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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:23 AM Original message |
Gravel Defecting to Support Green Party |
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Alter Ego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, Mike Gravel. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
53. As a crazy old coot, I'll probably follow him. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. im glad he finds good ideas amusing |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Awfully nice of him to use our party to get publicity for his go-nowhere candidacy last year... |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Hasn't Nader jumped around between independent parties, also? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. I guess Lyndon LaRouche was not nutty enough for him |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. Oh, great! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm not surprised |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. "They're barely tolerated until they can be forced out by lack of funding and lack of media" |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I hope the dems become more progressive |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yeah, well I wouldn't hold my breath while I wait. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Only problem is Gravel IS NOT a Progressive, but a left wing |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. No, the problem is, "Progressive" is a label with no hard and fast definition. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. Rare and wonderful birds. nt |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
59. I generally feel the term "progressive" has been polluted beyond recognition. Many Dems are leftists |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
57. Gravel supports the "fair tax", that's hardly progressive |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. Curious: Why such animosity for a candidate that most here never cared about anyway? |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Partisan hacks are like that... |
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susankh4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Thank You for the realistic review.... |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
49. "The party owns your vote it seems"... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
60. Precisely because we never cared much for him... |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
64. fear |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. I suppose from his |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. How is he a "nut case?" |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I didn't say he WAS a |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I think that's why I like him. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
12. Tsk. Tsk. Oh, Dear. Tsk. Tsk. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. shocking isn't it? |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. Can't say that I really blame him |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
15. For those of us |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. I hope he gets more respect there than he did here. n/t |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. It just blows my mind how little respect Mike Gravel ever got on DU. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. he is a true hero |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yes he is! But certainly not a hero to the partisans. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Very Telling |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. "Inconvenient truths about the New Democrats, the Third Way, Democratic Leadership Council, etc." |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Thanks, BTD. And thanks for that superb thread. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. I know |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Thanks. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
55. Amen. You all don't know what you're missing! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. Can't Blame Him Actually |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Gravel stands for principles of the Democratic Party, oh please. LOL |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. pick a pissing contest with somebody else |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Good! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. . |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. . . . . |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Check your reading comprehension, |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. . |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. Jesse Johnson is a former EROTIC FILM ACTOR |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
40. Good for Mike. |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. Who? |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Like you don't know. Why even bother to reply? n/t |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Go back to The Lounge then... |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
43. Maybe he had a good look at the behaviour of the two remaining Democratic candidates and their |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. You think? |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Well, I sure would. n/m |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I can't disagree. |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. Mike's still running as a Democrat. |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
47. I wonder if there'll be as much heartburn about Cynthia McKinney... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Black and female in one package, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. I met her. She's about my mom's size. Good things come |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. I'll second that one. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
61. Are there any direct quotes from Mike Gravel on this? NT |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
62. My guess is that the Green Party doesn't want him |
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