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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:30 AM Original message |
What alternatives to the Democratic Party are there? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's exactly why they caved. They count on us to "support" them no matter what. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That's why we are called the base I suppose |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Our votes are our power. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Fair enough, but it seems like they don't fear losing them right now |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Alas, all too true. They rely on the "lesser of two evils" concept to keep them in office. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yeah, but they really are the lesser of two evils |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That's where John Quincy Adams quote comes in for me. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Fair enough. |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. DSA |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Unless things have changed, the DSA does not run candidates. |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. But it's a way to influence the party. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. Interesting question. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. Another one of *these* threads...eom |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Yeah it's a damn shame they let people with the wrong opinion post at DU |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. There are no alternatives to the Democratic Party in the US |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. Only the bad guys right now. We have a two party system |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. it's a one party system.... |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Precisely. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. our whole party did not leave us (yet) |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:40 AM Original message |
Well if you ask Democratic party members they'll say no one. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:40 AM Original message |
In before the lock |
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kiteinthewind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. Al Gore. Period. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. If Al Gore runs he'll run as a Democrat |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. Not voting. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. they know it, and that's what's so infuriating . . . |
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Cults4Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Sky I can confirm via a few well placed friends that that is exactly what |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
19. www.pdamerica.org |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
26. Your crazy electoral system guarantees there is none. |
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