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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:38 PM Original message |
Why it's hard to be a Democrat |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Recommended, even though it didn't show. Yet. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thank you! |
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BanTheGOP (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. Thank YOU, Frenchie! You have just showed why the GOP is NOT a political party! |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Mine showed! |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kick & Recommend |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. K & R |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's also hard because Wall Street and other nefarious interests also buy off Democratic politicians |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You speak for "the people" now? |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I speak for myself. It was my opinion |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. "This website" represents "the people" about as much as the tea party. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Many Americans feel politicians are bought off by special interest money |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. I think Tea Party comparisons are wrongheaded. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Finally, someone admits the truth. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Hypothesis testing. |
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Mr Deltoid (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. So DU is the same as the Tea Party in your mind? |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 04:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
48. Oh. You speak for this website now |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. You speak for me. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 04:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
49. You speak for me |
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theaocp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I don't see "the people" anywhere in the post above. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. "I don't see"...... |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. What's your opinion? Do you think special interest money has too much influence on politicians? |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Well, duh. No one should have to raise & spend a billion dollars to hold public office. |
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theaocp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. How is any Democrat different, then? |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Something tells me you don't much care if a democrat actually wins. |
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Mr Deltoid (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. "But you work within the system you're given" |
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theaocp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. That's not even a nice dodge. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
52. Do you really believe |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It is an uneven playing field at best..... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. A large part of the 99% started voting for Nixon and Reagan long before the Democrats... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Unfortunately, that's what happened. The Republican nearly had a monopoly... |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. K&R. n/t |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. Rec'd. (And I will be shoving that Lincoln quote up a few teabagger asses. |
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mojowork_n (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. WOW, awesome. Thanks for re-posting that one n/t |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Like I said, someone dropped it into another thread, |
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libinnyandia (526 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. Democrats |
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Worship Money (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Yeah |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R n/t |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. K&R Excellent piece! |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
26. excellent article Frenchi, kick and recommend! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
27. . . |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
28. It's hard to be a Democrat when |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
51. +1000000 |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
54. +1 |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
29. Tripe. Faith talk. To be rejected. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Exactly. +1. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Hmm |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. The first step toward 'how' is to cease the steaming self service |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Ok, let me clarify |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. You tell me how to reach "Joe and Jane Churchy' while the |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. that coupled with this insistence from the straights that gay people hold responsibility to educate |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. Why it's hard to be a Democrat who acts like one... |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
43. This is the killer line in my opinion |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. My favorite paragraph: |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
50. It's hard because the de-facto leader of the party is embracing Reaganism and far RW policy. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. No, it's always been hard.....the article is from 2004. |
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