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In reply to the discussion: This Democrat thinks he can win in 2016 as the anti-Obama [View all]raven mad
(4,940 posts)104. Out of coffee syndrome!
Plus it was 5:50 a.m. my time; and dammit, I'm out of coffee!!
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No--he's in the POCKET of the NRA. So play the childish "Oh noes" game all day if you'd like.
MADem
Jan 2014
#349
You apparently don't know what a straw man is. That's his record. Look it up. nt
MADem
Jan 2014
#353
Only if he runs against the GOP and not against Obama...then I'll support him. This is bigger than
kelliekat44
Jan 2014
#122
Let's get him the nomination and see f a real progressive can win. I say Damn yes he can.
Vincardog
Jan 2014
#254
One of the best human beings to ever hold the office mispronounced the word.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jan 2014
#313
...yeap, they're called nutters... they, like this guy, support Stand Your Ground laws... and should
uponit7771
Jan 2014
#117
He is not simply disagreeing with policy. He is engaging in low brow bashing of the President.
grantcart
Jan 2014
#134
Now that I'm reading more about his *actual* policy positions, I see what they mean.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#331
I believe that is ANYONE supports Stand Your Ground laws, that person is racist, period.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#373
First, I apologize: I mistook you for the poster to whom I was responding initially.
Maedhros
Jan 2014
#374
The law is racist. We have to agree to disagree on this one. Apology accepted.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#375
We do agree to some extent - the law is being USED by racists to avoid responsibility
Maedhros
Jan 2014
#377
No State is allowed to implement a single payer plan until 2017 at the earliest, this is part of ACA
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#218
Not at all because you can't implement single payer at the federal level unless the Supreme Court
grantcart
Jan 2014
#224
152 recs and counting....some from people who claim to OPPOSE the things this guy supports!
MADem
Jan 2014
#301
What does, "the nation's first black president" have to do with this?
LionsTigersRedWings
Jan 2014
#35
So... he shoudl promise a little bit of net neutrality? A little nicer war in Afghanistan?
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2014
#62
Obama has been good on Net Neutrality, the courts are the problem there. nt
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#78
Yes and no. The recent court decision was based on how the FCC had classified the providers.
merrily
Jan 2014
#201
+1, the second he begins the trashing is the second he looses 70% minimum dem voters
uponit7771
Jan 2014
#106
President Obama is the one who said he wants a "uniquely American" system.
Kermitt Gribble
Jan 2014
#256
"I can live with his gun love...He's everything that John Edwards was..." -geek tragedy 2/23/2013
solarhydrocan
Jan 2014
#317
The Democratic Wing is pro DEATH penalty and supports the NRA a hundred percent? Who knew? nt
MADem
Jan 2014
#302
He's done more for energy independence than any other Democrat since Carter
solarhydrocan
Jan 2014
#27
Oh bullshit. Check out Obama's record on energy independence for the entire country
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#250
You are correct. It was 2004 Obama that advocated single payer. Not the 2008 candidate
think
Jan 2014
#173
It was Democrat Max Baucus (D-Insurance) that had single payer advocates *arrested*
solarhydrocan
Jan 2014
#53
I'm not opposed to guns, I'm opposed to nuts using them... the NRA is not... and neither is this guy
uponit7771
Jan 2014
#113
You are NOT going to convince people that "Stand Your Ground" laws aren't meant to allow lynchings..
uponit7771
Jan 2014
#112
I'm black, have a black child.. live in the south.. I sure in the HELL know where I stand on SYG law
uponit7771
Jan 2014
#125
You can be both pro-gun and anti legalized-shootout/racist-murder
ConservativeDemocrat
Jan 2014
#169
And he's pro death penalty. Wants tougher drug laws. He's a real charmer when it comes to the
MADem
Jan 2014
#304
yeah, the guys who support "Stand Your Ground" laws and bashes Obama.. that should go well
uponit7771
Jan 2014
#111
I'd rather have someone wrong on guns and right on economics, trade, and foreign policy
yurbud
Jan 2014
#184
Lots of things I like about Brian, a few things concern me but he sure can give a speech
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#18
He's in full support of the Keystone pipeline, and he's also cut taxes many times.
7962
Jan 2014
#20
I guess it will depend on whether he thinks he can raise money for a credible campaign.
merrily
Jan 2014
#30
Screw him and his coal-loving, tar-sands-embracing, climate-killing, idiotic beliefs. nt
kristopher
Jan 2014
#36
You think there's strong support for the Afghan war and NSA spying among the black community?
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2014
#66
I they those are priorities in the black community but not TOP priorities
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#76
Polls show repeatedly that the folks most concerned with NSA spying are conservatives
Number23
Jan 2014
#208
My response did address what you posted. The concept that party loyalty plays a role in how people
merrily
Jan 2014
#222
My point was and is that most Americans are okay with NSA surveillance but that most of the folks
Number23
Jan 2014
#228
I think the party loyalty issue is both patently obvious from your own post and
merrily
Jan 2014
#232
And I will refer you to my first post in this thread that you decided to leap upon
Number23
Jan 2014
#242
when i go to other sites with open forums, it is always wingnuts who bring up this crap
JI7
Jan 2014
#241
Black people will not vote for someone whose entire campaign is meant to insult
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#85
The OP suggests that Schweitzer will be the "anti-Obama" candidate...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#75
The Democratic Party is divided. Left of center democrats are tired of democrats who act like
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#249
No we do not vote based on skin color. That's a stupid thing to say, but there is an affinity there
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#321
Well we will just have to disagree about whether he has been a great president or not.
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#339
Where he says the only good thing about Obama is that he was the first black President.
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#81
You should know that your perception is spot on and already being picked up in the media
Number23
Jan 2014
#214
Thank you. I'm not sure what we're saying is so controversial. The OP is the one being naive
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#309
Of course you don't think I'm that fucking stupid. We won't do that. Many will stay home.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#306
Learn about his record before you say that. I'm almost positive that he and Bernie would not see
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#338
If Bernie was the nominee, I'd support him 100%! If Schweitzer was, I would not. Bernie does not
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#372
Another cowboy posing as a "Man of the People" and Middle America falls for it: Raygun, Bush...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#334
EPIC FAIL: 'if you can’t think of something nice to say' TOO LATE FOR THAT, HUH?
freshwest
Jan 2014
#262
Running as an Obama-hater is a surefire way to get humiliated in a Democratic primary.
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#79
He'll get the LeftTea vote. Maybe go third party, LIbertarian or the new Conservative Party. n/t
freshwest
Jan 2014
#90
Sadly he'll find plenty of them right here on DU. There are plenty of Obama haters and bashers right
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#336
Nader gladly accepted money from the wingnuts, so who's the real enemy? Really, they're no better.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#341
Schweitzer has (mostly) good ideas, but I don't like the fact that he's running as an anti-Obama.
Vashta Nerada
Jan 2014
#82
Actual Democrats don't plagiarize Paul Ryan and Karl Rove when talking about
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#91
Yeap, one that supported racist ass'd SYG ... signed em into law.. of COURSE that's supported on DU
uponit7771
Jan 2014
#115
Ok, I'm "interested" in anyone who can spout those terms... we all are... the issue isn't that it's.
uponit7771
Jan 2014
#124
Nicely done. Now, DU: Go do your due diligence and find out what this guy truly stands for...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#344
Unless he explains to me and a whole bunch of black folk how he could ever support SYG, he lost it
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#346
I Respect President Obama and Enthusiastically Endorse Brian Schweitzer in 2016 nt
mikekohr
Jan 2014
#127
Schweitzer finally gets it! All you have to do is just WANT single-payer and it'll happen!
Drunken Irishman
Jan 2014
#137
Thank you for this. I clearly need to do my research. It's interesting. Obama was accused of just
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#327
Schweitzer" Medicaid one of the least effective programs in our country's history.
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#170
Great tactic. Alienate the African American vote for who? We are very protective of our president.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2014
#171
+1...That one line pretty much made me tune out whatever else he was saying...
Blue_Tires
Jan 2014
#176
He's already lost me, and by the time urban radio finds out how he plans to win, he'll be toast.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2014
#187
You know you're wasting your breath. I've seen about five black posters in this thread and we're
Number23
Jan 2014
#210
The good news is that DU recs are meaningless above ground. Remember Dennis Kucinich? You don't?
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2014
#370
If I were giving advice to B.S., I would suggest that he quickly abandon that strategy. The road to
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2014
#396
Thank you, Bea. I'm not sure what we're saying is so controversial.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#307
He just buried himself. He's no better than the wingnuts who utter that racist bullshit!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#316
I know Steve Bullock, the current governor. He went to law school with a dear friend of mine.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#329
We do need some REAL "Change." But not sure an Insider can do it. And I know BHO won't deliver, that
blkmusclmachine
Jan 2014
#190
If Schweitzer is enthusiastically in favor of ending the federal war on Medical Marijuana, that will
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#192
They PROMOTED Palin as a serious candidate LONG after America considered her to be a nut.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2014
#223
Why get upset? After all, no matter what you think about this guy, or any other person
djean111
Jan 2014
#202
Are you saying that unless a candidate praises Obama - swears fealty, as it were -
djean111
Jan 2014
#363
No! And stop putting fucking words in my mouth. It works the same way with any candidate
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#371
"Black folks". It's a term of endearment. I'm very proud of what my people have done for this countr
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2014
#379
As a Montanan by birth, with lots of family, friends and longtime connections in state,
BlueMTexpat
Jan 2014
#231
I'd campaign for him 24/7 if he's clearly pro womens'/lgbt rights, anti-corporatist/anti neoliberal
Zorra
Jan 2014
#257
he was bragging on Joe Scabbrain about having the first Fracking Bakken well in Montana
Agony
Jan 2014
#275
He's got our vote and we are veteran Deaniac's so we are ready to organize Chicago.
Peregrine Took
Jan 2014
#276
If I can't have Bernie, and I can't have Warren, I guess he will do. I caught wind on another
silvershadow
Jan 2014
#356
Libertarian climate change denier, in line with Republicans on tax cuts.
Progressive dog
Jan 2014
#395