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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 10:19 AM Original message |
The GOP’s Agenda Has To Be Stopped. - Johnathan Alter/Newsweek |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Midterms matter, and voters tempted to skip this election should have their heads examined." |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. He's absolutely right, and it should be obvious to anyone with half a brain. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. Huh. So we're back to majorities being omnipotent things then? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Not sure how putting Jim DeMint and Tom Colburn front and center is a good thing for the US |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Who says majorities are omnipotent? Obviously a Democratic majority can block Republican legislation |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. We thought we stopped it in 2006 and 2008 |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Then you are about to experience a VERY rude awakening. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. wtf are you talking about? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. By mid-2011, you are going to look back on 2009-2010 as golden years. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You're still making no sense |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. How is that a hard concept? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. LOLOL 'right now, we are at the peak of Democratic power' |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The mere fact that you are laughing |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. So...what I hear you saying is you don't have a response to my statement |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. We did stop the GOP agenda from 2009-2010. To the extent you do not agree |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. We bailed out banks, e$calated war, mandated insurance payments |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You talk as if not bailing out banks and having another great depression is somehow a GOOD thing. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Yeah, yeah I got the memo. Fix it Later, Move Forward, It's a Chess Game |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You clearly aren't getting the memo. What I am saying holds even if there is NO CHANCE of "fixing" |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Gosh! Guess we shoulda fixed all those things when we were at the peak of our power! |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You assume that just because we are at the peak of our power means we have a lot of power. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Are you copy/pasting from a Harry Potter book? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Nope. Copying/pasting from reality. n/t |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. if this is the peak of democratic power |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Just because you don't like the consequences of what I said doesn't mean it isn't completely correct |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. the plan is kill off any progressive influence in the democratic party |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Over the next several years, the makeup of the Democratic party won't even be relevant. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. so you're agreeing that things are well and truly fucked |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. "want a return to the labor conditions prevalent in the late 19th century" |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. The only disagreement I have with this is that Republicans |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. They said the same thing in 1980. It was bullshit then, and it is bullshit now. |
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