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Wed Aug-09-06 02:38 PM
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The MODERATE Democrat beat the CENTRIST Dem in Connecticut yesterday. |
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Edited on Wed Aug-09-06 03:20 PM by blm
People better start repeating the FACTS before the RNC meme sets in that the whacko left pushed the moderate out of the party.
If you don't describe it accurately, don't expect the media to do it. either.
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Wed Aug-09-06 02:39 PM
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1. Moderate and Centrist are basically the same thing |
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Edited on Wed Aug-09-06 03:25 PM by KingFlorez
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Wed Aug-09-06 03:17 PM
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8. CAN be but not always. |
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Wed Aug-09-06 02:41 PM
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It seems moot to argue about which candidate was more progressive-ish at this point. The people of CT made their wishes known, and now it's time to move forward in accordance with their wishes, no matter how many aftershocks it sends through the Democratic Party infrastructure.
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Wed Aug-09-06 02:53 PM
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6. I'm playing Beat the WH media spin - and don'r care about anything else. |
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Edited on Wed Aug-09-06 02:54 PM by blm
Because the Bush WH is still my number one target.
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Wed Aug-09-06 02:56 PM
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7. Pineapple, or Schoolbus? |
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Wed Aug-09-06 02:43 PM
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3. A Centrist Dem beat a Moderate Republican. /nt |
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Wed Aug-09-06 03:20 PM
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Wed Aug-09-06 02:48 PM
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4. A Democrat beat a pro-Bush politician n/t |
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Wed Aug-09-06 02:51 PM
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Wed Aug-09-06 03:41 PM
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10. I see Ned Lamont as a Howard Dean "fighting" dem |
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and Dean also was never as "loony left" as his opponents wanted people to believe.
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Wed Aug-09-06 03:59 PM
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11. "the Democratic wing" |
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Dean labeled himself that way, and if Ned Lamont chooses to label himself that way, there will be nobody to blame but himself if it bites him in the ass. Around here, you got screamed at if you called Dean part of the left and you got screamed at if you called him out for the centrist he was and is. People put on Dean whatever it is they personally wanted to believe in, just like they've done with candidates from Stephanie Herseth to Paul Hackett. Hopefully they won't stick this shit on Lamont - or he'll be smart enough to reject if they try to.
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Wed Aug-09-06 05:18 PM
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12. It was the media feeding that frenzy, and those on the left who chose |
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to believe them, when he was actually someone governed as a centrist for 11 years out of his own sense of pragmatism.
But the days you can count on any help from the GOP to maintain a pragmatic governance are long gone. And he has adjusted to that reality thanks to the pull from his supporters, imo.
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