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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 02:40 PM Original message |
Hey Ralphie!! You still think there is no difference between the two parties??? |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hadn't thought of that |
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riqster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, he does. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Since Obama just limited lobbyists today, I would say yes, there |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Happy to give you Rec #5. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. ralph was right |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. It wasn't the fascism that bothered them. They had no problem with that |
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johan helge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. It was the Nader voters that voted against their best interests |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. bush was (s)elected, not nader |
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johan helge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Without Nader, Gore's victory in Florida would have been so clear |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. the lengths you people go to... |
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johan helge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. This isn't difficult. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
74. i disagree about nader and the greens |
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johan helge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Republicans breaking the law is worse |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Which party opposed the $3 Trillion give away to Wall Street? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You'll need this... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. FACTS are such nasty things. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Fact: The majority of the Democrats in Congress voted AGAINST the Iraq War Resolution |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton voted FOR it. So why are you blaming Ralph??? |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Because, without Ralph, the odds are there wouldn't have been an IWR to vote on in the first place |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. We're all defined by the choices we actually make, not the choices we might have made. |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Chances are even greater that had Nader won, there would have been no IWR to vote on. nt |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. And if pigs had wings they'd be pigeons. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Plenty of Democrats voted for Bush in 2000. What about them? |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. No one of them caused Bush to become President |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
68. Nader voters don't owe us anything.. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. nice media script there |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. ! |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Nader is useless, get a new icon. nt |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. You forgot to mention gay marriage, the death penalty, militarism etc. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Don't forget opposes UHC! nt |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Thank you. |
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johan helge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
46. No one says that the Democrats are perfect |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Except on the TARP, you mean. And the "War on Terror". And FISA. And the War on Drugs...nt |
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johan helge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Yes, the Democrats are not perfect |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. Exactly the reason for my post below. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
67. Well said. Nader speaks a lot of truth about the |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. If anything, the election of Obama would seem to confirm Nader's much hated thesis |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. So the events of the last eight years have supposedly VINDICATED Nader? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I said nothing about vindication |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Err. people in President Obamas cabinet voted for/supported the Iraq War. But you don't blame them. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Primarily, of course, I blame Bush, but there's plenty of blame to go around |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. If you blame Biden and Clinton, then you need to blame Obama for appointing them, too. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Obama's selection of Biden and Clinton in 2008 had ZERO to do with our invasion in 2003 |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Lame. You want to cherry pick just who is morally culpable for their actions, and who is not. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Clearly we won't convince each other, but I'm curious about your view on one question.... |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. How can't predict four years from now, but I would doubt Ralph will run. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. blame the real culprits: SCOTUS |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Agreed. nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. pseudo-issues? Oh, you mean issues that almighty YOU doesn't give |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Breathe, friend |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Obama and Republicans, yes. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Throw Rubinomics into pile of "Bad Ideas", |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Unfortunately true, but some others are there also that hopefully can reign |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. Ralph Nader said the difference is 'minimal'. And he's right. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. uh, no. they don't agree on many major issues. |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Well, let's put it this way...I'm 42 years old, and have lived under every president |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. put your money where your mouth is and show us the differences on major issues. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
69. torture. shutting down gitmo and the black sites. abortion rights |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. my reply to your claims |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. The differences are "minimal" to a man who'll never work for minimum wage, need an abortion.... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. Try to catch the rerun of last nights The Daily Show n/t |
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nickw (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Daily Show Clip |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
36. I think Ralph looks at things from a loftier perspective . . . |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
37. While Ralphie is an egotistical ass, |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
39. Although there may some some similarities... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
40. Back in the 1990's and early 00's -when Ralph was talking about the dimes' worth of difference bit |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Would Al Gore have followed the DLC path of Clinton? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Unfortunately, he seemed to be saying so during the campaign |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
42. One other thing, too. Stirring oratory this time, instead of the singsong drone of an old |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
47. I suspect that right now we are getting the dog and pony show of change |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. Fuck Ralphie |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. So Ralph Nader took donations from who ..... Republicans? |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. True dat - believe it or not |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. And how about the millions of dollars Republicans donated to finance Obama's Campaign? |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. Those Republicans wanted Obama to win |
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