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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:21 AM Original message |
I have a confession to make to all of you. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. One doesn't even have to move anymore, as everything slides far right, most |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. right -- the former *actual* "middle" is now sneeringly called "the far left" |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
64. Actually, Eisenhower Republicanism is now left of "the loony left". |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #64 |
99. We are all Eisenhower Socialists now... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 07:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
75. Deleted message |
green prol (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
85. The vast majority support socialism and liberal causes. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. Nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
59. The problem is we are on a divided highway. |
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CarmanK (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's NOT MODERATE to be reasonable, patriotic and honorable! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. Why do you classify Greenpeace as extreme left? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. RW has gained control over America via rw political violence .... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Comparing Greenpeace to the Klan to set up a false equivalence piece |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #53 |
84. That is repugnant |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
70. I agree that we're in a mess |
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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #70 |
88. If you've lived long enough to remember the McCarthy Era.... |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #88 |
98. I'm all for the left not being silent |
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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #98 |
101. What do you suggest? |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. off top of my head |
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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Supporting (and creating) news & opinion media... |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. So what about |
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Action (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
79. Vote to save the country from repubs |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
81. The enemies langauge |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
90. You are fighting a straw-man. It is quite obvious the OP isnt advocating extremism. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. social issues are fiscal issues.......nt |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. Word! It's all based on the system |
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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. Say five Hail Marys and ... n/t |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. ...then go vote for the people who pursue _your_ agenda. /nt |
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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. and there you have it! n/t |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. and drink five bloody Marys? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. Flaming liberal these days used to be middle of the road |
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BlueDemKev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. So damn much has changed in the last 45 years.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
54. Globalization couldn't have happened without our elected officials selling themselves.... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
38. By the standards today...Eisenhower was a socialist. n/t |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. Precisely....The country has moved SO far right, I think Dick Nixon could pass as a "liberal". n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. Keep in mind this was planned -- and violence brought the rw to power .... |
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BlueDemKev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. I feel your pain.... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. Join us in the Marxist end of the pool....... |
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BlueDemKev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #40 |
95. I don't think I can move QUITE that far..... |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Welcome Will. nt |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. K and R |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. K/R |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. Just stay right where you are and you'll be a flaming lefty soon enough. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. Same here. |
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TriMera (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. K&R. n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice." Tom Paine |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
77. Great quote! |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Nice to have you with us. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Glad to be here. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. Labels don't alter the political workings in Congress. Or |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Then why use them? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. I think I get your point, but I dont think its true |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. What did you think the highest marginal income tax rate should be when you were a centrist? |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. The "middle" is now pretty damn far right |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. I am a proud "flaming" liberal. |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. You haven't moved. The goal poasts have. n/t |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. Welcome William 769. I like to quote a good friend who says, "I'm worse than any liberal you've |
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bear425 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. Do we know each other? |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
29. What a refreshingly honest post. |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
31. Welcome to the far side! |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. YAY! Another Fire Breathing Progressive! Welcome! We need you. |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hey William769... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. Hi, welcome to the club |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. you been RADICALIZED |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. K&R |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. Cmon over. You'll llike it over here. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. My take is that the best recruiters for Marxism |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. Capitalism is dead -- we just haven't buried it yet -- !! |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
42. hubub, hubub, hubub.... |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
43. I completely understand . . . . as I wrote here, some time ago. "Radicalization of a Clown" |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
45. A flaming Liberal? You mean one who supports Social Security? |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. I have a metaphor that works for me |
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Stumbler (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
49. Yes, yes, yes! |
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rdubwiley (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
50. Welcome to the dark side |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. In my experience, moderation furthers. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
51. As Howard Zinn made clear -- "You can't be neutral on a moving train" -- |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. You have ends with no middle? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. It's a two way street -- |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Still, I expect that at the middle of the street (however difficult to negotiate) lies the path. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Where is the middle on the Human Rights Manifesto? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
55. Welcome to the club |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
56. R, me too.. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
60. I used to be the same. But the older I get, the lefter I lean. |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. The older I get |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
65. Recommended for further discussion. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
67. welcome to the club! |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
71. Welcome into the flames, William!!! |
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Kalidurga (627 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 05:03 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I took a break from political news for a couple of years... |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
73. "welcome to the party pal" |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #73 |
82. lol, I knew that's what it was.. |
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5X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
74. + |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
76. That is why they have demonized |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
78. Welcome... to fantasy island (so we're told) |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. + 1 (nt) |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
83. And if you didn't cheer the debt ceiling debacle you're not even a "real Dem" |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
86. Well don't feel so bad. I come to the conclusion am a social democratic because |
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emald (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
87. wayyyyyyy left for me.......and getting very redical. |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
89. When I was 18 |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
91. Welcome to the Far Left side of the aisle, William769. Glad to have you here. REC. nt |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
92. Damn flaming liberals. They want decent health care, to save SS and Medicare, |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
93. I'm nowhere near using the Marx avatar or sporting a Che Guevara T-shirt... |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
94. Lol |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
96. I can relate. I started off as centrist in the late 90's but now I believe in socialism. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
97. I think the middle of the road has moved to the right, so you're |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
100. welcome to my little corner of the asylum.... |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
102. Can I hang out on this side even if I think violence is acceptable from time to time? |
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