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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:40 AM Original message |
Democrats retreat on war's end |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Pantywaist, spineless....I had better stop now or this'll get REALLY ugly (n/t) |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe they're hoping to hang it around the GOP's neck next year |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Run the 2006 campaign again |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
63. How can you "hang it around the GOP's neck".... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. I know, lets give them more money now and then |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That is the way I see it, too. Stopping this brutal occupation is the |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I agree with both of you... |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. Naturally, ip links to Drudge's favorite source. And vice versa. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Well, I guess we will see when the bill is out. Will there be a deadline or not? |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. So do you think that this report is untrue? That would be great if it isn't true... |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Politico is famous for its FAUX News style of "fair and balanced". |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. No, no ... this is all part of Reid & Pelosi's master plan. |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 04:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
68. Awww man. You musta heard that joke before. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. it's not a lack of spine |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So, instead of staying on our positions and may be lose the vote, we |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. stand our ground and lose the vote |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. "... Republicans to put the needs of this country before the needs of their party." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
64. you seem to specialize in non sequiturs |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Deleted message |
Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. The Only Thing Congress Should Pass Is Gas |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Did Kerry not say this was propaganda?? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
58. That he did! |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. 1 vote stops the war. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. that is not going to happen, it's not supported by the majority |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. No, it won't happen. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Talk about a magic wand. "Bush would find the money somewhere." |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
60. exactly - although he would SAY that |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
67. Where's your positive attitude? They are screwed, not us! |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #67 |
74. I've never advocated giving Bush a blank check for his war |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. What impasse? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. our "majority" is not actually a majority on this issue |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Their position is absolutely untenable |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. No wand. I am a realist but, you can take a stand for principle. Our party |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. they're not frightened of the GOP |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Horse pucky! cheney/bush*'s numbers are in the toilet. Most Americans |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Yet that doesn't stop the Republican Congressmen from blocking the Democrats, does it? |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. The Democraps haven't needed anyone to block them. They've been highly |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #49 |
62. Because Raster says so? |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
13. The democrats these days are blind, spineless sheep and I have become |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. wtf does anything you said have to do with FDR? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
16. I guess they think it will be different this time... |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. I'm kicking and recommending because of your post. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yeah, "manage those expectations". Why should the Imperial Subjects of Amerika expect |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Amerika! Amerika! |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'm sorry - I thought Congress was no longer under Republican control |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. Press conference photo |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yeah, whatever..Who's going to |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. We need to get out of this nightmare!... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. ok folks GET ON THE PHONES NOW! |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. “A lot is going to depend if we pick up some Republican support, some bipartisan support,” he added |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. Caving as far and as fast as a.. |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
38. If Reid and Pelosi loved this war, what would they do differently? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. They probably wouldn't fundraise on their heroic efforts to stop the war |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. Don't believe all the spin. Stop complaining and doing nothing else. |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:04 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Good idea. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 08:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Why don't you put your compendium of cogent letters to Congress up for all of us to see? |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. I've posted a couple here before. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
44. I think it's pretty clear by now that the Democratic leadership -- . . . |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:10 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Sorry to say it, but you may be right. nt |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Because the public would not support it |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. pure bullshit projection? What, pray tell, would you infer from this? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. You didn't write anything |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Message board 101? I think not. Take your digital sneer elsewhere. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. It makes sense to me and I'm far from alone. |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. DINO is as DINO does... |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Impeach Pelosi. I think I have found the pinnacle of Mount Dumbfuckatude today |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. How lovely. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Wow. There must have been twenty or thirty people visiting that website |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. So you prefer to bide your time and believe that "the people" will vote for Incumbents? |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
79. Yes, if they won't, we CAN do it ourselves. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
59. This is why I'll support MoveOn.org's proposal to primary spineless and Bush Dog Dems |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
69. The Democrats in Congress are more united in opposing the President than they've been in 50 years. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
70. Democrats might as well retreat on their own existence... |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 06:44 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Here's another capitulation. Those swine! |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Cool! Maybe next they can ... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. What a novel idea! :) nt |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. They shouldn't even be concerned with such things while... |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
72. The republicans are running down the clock |
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cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
73. This is where the ACTUAL solution lies. |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. How are you going to convince Republicans to switch ... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
83. I'm glad that there were people in the past |
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Visigoth1 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
84. Ever notice the media is resembling Officer Barbrady from South Park? |
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