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Thu Jul-09-09 08:00 AM
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Can DU come up with a list of D.C. dem politicians we agree are |
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OK or better? I often see people here saying that Dennis is the only worthy dem politician there is on that level. I disagree. And because he caucuses with the dems, I include Bernie. I'll start:
Barbara Lee Bernie Sheldon Whitehouse Pat Leahy John Kerry Barbara Boxer Peter Welch Barney Frank Russ Feingold Keith Ellison Maurice Hinchey Jim McGovern
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:03 AM
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1. How About My Senior Senator, Ted Kennedy? |
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:05 AM
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2. Of course Teddy. I feel awful that I left him out. |
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Sadly, I know why I did. It wasn't conscious, but I already think of him as no longer a member of the Senate.
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:09 AM
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3. We? you got a mouse in your pocket? this is DU not FR. |
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:18 AM
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6. thanks for the gratuitous and deeply stupid freeper comparison, genius. |
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:54 AM
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11. "we", when applied to DU, is just silly, yes, almost freeperish. |
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:14 AM
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:21 AM
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7. I wouldn't put her on that list |
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:17 AM
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First, everyone will have their own defining list of who is and isn't acceptable based on each person's individual yardstick as to what they feel is 'democratic'
I still believe in the big tent theory. Sure there are democrats that piss me off like my own Tom Carper. But I still would rather have a democratic party that allows for opionions (even if I thinks some of them are wrong) as oppose to having a senator forced to think exactly like the rest of their party else being punished by loss of seniority or earmarks.
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:22 AM
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8. I agree that we as citizens must hold all our representatives accountable. I often see |
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people confusing liking a politician with accountability.
They aren't the same thing.
i can't name one politician that shouldn't be held accountable. Not one.
Agreeing on a list of who you like seems rather silly.
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:34 AM
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and Frank has to be taken off that list, he's just a banksters' pawn.
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:37 AM
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10. I would certainly include Barak Obama |
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as a "DC dem politician" who is "OK or better".
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Thu Jul-09-09 09:29 AM
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I'd include Sherrod Brown off the top of my head as well.
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Thu Jul-09-09 10:32 AM
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13. My response to the question in your first sentence: |
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No. We'll see how the attempt works out, though. :evilgrin:
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