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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:29 PM Original message |
What if every Democrat was like Kucinich? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. very very much better. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Better, without a doubt. nm |
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BringEmOn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. The world would be better. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. BETTER |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. much worse |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I'll agree with the Senate, but I think you underestimate |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Yes |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Ah, I had completely forgotten about that aspect of it. Thank you for bringing that to my attention |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. You really hate liberals, don't you? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Nope |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. "I love Liberals, I am One." |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. This is why Kucinichites will always be a very small |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. And that's why moderates will always be essentially useless... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. When have you ever seen me oppose |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. You oppose them by default... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Again |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #71 |
80. I don't have to marginalize myself... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
69. don't feed them, Watcher |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. You want liberals to go away? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Deleted message |
MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Now Skittles |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Deleted message |
MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. You're responding to yourself now |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. In all the months I've been aware of your presence here, I've never read |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. You're simply wrong |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Pay no attention to those polished black shoes... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. Deleted message |
MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I'm a troll |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. That's what I'm afraid of too. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. Would that be because his ideas are actually progressive and therefore inherently unamerican... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. No |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. His support is actually far broader... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. You're assuming the country was ever actually conservative, or is permanently so. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. well |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. That is true. But Kucinich's views(especially those on the war, healthcare, and trade) are popular |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. i might consider a moderate republican |
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Sam_Smith (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Much better. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Better. But there would be a hell of a fight ahead of them.... |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. It would be easier to find a wife |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. The Democrats would have maybe 25 Senators and 160 Representatives, so yeah, I'm guessin' worse. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. Who the fuck would want NO diversity of thought |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You mean conservative thought? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. no. I mean diversity. Bernie Sanders is not like Dennis kucinich |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. All of those people are in the minority |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. Uh, you're taking "like" a bit too literally. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Uh, worse? |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. If every Democrat were like Kucinich? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. yes, let's have a clone congress. |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. hook, line, sinker... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. The gene pool would be shorter |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. Meat would go away. War would go away. Pollution would go away. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. yes, totalitarianism is so appealing- to some of you. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. meat would go away? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. This type of Utopian illogic is why DK is not taken seriously. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. Unfortunately I belive itwould be worse becase we'd NEVER WIN! |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Why is it a Pug who is so far right can do it twice.. but not a Dem |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Several reasons. First, the elections were altered. The country is split close enough |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Clinton Fatigue? |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. Not only would the country be better, it never would've gotten this bad. -n/t |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's be amazing. And if all the centrists became Republicans, even better. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. Far, far better. The Congressional Progressive Caucus are the only ones worth voting for. |
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libertariandemocrat (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. Worse |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Well, according to the Republicans we have diversity right now.. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. And so, even though they really ought to be doing life without parole,... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Edit: Never mind. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. That goes without saying: |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
32. For one, we'd all have a much higher IQ... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
46. Far Worse. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. How can you know that? How can you not be sure that |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Oops. My Bad. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. You have a right to an opinion. I wasn't trying to silence you. I was just responding |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. LMAO! |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #67 |
83. welcome back OMC |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
47. We'd still complain about them. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. The ideal Democrat would have Kucinich's views and look like |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
60. there would only be 3 democrats in power at any level...I'll pick worse. |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
63. This country is not ready for someone like Kucinich yet. Too bad, but the truth. |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
64. Actually, I think every democrat is |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
66. Obviously better. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
77. a totalitarian wetdream -- all party members in lockstep with leader. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
79. Better. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
81. If by "like" you meant far more progressive than they are now |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
82. Much worse ... we'd be a nation of robots |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
84. Dunno, but we'd be guaranteed a FLILF ! |
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