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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:12 AM Original message |
Kucinich refuses to promise to support the Democratic nominee |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. loyalty oaths are crap... good for Kucinich |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
59. Refusing to support the Democratic nominee is nothing more than Liebermanism |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 07:32 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. and loyalty oaths are fascism |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Refusing to take the oath is not refusing to support the Democrat. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. If he doesn't believe in the democratic process, he doesn't belong |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. loyalty oaths |
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fightindonkey (674 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That's Actually A Pretty Good Retort! |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Good one!!! |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Self delete |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Why should a party support him if he won't support the party nominee? |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. what kind of irony is that? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. None whatsoever. |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. the democratic process is about a lot more than "majority rule" |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. You live in the wrong country. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. Kookcinich, Kucinich, Kucinich, Kucinich, Kucinich, Kucinich, Kucinich |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Dennis don't turn into another Liberman. |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. No need to worry about that as they are not alike for sure. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. needs to get out of the way |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I don't think they're coming for you |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. I thought he was throwing his support to Obama anyway. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
75. Not in Texas. At least not yet |
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DemKR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. idiot. n/t |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
52. Oops, you got tombstoned! |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. OMG.. he did !! Sweet :-) |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #52 |
73. Oh, wow!! |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. Measured in principle, Congressman Kucinich stands pretty tall indeed. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. Good. And, as a plus, it just pissed DemKR off. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
39. lol |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. Not refuse, withhold support |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. "wahhhhhhhh, I wasn't crowned prince |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I'm surprised juvenile hall allows you access this late. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. He's a dreamer, not a doer. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Check NH. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. The democratic nominee will not have skipped Iowa. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #31 |
55. Your ego is, at least. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Not surprising that you have nothing else to say |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #28 |
69. If he skipped Iowa, why was he bellyaching about being excluded from debates in Iowa? |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
88. Read her profile. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
86. While you dream about impeachment, he has done more than anyone. Go back to sleep. nm |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
67. agreed |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
17. It stinks that they would deny him, but it also stinks that he might not support the nominee |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. He has the right to support anyone he wants, and the way |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Sure he does, and I have the right to express an opinion about it as well |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
85. But does he have a right to appear on the ballot if he does not want to follow party rules? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Did he say he won't support the candidate? He refused to sign a loyalty oath. |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Exactly! n/t |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. If he doesn't like the requirements of the party, he has other options |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #42 |
72. Yes, bring attention to the stupid, childish rule and get it changed. nm |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
76. "Loyalty oaths are for children." |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
84. Perhaps he thinks that he will be the Green candidate |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
25. What a suprise... |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
26. A group of yahoos demanding a 'loyalty oath' shouldn't be considered Democrats |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. In addition he has the right to vote for whomever he choses just as all of you do. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. He can still vote for whomever he choses |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
89. Those 'yahoos' are the elected leaders of Democratic voters in TX |
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comradebillyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
29. I expect nothing positive from kucinich |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #29 |
90. Last night he got a big fat zero: |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
30. So Kucinch endorses the practice of Signing Statements? |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. More like a line item veto |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Which part of this is fascist? |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Not the same thing |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. The Texas Democratic Party isn't the US Congress, though |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Having to sign a loyalty oath to the nominee is against his right to vote |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. If it's not a Democratic party, then why is Dennis the uberdemocrat applying? |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. YES, IT'S ONE OF OUR RIGHTS AND HIS. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. It's my right to join the Texas Democratic Party? And to expect the support of the party? |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Sorry, but somehow I wish you would, run that is. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I think that you're up past your bedtime |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 02:31 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I don't care who you wish for president or I as it is not right regardless |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Did I mention Clinton? My candidate is the one who gets the nomination |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #63 |
83. Yes, in past posts. Follow me now if you can. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
91. The line item veto was found to be unconstitutional |
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MalloyLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
34. Shame on you Kucinich |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
43. I am not a DK supporter but he is correct to take this stand |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #43 |
62. EVERY southern state has a long history of discrimination |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #62 |
70. You are right |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
44. Wow, he's a DU'er |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
48. He puts our Constitution and the rule of law above partisanship-that's democratic! |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
57. Good for Dennis. |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
65. Hopefully the next UFO will take him away. |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. I always admired Dennis, but I think.... |
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Robbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
66. Democrats |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
68. did texas have the same requirement in 2004? |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
74. Loyalty oaths be damned to hell nt |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
77. Kucinich said he would support the Dem nominee "Only if they oppose war as an instrument of policy." |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Isn't the war in Afghanastan an"instrument of policy?" |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Oh, brother. Go back and read what I posted. n/t |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. That would seem to exclude himself, as he supported war as an "instrument of policy" |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Nice try. n/t |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
82. Loyalty Oaths Are For Suckers |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
87. WOW! He's in lock step with his constituency. SO DO I ! n/t |
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