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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:27 PM Original message |
Concerning "liberal democrats" and why they must be kept in check, |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. this country hasn't seen a 'left' since FDR |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Two words: Bernie Sanders. (NT) |
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roguenkatz (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'd like to be kept in check... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Lol |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Liberal Democrats today would be considered "moderates" in |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. liberal democrats today would be moderate to mildly right republicans back then |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. That's how the framing has changed things |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. What, exactly, does a "moderate" Democrat want. . . |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. feudalism with a smaller does of theocracy than GOP |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Yeah. Label matching is difficult. |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. What is the moderate Democrat agenda? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Beats me. That's just it. Everybody says these things, |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Been Waiting |
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talk hard (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. Democrats better hammer this shit out |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Democrats already have.... |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. K&R because I want the answer to this one too. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Moderate and Liberal are not mutually exclusive |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. liberalism is by definition moderate, trying to balance best of free market and gov't action |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. extremist=interferes with corporate profit, neoliberal rape of other countries, and expect real |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. Compare these two: |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yep. Framing is the issue in descriptive terms. |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Democrats aren't any good at framing. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It's not so much that us Democrats are NOT good, but that the Republicans ... |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 10:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. But if the Dems could frame well enough to kick their ratings up... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Framing doesn't have to be deceptive |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Is that framing? |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. you'll find that those who champion the DLC/centrist tack here |
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