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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:56 PM Original message |
For all those who intend not to vote for Obama next year in order to register their protests; |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Michelle Bachmann for President! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Listen to Tweeey on lesser evilism |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. It's not a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils - it's a matter of |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:08 PM Original message |
Obama is an enabler |
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Splinter Cell (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
57. Bullshit |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. But that is exactly what you are selling |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. The problem is he's not doing his damnedest. |
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Splinter Cell (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
58. Are you people nuts? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. A reasonable moderate does not go along with right wing radical |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. "tainted with the label of extreme leftist" - what a toxic post. too late to unrec. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
60. So, all the RW has to do in order to make Dems give up on a candidate is lie about "extreme" leftism |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
61. Obama is the only real choice -- But he shoulod be more like Bernie |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Tell bernie to run, lets see how far he will get. Ill vote for him. N/t. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Sorry, but if voters think Bachmann or Romney or Perry won't be as bad, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Lesser evilism is NOT a winning strategy |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. If voters are "plugged in", |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. This is REALLY BASIC polical science for the US |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Most people just vote |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That was PRECISELY the strategy used |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Did Carter do a lot of negative campaigning? |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. This president has never attacked Republicans. He's not going to start now. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I think you need proof of that |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. This POTUS "attacks" Republicans, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Negative adds actually increase cynicism |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. So where are the statistics on that to prove that assertion? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Ah, the Palin method. If you do not want to answer the question |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hell, they LIKE their GOPer candidates ignorant and criminal. |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. +1,000,000,000 |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. I want a Democrat to challenge him |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Go for it - we're Democrats, not lock step Republicans. Just don't hold a grudge next November. |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nixon pushed for UNIVERSAL health care not insurance reform |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I was around when Nixon supposedly pushed for univeral health care. |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Look Nixon was a crook, but Bill Clinton always talked to him |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why would anyone intelligent enough to craft a protest vote risk doing it in a swing state? |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Not voting for Obama in the primaries will not give us a GOP president. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. thought I smelled a dead horse |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. You mean the one that keeps giving us more and more radical republican presidents? |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. Sorry I won't vote republican |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. Democrats not voting sure helped us in Wisconsin last November. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. That's why Democratic politicians need to pull their heads of out their asses. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Here in Oregon, where Democrats won, we had 71% turnout |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
49. that is awesome (and i didn't know), thank you! nt |
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Roy Ellefson (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. Primary challenge |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Not happening. Not happening. Not happening. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #37 |
50. why are you so sure there won't be one? |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. Lesser evil doesn't get people off the couch. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. Nixon, Reagan, and both Bushes |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 04:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
55. Well let Bachmann become President then |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. That is a truly inspiring campaign platform. Misty-eyed just reading it! |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
36. You skiped GHW Bush ... but are correct. |
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budkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm voting for him, just not campaigning again |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR!!!!!!1111!!! And it's Reagan not Reagen. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. 2010 2010 2010 2010 !!!1111!!! |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. Hopefully people will find a more constructive way to register protest. |
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MzShantal (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. ...are the same ones who didn't vote in '09 and let the teabaggers in. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'm thinking, FUCK IT! Let 'em have everything! Why do I even care, anymore! |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
66. Ah yes that's the ticket. Defeatism. N/T. |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
47. It has nothing to do with a protest. I want to vote for an actual Democrat. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
51. Draft Feingold (dam'it!)!! Gotta have a Democrat. |
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Splinter Cell (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #51 |
59. .... |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
52. Here's another message to protest non-voters. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
53. If you can't be bothered to spell... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I love when typo police make a worse error than the one they're trying to make someone else feel |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
54. The old "Boogeyman" trick. Vote for X or you'll get Y: |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
62. Yep, you'd think the DLC would learn... |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
63. At this point, I will not vote for "him", but I will vote for SCOTUS. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
64. here we go again... |
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