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Powdered Toast Man (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:44 PM Original message |
The Democratic Party Has Not Failed Us On Healthcare Reform |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Republicans succeeded |
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Powdered Toast Man (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And in doing so they failed the country. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. True |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. no |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. I hope you're the one that's right |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Agreed in some part |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Certainly, the GOP has failed the country. |
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Powdered Toast Man (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yes. |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was just contemplating the futility over all this |
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Powdered Toast Man (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Since they don't listen to us anyway... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good post. Welcome to DU, Powdered Toast Man! n/t |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. There are 40 Repukes in the Senate. That should make them irrelevant. |
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Powdered Toast Man (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Blame them all. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. I do see your point but, sadly, it is almost always the party in power that |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. In a perfect world you might be right. However, in this world |
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Powdered Toast Man (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. That doesn't mean it's right. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. Welcome to DU Powdered Toast Man. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. This does not excuse democrats who bargained in exchange for nothing. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. WRONG. |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. They could do it when fear was all around, |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. there's fear all around now. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Agreed. n/t |
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KrR (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Why weren't they able to privatize Social Secuity then? n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. smart parasites don't kill the host... |
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KrR (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Umm Bush tried to do it but couldn't get puke votes even... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:26 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. when was the legislation introduced, and by whom? |
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Powdered Toast Man (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Your reasoning lets them off the hook with no responsibility. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. and 'their' people are the wealthy elites and the corporate "people"... |
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Powdered Toast Man (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
45. The wealthy are not the only ones who vote for them. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. the non-wealthy people who vote for them KNOW how the repugs will represent them... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
55. Actually, I think they did it with less.Wasn't their majority slimmer? |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think the two party system failed America |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. For all the blather about the free market and being able to choose the products you want |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. I have said it before |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. I agree that campaign finance reform is crucial |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:22 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You're not nearly going far enough. I firmly believe that the only thing that will |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I don't want to see that kind of revolution, I would like to see this kind however... |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
20. How did we wind up with 10 Fake democrats in the Senate? |
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Powdered Toast Man (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Do not let the Republicans go blameless. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I think we know which political party will be punished next election |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Since when do Republicans get Democratic Senators elected? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. the republicans have NOT failed their constituency... |
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Powdered Toast Man (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
46. No reason to be rude. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. it's pretty clear that you never took a civics class. |
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KrR (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
21. Umm... Its going to a good bill that will go down in history... n/t |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Yes for being the high water mark of sold out Democratic controlled cash and carry government n/t |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. They both have failed, but right now I know which Party is setting the policy. n/t |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
32. No not "failed" us...I think "fucked us" is more what they did. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
37. 50+1. The Democrats failed us. |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
41. x |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
42. as robert fisk said, once elected, they forget they work for us |
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WeCanWorkItOut (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
43. They've been failing for a long time--since LBJ caved to the doctors in 65 |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
50. True, the Republicans deserve plenty of blame |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
51. You fail. |
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Umbral (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
52. Sorry, the voters removed the Republicans from the equation. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
54. Nope, the Dems failed by compromising before they needed to |
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