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27inCali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:14 PM Original message |
If Obama isn't Left enough for you............... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. It won't be lefties who vote him out of office - it'll be independents if it happens. nt |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. exactly, moderation is the path to defeat. |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Moderate voters don't want big bailouts, the health industry writing the health care bill, ... |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Eh? |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. You do not understand the human mind, they are centrist because they have been told that is |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I don't? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. If it were that simple why hasn't Obama simply done that? |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. The same reason the DLC screwed up elections until the DNC and BUSH "won" a majority |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Kucinich is more liberal then Obama but he can't make it thru the primaries. |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. He couldn't make it through the primaries because |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Liberals, the arguement goes, don't rely on MSM for their info. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
68. I love Dennis but he is not the most inspiring person on the stump |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Because there was a virtual media blackout imposed on him; he wasn't even allowed |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. how do you seduce moderate voters into giving Liberal policies a chance? |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. Campaign Finance Reform, return of the Fairness Doctrine (or something similar), |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. No. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Thanks for attempting some logic, 27 in Cali. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Makes sense to me. NT |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Deleted message |
Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. "A disrupter"? "GoTOHELL"? What kind of insane insults are those |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
42. OK, maybe I am wrong, but this poster pushed a lot of buttons. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
83. Arguing with "Deleted Message" again? |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Relax Rick, he is being genuine. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Sorry but the continuous attack on the left is getting to me. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. You're not alone there |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's Never Getting Better Than This |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. It's always DOOMGLOOMDOOMGLOOMDOOM.. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It's A Very, Very Sad Situation - Sorry That You Don't Like It |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yes, I disgree..We will get out of this shit hole. |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. and you really think we get out of this by letting inertia take over? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. No one is asking for inertia. Just the facts.. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Facts? How about 1% Of Americans. |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. You're not interested in listening Cha. My response was reasoned |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. "voicing feelings"? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
79. Are you a supporter of Sen Sanders, or do you think he is too left? nt |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. "If you can hold on and help make his presidency successful" |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
44. Well put. You are much more diplomatic than me. When some asks the left for "support" what exactly |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Not sit down and shut up but keep supporting them with rabid enthusiasm |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. You suggest that the left act like the right? Pullese |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. You are confusing methods with substance |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. The Democratic Party may not be as efficient as the republicant party |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. What good does your speaking out do? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. right -- 'the left' is any problem at all? |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. "he'll give us at least a few big items and pave the way from someone more Liberal than him" |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. Naturally a few are misreading what you have to |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
67. I would love to know how you differ with the "left" on the important issues. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. What "few big items and pave the way..." do you imagine will be produced? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Yeee Haaa, Willy. That was PERFECT!! Thank you very much. nt |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. exactly. +1 |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. The covented moderates or independents as they are called |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. It is about results but it is also about using the "bully pulpit" |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. I have an idea on how to make his presidency successful. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. +1 |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. President Obama has been in office for less than one year |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. He's Done Plenty. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Hey, those sound a lot like "lefty" ideas. The OP suggests you, "hold on and help make his |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. The media starts up all this. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm not getting my big items: |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
46. earn the trust? Earn The Trust? EARN THE FUCKING TRUST OF THE "MUSHY MIDDLE"? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Satan-Amen, brother!! |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. +1 I wish this was an OP. Brilliant! |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 02:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
75. whoo hoo...! |
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shadesofgray (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
81. APPLAUSE!!!!! ICAM with you more if I tried! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
82. Bravo, bravo. nt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
52. "how do you seduce moderate voters" |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
53. I think the crumby health care legislation topped off by the escalation |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 03:00 AM Response to Original message |
54. Nonsense. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Well said. You said this so much better than me. I let my emotions get the best of me. nt |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. +1 |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. K&R n/t |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
57. "'Centrism' is the creation of an inaccurate self-serving metaphor, and it is time to bury it." |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. ^5 |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. "The losing strategy is to move to the right..." |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. Well said. nt |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
59. Once again |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
61. The people you are lecturing are miles ahead of you |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
66. Please explain where you stand on the important issues of the day. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Issues??? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I have asked this question of a number of these posters that attack the left. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. That is an excellent guess. n/t |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
71. A bit too much of "if" and "might" in the op |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
72. What we have now is as good as it gets.... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
77. Do you consider Sen Sanders a lefty? nt |
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