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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:24 PM Original message |
Evangelicals Raise Poverty Issues -- Time For Liberals To Do The Same! |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Anyone with two brain cells.... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I guess I'm short a brain cell, then... |
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liberaldemocrat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The Republican evangelicals will not support government to help the poor |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Sojo is the liberal arm of the evangelicals. However, I think John |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Not all Evangelicals are conservative Republicans. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Many Evangelicals ARE liberals. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Some are, yes. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I've never seen a DUer state that they had no interest in poverty. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I"ve been told that to my face. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I totally disagree with you. If anything, I think that fighting poverty is a unifying issue for DU. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Then I'm sure you will be happy to do anything/everything you can on DU to further HR2895 |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I've never heard a conservative say that killing minorities should be legal. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because liberal Democrats pushed them to it |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's Edwards' centerpiece. It's a primary focus of Obama. Liberals DO raise them. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. That's an oft-repeated bromide. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. A liberal would still give him a fish. |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Thank *YOU*, dajoki! |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. A couple of responses - a candidate and a miscoinception. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Exactly -- people see it as a zero sum game -- more for you means less for me, |
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DJ MEW (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. There is a really good book about this, "The Working Poor, Invisible in America" |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. I could just be naive, but those Christians sound liberal to me... |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. I agree, Bobbolink. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
22. While I don't personally subscribe to any of the popular mythologies, |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
24. Class Warfare! Bleeding Heart! Culture of Dependency! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Which is worse.... being denigrated, or being ignored? |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
25. The OP raises an important issue... working poor and poverty voters will show up to vote in 2008... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Good point--we do need to change that. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. So, how do we PUSH the Dems to do the right thing? |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
26. K & R #5 thanks for posting Bobbilink! |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. Now is the time to ask why.. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Yes, indeed --- This IS The Time! |
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PDenton (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
28. starting with Clinton |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. i thought this was what that "faith based" initiatives |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. You already know what I think of charity. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. You're right on target. Yet, when these people are the ones making LOUD NOISE, |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. I do my best to pay attention to & help with poverty issues. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
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