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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:49 AM Original message |
Poll question: If Kucinich was POTUS how long would it take before we will be told he isn't progressive? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. Same difference. n/t |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. He already voted for the HCR bill. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. yep, that finished him in the eyes of the pure and untouched |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. yep, that finished him in the eyes of the pure and untouched |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
66. Bing! You got it. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. Un-rec. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Or the minute he reaffirmed the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That does it HE IS NO PROGRESSIVE! |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Maybe in the pragmatic centrist appeaser world those things are equal. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Is that why you referenced "his daddy upstairs"? n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. sorry but I can't picture Kucinich escalating wars, dismantling |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I can't picture Kucinich as President. |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Frenchie! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I closed my eyes real tight....... |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. ;) |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
60. Dennis was my mayor |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Ditto. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
67. It's good to know your limits. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. and i can't picture him getting elected dogcatcher outside of his district.. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
86. If Aquaman has a better chance of |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:10 PM Original message |
"The first time he compromises in order to advance his agenda." |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. I did choose that option, because my interpretation of it |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
84. You're absolutely right |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. 5% of the US would be happy with him and the other 95% would say he is anti-American |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. so the premise is Obama is a progressive superhero but we are too demanding |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
73. Ya done good bud. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. Other: When and if he demonstrated a regular pattern of selling out priorities |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. Never, because Dennis really is a progressive. |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Oh yeah, right now that he has adjusted his position on abortion. . . |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Good grief. We're down to RW talking points on DU now? |
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tledford (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. What do you mean, "now?" :-) |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Good point! |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. the moment he invited a known homophobe to pray at his inauguration.. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. +1,000,000 nt |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. By the standards that some here put up nobody is a progressive. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. i'm a kucinich supporter.. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Trick question. He would never be President. |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. RIght out of the gate, he'd be branded a communist. Probably a terrorist too. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. I don't know if DK would compromise and as such nothing would be accomplished. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. Before taking office. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. Never |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
63. +1 He is a progressive - not just someone who claims to be. nt |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
72. So him voting for the HCR bill wasn't a surprise? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
32. They'd shoot him prior to inauguration, like Bobby, he |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #32 |
64. True! nt |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. The fact that 23 said never |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. one cannot really know or compare with Obama because for Kucinich or someone who thought a lot like |
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suzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:39 AM Response to Reply #34 |
55. +1 |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
81. He never had me fooled |
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TriMera (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. Unrec |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Lord Kucinich |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. I think using the little animated barfing guy is pathetic, myself. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. Why Kucinich? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
38. The difference between Kucinich and Obama |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. a long record of voting *present* |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
74. It is a word for word |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Oh lord. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Skinner flipped out on another poster using right-wing talking points the other day |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. A long progressive record that includes ... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
75. Love that Zappa quote. |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
79. When you say "long record to backup up his words", does that include an actual bill by any chance? |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
40. Jeez, more push polling? |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
42. I sincerely wish we had been given the opportunity to find that out. eom |
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tledford (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
43. yep, that finished him in the eyes of the pure and untouched |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
51. if he "compromises to advance his agenda", it's no longer his agenda, it's someone else's. |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
53. Kucinich and Nader and Sanders |
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denimgirly (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
54. One thing about K. he doesn't sell out the people. Sadly the rest of Dems and all Repubs have. |
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suzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Kucinich sold out to the Catholic Church for years so that he could be elected. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
57. u r a one trick pony nt |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
58. I will always love thee, Denny |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
59. Probably after his chief of staff calls progressives "retards" |
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great white snark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. "When do you think that would happen?" |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
61. You know, the fact that lame rationalizations like this are even posted |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. Whenever Obama struggles they bust out the DK whipping posts. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #71 |
82. You've noticed that pattern too? |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
62. regardless, Obama isn't progressive n/t |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
65. Would Ron Paul be his VP (as Kucinich said he was thinking about in 2008)? nt |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
69. Sunday morning kick |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
70. It would not take long at all |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
76. Before inauguration, |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
77. LOL's "wndycty"...I didn't vote in your poll because you've NEVER been a Kucinich Supporter |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. SInce you know me so well. . .on what issues am I opposite Kucinich. . . |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Anyone can Google you on DU to see your post history... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. There must be some, or no need for this thread in the first place. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #77 |
85. This couldn't be less true. |
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