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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:00 AM Original message |
If someone wanted to destroy the Democratic Party |
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pooja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. Really, we shouldn't be so 2-partied. The originating sytem |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Political Parties started shortly after the Constitution was written.. |
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pooja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Its constitutionally legal to have political parties... Also, the founding |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. My point is, that by making them legal, you are practically guaranteeing |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Were the Greens only to be a policy wing of the Democratic Party! |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Some founding fathers railed on the evils of faction, as they called |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. I haven't a clue, and it doesn't really matter what |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I don't think Rangel is out to destroy the party. |
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IthinkThereforeIAM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. With all due respect... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. With all due respect... |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. Public Service And The Military Draft Are Winners For Society. |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The rest of the industrialized world is brilliant when it comes to |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. All of the industrialized world has National Service? |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Here is the list from the wikipedia |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. That is hardly the whole industrialized world. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. They Have Mandatory National Service (But NO Desire To Make War) |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I never put health care and national service together before, but... |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 10:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Free National Health Care Is A Right ... |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
10. Rangel mentioned the draft and the Republicans found a weapon |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Worst....idea....ever |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Well when Rangel mentioned the draft all of the MSM talking heads |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. When Charlie Rangel raised the issue, the MSM actually started talking about who |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. The average American will only read the headlines. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. So Democrats shouldn't say anything with more depth than a headline |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. This is all a publicity stunt, as he has admitted. So he should |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. He didn't say it's a "publicity stunt" - he said he's doing it to highlight the issue |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. He's doing it only for the publicity, which makes it a publicity stunt. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Your continued insistence on mischaracterizing what Rangel says and does |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I don't appreciate my sons being used as PAWNS |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Leave GOP In Dust. - Identify The Problem, Find A Solution and ... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. I am less worried about what the GOP will say and more worried |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
15. Everyone should read Thom Hartman's article |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
16. I used to think Freeps were the only ones so afraid to discuss ideas... |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. So Join In The Discussion. |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Seems to me that the issue is being discussed |
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Countdown_3_2_1 (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
20. I am totally against a Draft. Even for "Public Service." |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Welcome To DU. - In The Abstract I Agree With You ... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
22. The theft of the Treasury may force Democrats to raise taxes at some point. |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. One way to ensure NOT keeping them on is a draft |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. You're absolutely right, enough already. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
28. "what better way"? There are tons. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. true. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Or being obnoxious. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. LOL - ain't that the truth? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. Here's how I would destroy it: |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. they'd fund the Greens. |
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