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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:06 PM Original message |
You would do better joining some sort of advocacy group than bashing Obama. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Work? |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I'll second that... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. "This will require work." Well, that's why bashing is easier. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've been suggesting it for 5 years |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Translation: stop bothering my beautiful mind with complaints about Obama's policies |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Give me another way of putting it so that I can change it and get this sub-argument out of the way. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Nice to see people asking for some depth from the glib whiners... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Wanking?? Have you been scouring gay british webpages now? lol |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Bingo!!!! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Translation: stop blindly putting words into other peoples' mouths. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That doesn't make sense. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. How about, stop asking me to USE my mind to constructively deal with my complaints about Obama? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. You}----------------------- ----------------------{Deep thoughts |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Ad hominem. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. An advocacy group and "bashing" the status quo go together. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Nope. n/t |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. One would accomplish more by calling the White House than posting on DU |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I don't think the White House particularly cares. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. they get an email from me daily |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yep. To make the changes reality, We The People have to make sure our voice is out there |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. For one thing it's not bashing. It's complaining about certain |
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Sensible321 (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. I agree with your Advocacy Group theory - but how to fund the TV Ads |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'm not sure that TV ads are the only strategy. |
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Sensible321 (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. It doesn't have to be an 'ad' |
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NYC Democrat (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Im sorry to say the views of Kucinich are in fact unpopular with the the general public |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Truthfully, I wonder if the public doesn't know what Kucinich's views are. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. Looks like folks are getting ready to get corporations out our government. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. We can do both. Plus walk and chew gum, too. n/t |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Precisely which "wedge issue" are you speaking about? Be specific. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I am not speaking of any particular wedge issue. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Let's not use "swift boating" because we both know it has nothing to do with your OP. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. OK then... |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Duh...that was my question to you in my first post. What "wedge issues" were you writing about? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. It doesn't fucken matter, anything unimportant. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Also, if you're going to accuse me of declaring GLBT civil rights as a "wedge issue"... |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. You introduced the term "wedge issue" in your O.P. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You know what? If you want to think it's about that, then go ahead and do it. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
31. Holding someone's feet in the fire is a form of advocacy |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. So is lying and blatent fearmongering, but let's not do that either. n/t |
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