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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:02 PM Original message |
U.S. vote not a shift to left, Bill Clinton says |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. As always, President Clinton gets it right nm |
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The Jacobin (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Yep. |
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Bullshot (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. I would agree. If the Dems shift policy to the extreme left, they'll be history |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. "a new direction" out of Iraq! |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. that would be an excellent direction to move |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is a move to the left. It may not mean we have a liberal mandate |
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GetTheRightVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. I hope it leans left but still moderate as well, if it can be done. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's a move away from Clinton pro bidness policies |
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lancdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Hmmm |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. If you don't think that NAFTA is STILL an issue |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. BULLSHIT - complete BULLSHIT from the coverup wing of the Dem party. |
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BayCityProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I think he is right |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Ending corruption means opening the books, and that is NOT something Clinton supports. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. So, we moved to the right? Sorry, Big Dog - really shitty analogy. |
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lancdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. We moved away from right-wing fundie governing |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. actually, he's correct. just need to go 3 degrees to the right |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. "Billiary" -- nice RW epithet. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. I'd say it's a matter of degrees. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
51. Well considering that the center is actually on the right |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. Go away Bill, you had your chance. nt |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. He's right, of course, in spite of the same 'ol chorus of vilification. |
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laugle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. As usual he's right!! And one thing about the |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. i dont get the antipathy |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 08:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Clinton telling the left that the vote didn't validate their efforts IS a slap at his own |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. It wasn't a complete shift, but it was a dramatic enough shift: |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think we're exploring the limits of the left-right metaphor |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. It better be a shift to the left, because the right and the "moderates" have |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Brilliant move. Come on people, he's trying to do what the Republicans have been |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. We've been playing this game too long! |
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laugle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I agree that civil unions are not a centrist issue, but |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Uh ... Civil unions for gays favored, polls show (2004) |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Why do we need to label it, period. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. Rejecting the rabid right means moving left |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. Clinton's "centrist" polices shifed us to the Right |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. He's correct. nt |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. Unfortunately he's right |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. Democrats got a mandate to do what WORKS |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
32. I agree with Bill |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
35. What's "left"? |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #35 |
52. Some people who call themselves centrist or moderate |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
36. He's right. It's not a SHIFT... |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
37. What does he think the left stands for? |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
39. We need Instant voting runoff now. Statements like that show that it is |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
40. We were so far to the right that we need to go a LOT more to the left to even get to the center. |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
41. It's about holding the centre-ground |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:21 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. No, it''s a new dynamic... Convincing the Indys that you are right |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. He's right. Voters aren't ideological. If anything they're pragmatic |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
45. we ARE left in America, no shifting required! |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
47. I guess that's why President Clinton made & became such a great President |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
48. Baloney. A shift from hard-right to middlin'-hard right is a move LEFT. |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
49. He is campaigning for Hillary and everything he says is to support her nomination. But, there is |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
50. But a lot of the candidates who won were not supported |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
53. DLClinton barks right on cue |
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