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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:52 PM Original message |
Liberals are foxes and Progressives are hedgehogs |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Using your definitions, |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I think a liberal, muddling through, would see there were never votes for a single payer |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. We don't have many years |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. The house bill passed by 5 votes. I dont see how Single Payer had any shot |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. That's reality |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Im a Liberal and a fox. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I tend toward foxiness, but I do think I have an overarching theory |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. with all due respect, how many times must it be explained; |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. List for me the 218 current House members and 60 current Senators that would EVER vote for it... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. how they refuse to grasp this simple, simple truth is beyond me. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I never do get a response to this. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Astute. K&R |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. The unrec'ing crew is out in force for this one -- considering how it has been up and down in recs! |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
50. Doesn't that also mean the rec'ing crew has been out in force as well? nt |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. They never question the motives of the rec'ing crew. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Barak Obama is a classic fox, and a liberal. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Triangulation is classic fox behavior |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. One of the more creative rationalization I've seen yet for the FACT that most of Obama's policies |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Health care reform and the stimulus are not center right |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. This bill is as center right as it gets! |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. I guess that makes me a "Foxy Hedgehog" ;=D |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. Democrats are conservatives. Republicans are reactionaries. Liberals are centrists. 'Progressives' |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. And then there are blue dogs and pigs. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. And "Ponies." Don't forget "the ponies" for God's sake. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. Liberals are progressives with no balls/ovaries. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. Have you noticed what happens |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. AND REPUBLICANS ARE WEASELS. |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Some are sloths |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
21. Rachel Maddow is a fox; Amy Goodman is a hedgehog |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. Pat Buchanan is a fox; Rush Limbaugh is a hedgehog |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. They try one thing, and if it doesn't work, they try another. - exactly |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. Centrists & conservatives have been wrong about nearly everything, while Liberals have been correct. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. +1 n/t |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Thanks. So where does "the pony" come into all of this? |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Some people say there's a pony somewhere in that big ol' heap of bullshit. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. +2 |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I wonder if Joe Lieberman is a "Fox." He certainly is a "centrist" and a DLCer. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. All animals are created equal . . . n/t |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. LOL! Doubleplusgood! n/t |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Yup, that's why Kucinich won the presidential primary and election and Obama didn't!! |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. So Bush was right about everything and Kerry was wrong about everything because Bush won? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:50 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Bush won? |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Centrists are jellyfish. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. You're missing the point. "Liberals" are not centrists. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:36 AM Response to Reply #33 |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
38. Obama is a liberal? n/t |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
42. Thank you for the definition.. As a proud liberal, I can embrace Progressives as just doing it |
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NatBurner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
44. i thought this was gonna be about sonic and tails |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
48. I am not so sure Obama is liberal or progressive, but if he is, I would label him a hedgehog. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
49. Are there any lemmings in this equation? |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. And lo, the cougars had a mighty feast! |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
52. It doesn't sound like foxes come off too well in Berlin's essay ... |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
54. k/r |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
55. too simplistic... there are way too many people who don't fully fit into either category |
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