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AnarchoFreeThinker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:48 PM Original message |
I am against a bipartisan cabinet. Why legitimize a party on its deathbed? |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because you pick off the few sane fruits and leave the rotten ones to wither |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Somebody has to make politics work again |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. "Not all Republicans are evil assholes." |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Sure, they are, at least the ones in power. Which Republican tenets are worth defending, pray? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Nicely done, sir! |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Assisted suicide? |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Have You Forgotten 2004 Already |
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AnarchoFreeThinker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. 04? what happened in 04? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. most cabinets have a few members of the other party in it |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. And Bush's Democrats would be...? His father's...? |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. And the rest can be conservative Democrats |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. Bringing in unhappy Repukes will marginalize the remaining ones |
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sandyd921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Haven't most of those people |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. That's what you want. |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
43. after they came over they were written off |
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fjc (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. It doesn't legitimize the party. It does the opposite. |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. You co-opt the moderates and thereby neuter the rest |
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AnarchoFreeThinker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. may I please have the ONE single good republican policy we need to offer up? |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Lugar and Hagel agree with negotiating with Iran |
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always_saturday (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. I agree with you. Bipartisan shmipartisan. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Deathbed? You mean like after Nixon/Watergate? nt |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. I see it as surgically removing the non-cancerous cells |
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madmadmad (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. please. throw them on the dustbin of history. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. A bipartisan cabinet marginalizes the republican opposition |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Isn't it sad that this has to be explained? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. ..and that might be a good way to keep the other moderate Republicans voting |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. So let's give them positions that Democrats have earned. Whatever. |
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AnarchoFreeThinker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. nope. you legitimize a party by giving it positions of power.... |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think you don't get it. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. I like this answer. |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. I don't trust republicans. |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. YES |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. I agree. |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. The public IS fickle |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Go Away |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. Because we only got 52% of the vote and getting too full of ourselves would be a stupid mistake |
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mokawanis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. not to mention |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. Im so glad we don't get to vote on who the POTUS selects for the cabinet |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. He's about unity. You WILL be disappointed in his choices |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
36. Invite a Republican they all despise into the fold |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
37. Invite a Republican they all despise into the fold |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
39. Because we aren't going to govern like George W Bush did..... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
40. Baloney. The voters have marginalized them? Check that out. |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
44. I understand the disdain that many Democrats rightfully have for Republicans. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
45. Not all Republicans are evil morons. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
46. When good Dems are said to be too partisan after helping with a great win... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
47. I could support THIS bi-partisan cabinet: |
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