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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:07 AM Original message |
Obama has moved to the centre. But the GOP and Tea Baggers have just moved further |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. the "center" Obama claims to be in was the former "right wing" in America |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yup. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. +10000 |
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Loki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. He may have moved to the center |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Interesting, i was of the view that Obama is the same but DU has gone further to the left o.o |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. +1 |
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great white snark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I share your view. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You mean like the public option for health care? |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I agree. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Not really. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I remember something about closing Gitmo, too. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. The operative word in your statement being "right". |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. This is somewhat true. This place has been a huge source of support for people like Al Gore.... |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. i also knew who i was voting for. |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. +1 (and a sigh) |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. That's how it works. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. If he moves any futher "center" he could be a Republican candidate... |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Already to the right of eisnehower. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Today's 'center' is yesterday's right |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. Just let the GOP drive themselves off the right side of the cliff |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. So some have said since Watergate or so. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Same here in AZ. I don't think people safely ensconced in Blue states understand how bad it can get |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. How true |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. They were positively mild at the time of Watergate |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It is the exact same movement. The difference between "mild" and today is letting a weed flourish. |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. The only way to ensure that a middle exists in politics is by there being a left. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
21. Flash back to 2008. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. The Democratic Party let the Republican Party rebrand itself |
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tigerfan1 (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. Obama's whorishness |
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