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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:07 AM Original message |
Poll question: Overall, the Democratic Party is... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. too corrupt |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I could actually handle corrupt if they weren't such spineless twits... |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Were that a choice I think it would be unanimous. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. +1 |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. Replace "conservative" with "CORPORATE" and you'd be spot on. eom |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Six of one, half a dozen of the other |
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Maccagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. Useless |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. Misses the core problem - corruption. The Democratic Party has too many crooks, |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. ...indulging in false advertising when touting principles. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. Useless. |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. ...Too Cowardly |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. Beholden to Financial Elites the same way Repubs are beholden to Big Oil. nt |
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optimator (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't think they believe in anything |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. The poll isn't about how heroic, effective, or honest the Party is. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Ya think? n/t |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Too conservative, corrupt & cowardly. |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. how can you be too moderate? Or is moderate anotehr word for Conservative? |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. In between conservative and liberal. Centrist. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. In a corporate culture, Profits Over People is religion, and liberals usually don't abide that. |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Mindless obedience to authority |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. No, the term mindless implies a lack of critical thought pertaining to a topic |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Ah - so they have minds, but they aren't using them? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. To reiterate, a lack of critical thought pertaining to a topic - in this case, authority |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. Presupposing a linear 1-dimensional view of politics misses the issues: CORPORATISM, SPINELESSNESS.. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. And yet Bush/Cheney/Rove didn't follow your view and they won. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. The owners of the mainstream media likewise play a substantial role in selling "electability" |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. But how can the MSM fool the base? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Cultural conditioning toward acceptance of status quo (which isn't very liberal/left) |
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C_Lawyer09 (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Very much agree with your assertion |
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C_Lawyer09 (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Remember John Anderson, the 1980 Independent |
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C_Lawyer09 (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Is the reason Ron Paul never gets any kudos |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. I see that five freepers have weighed in already. nt |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. ...or DLC supporters. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. to beholden to money and power. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. ...a generally palatable alternative to the repukes. |
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