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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:36 PM Original message |
If we're so sure voters will punish any Repub who opts out, why are there Red States to begin with? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good question. n/t |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't know that we're so sure of punishment |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. We've been running ads against conservatives screwing us over for years. I come from a state that |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Come up with better candidates? |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Yes, but also it's the media. When the entire media is Repub, they can convince voters |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because up until recently |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Beacuase people fear change and losing something - it's not really political |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. What about states that opt out from the getgo? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Very good question. |
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Engineer4Obama (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. No because that only works until you tell people |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. They hate the dems worse - with some good reasons |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. Honestly, if some states do opt out |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. We see now how great Canada's system is--that won't guarantee we'll get anything close here. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Don't forget, that's how it |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Dupe |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't give a rat's ass anymore if they punish pubs who opt out. They shouldn't prevent US |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. So you're telling me if I don't like it, I can move away from my aging parents? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. They've been punishing the rest of us long enough. And I'm originally FROM a red state. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't understand why any state would opt out |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. That's what I'm saying---why would any state be red right now in the first place? Equally irrational |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. Isn't it blue state democrats elected by their respective citizens |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Exactly. nt |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Quite a few of the Democrats blocking efforts right now are in red states |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. Because we're outnumbered by the dumbfucks, and in some |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. They use NLP Neuro-linguistic programming.. Watch This program.!!!! it is a technique of mass |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. Because the federal government is always there to bail their citizens out |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. Because so far, there's not too much difference in the quality of life |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
28. Because they are retarded. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because when someone has sick kids and no health insurance or money ... |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. By the way, I hope everybody's right, if this passes. Right now my gov., Jindal, is refusing stim $ |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The only part of the stimulus money he didn't take was for the high speed rail system that I know of |
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