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blueinindiana (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 01:56 PM Original message |
It is easy to support a filibuster you know is not going to happen. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 01:58 PM Original message |
Do their reasons even matter? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. So? They need to "play to their base" more often |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. it's easy to post on internet message boards |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Oh, and don't forget signing online petitions |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. And? Should they not do this? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. I call bullshit. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. I agree - 53 GOP votes plus 7 Dem votes means they have the 60 |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Clam up! |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Soooooo what's your point? |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. hahaha!! I suppose you'd be happier if they didn't support a filibuster |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Agree. |
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blueinindiana (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. People bash Kerry and Clinton on here all the time. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Kerry didn't want to be the one leading on this - Kennedy needed him |
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blueinindiana (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. People bash Kerry and Clinton on here all the time. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's even easier to snark from the sidelines |
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raysr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That's exactly what I was |
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Socktown (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. You can't just fight the battles you know you'll win |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Socktown, let me be the first to welcome you to DU! |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Let me welcome you second Socktown! |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. Me too |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. That is quite a charge. You are suggesting that there isn't a real reason |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. Filibuster support is the line in the sand. |
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dl5192 (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. What planet are you from??? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Then why is there already a challenge for a long-standing |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not necessarily. |
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dl5192 (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. He's right... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. damned if you don't, damned if you do. Damn. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. BULL - Kerry didn't want to do this - he wasn't even supposed to be in the |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. Right. So Kery is jeopordising any standing he might have left |
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Blaukraut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. isn't that what the base has been screaming |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. Politicians posing? Perish the thought. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. Wow, a new poster with flame bait! |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I thought the same thing and made appropriate alerts :) |
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cry baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yeah, they need to play to their base. |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. You don't know that to be true |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
31. So what do you suggest? |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. I agree - recommended! |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. This is pretty illogical |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. This is pretty illogical |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. Rather than blasting Kerry, Kennedy, Clinton, Boxer, Feingold. Stabenow |
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enigami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. *.................. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
37. So now Kerry can predict the future? |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. Welcome to DU. Nice logic. Nothing about what Kerry is doing is "easy" |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
42. Playing to their base. So, what would you like them to do? |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
44. AND....your point is WHAT?? |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-27-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. Locking. |
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