSH!!! I KISS YOUR FEET! THANK U!!! |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. Even if we're completely wrong, it's good to have such nice company in |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:45 AM Response to Reply #62 |
91. We're not wrong. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 04:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
98. It sickens me still |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
148. and there is no FDR waiting in the wings to replace Obama, even if he wins in 2016, the US |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. The sky is falling! |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
49. I think it done falled. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 04:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
96. are you really THAT fucking blind? |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 04:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
99. It's down around our ears already |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. The Earth will heal itself |
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savannah43 (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
114. Yes, keep your head right up there. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #114 |
153. So, what did you do Today to protect Mother Earth? |
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bengalherder (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
139. I don't give two shits about humans disappearing |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #139 |
159. I take responsibility every Day |
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TeamsterDem (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. With great sadness I have to agree with you. nt |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. From February of '08 . . . . |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Good and sad journal. |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. "Those of us that were adults |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. self delete |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. Cycles have always existed |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. "There is no spoon" (pendulum ). |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. We need a congress full of Graysons, Frankens and Sanders..nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. Deleted message |
rocknrollgangster (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . . |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. "All politics is local." Tip O'Neill |
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Kalidurga (627 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Yes, Obama will probably win and even though it is the same o same o |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. We may have to lose the Empire first. Becoming a normal country instead of |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Right has spent the past 40 years developing an intellectual infrastructure, |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
59. Boy, isn't that the truth. |
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madlefty (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 06:35 AM Response to Reply #59 |
107. I can't listen to the MSM anymore, I am trying too |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
142. I call it a propaganda infrastructure |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #142 |
150. Economic theories that used to be the fringe are now mainstream |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. It starts with the pardon of Nixon |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. It started with hypocritical slave owners complaining they wanted their liberty. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
128. Did you watch that video post a few days ago? |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #128 |
138. well said. btw, do you have a link for that video? |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #138 |
164. No but you should be able to find it on DU. It was posted less |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #128 |
165. Here is the link |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #165 |
166. thanks a lot! |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. Done, ruined, fucked. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. The Righties are planning 50 year reign in power. If you want |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. It started with reagan and has culminated |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. ......wisconsin..... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. Well most people will know what I say about it |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. They don't own me any more than a sick monkey "owns" the Ebola virus |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. good analogy |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. We've been losing, and losing big, for 30 years. |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. We've lost |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
40. Nothing that a war in Libya, a little "austerity", and "free trade" with Korea won't fix up! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. Plus, don't look back. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. When the Working Class... |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. The election of Reagan really marked the emergence of three ideas |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
61. "Entrepreneurs " were the new heroes. |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
50. Yes. 'We' meaning ALL of us, left/right, conservative/progressive, rich/poor, atheist/deist, |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
54. naw |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
55. K&R |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
56. Nope. We.Are.Dead. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I agree 100%. The only good news is, since we are "already dead" there is hope. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. When the duff stop being afraid of blood, they that rule are fucked. |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #56 |
155. We now live in a 100% "corporate state" |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
60. The reaon |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
63. Identifying the problem is pretty easy. Coming up with a solution... |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
69. We have White House, Senate, and until recently House. |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. we are being handed defeat |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. It depends what you mean by "we" |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #69 |
149. If you mean "we the people," no we never had them. Almost all politicians have been bought, |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
75. democrats are happily following in the slipstream of the right wing shock troops.... |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #75 |
140. so true and you say it so well! |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #140 |
161. Thank you! -nt |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #75 |
144. Another very excellent description |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #144 |
162. Thank you -nt |
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PBass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
76. I certainly disagree about liberals "losing" or playing defense. |
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kimsarah (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
77. Please don't confuse |
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PBass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Actually, please DO confuse progressives, liberals and Democrats. |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
79. Starting tomorrow.... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 05:54 AM Response to Reply #79 |
104. This should be a separate post. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #79 |
116. Excellent assessment of reality. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #116 |
134. And, in order to thwart another R/Wer for President, |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #79 |
145. Bravo! |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
80. Reply #44 is worth a reread. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
81. We wanted to fight back, but the ruling class bought off our team. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
82. Oh god I feel the same way... |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
83. K&R |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
84. we could have done MUCH BETTER than this |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
85. Simply stated... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 04:15 AM Response to Reply #85 |
95. we will all be Tucker Barnes |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #95 |
115. LOLOLOLOLOLOL |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
86. cynicism toward government that predated Reagan laid the groundwork for the defeat |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
87. Global Warming will end their reign ... but it will also end our species!! Capitalism is suicidal.! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
94. Ask disastered pugs who have no homes that Cantor does see fit to help out by funding FEMA who they |
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ThomThom (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
100. We are losing, the whole world is losing because of our |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
101. Yes, I Agree, and I Notice that Some Don't Think So |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
102. Beyond losing. We would have to make up a word. |
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AnnieK401 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
103. Totally agree |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
105. same as it ever was-- the elites, the Powers that Be, the Puppet Masters, keep us in line |
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dothemath (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
106. Losing big? |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
108. this cuts to the |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
109. Here's part of the deal, and it's not pretty... |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #109 |
124. Great post. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #109 |
137. I've never met a single issue voter. Who are they? |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #137 |
160. Just read DU, single issue voters are all over the place... |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #109 |
154. Here's who stayed home. And it wasn't DU boomers and middle-aged hippy liberals |
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Chimichurri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
110. This is because we vote and support Corporate Democrats who are no better than |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #110 |
119. Yep. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
112. Until Citizens United is overturned, our voice in modern politics has effectively been muted. nt |
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savannah43 (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
113. "...infested the oval office..." I love it! |
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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
126. One chunk of the population drinks the republican kool aid. |
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hue (571 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
127. We are not losing it... |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
129. I agree with you, Cyrano. But I haven't lost hope. Feeling discouraged though, |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
130. Correct |
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Obama2012_4Peace (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
132. We aren't losing.. |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
133. One of my great awakenings was seeing the |
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Chimichurri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #133 |
135. I was having a conversation with a union guy who despised his union, loves Ron Paul |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #135 |
141. this is a result of the endless brainwashing of Rush Limbaugh |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
152. I see this as a monkey with it's hand in a coconut. |
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Zoigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
157. When i get discouraged i think of the people in |
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