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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:12 PM Original message |
PROGRESSIVE LEVERAGE |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. If demanding a public option, Medicare buy-in, and stripping the anti-trust exemptions |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I think the author addressed this issue |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Rec'd..................... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. We'll get leverage when we stop holding our noses and voting for the "not as bad" candidates. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. "we have to get tough and convince those voters in the middle that progressive policies are better." |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. How has it worked so far? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It hasn't been tried, most are progressives are busy demonizing the Dems |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The last I heard, it's the politicians who have to convince the public if they want they're votes. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Really? Ever hear of right wing think tanks? FAUX news? Rush Limbaugh? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. There are left wing think tanks, and left wing pundits. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Exactly. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. How do you suggest doing that? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Engaging them respectfully. Nothing pains me more than to see fellow progressives |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Do you prefer that progressives lie about their beliefs? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. One doesn't have to lie. One merely has to respect other people's beliefs |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Do you mean like Mark Twain, Voltaire, and Martin Luther did? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. MLK acted with respect as did Lincoln and Ghandi |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. IBTL |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. I've Been Thinking Liberal |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. The only fail that I see in your op is that I for one do not believe that there is not a majority of |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. There was a great article (unfortunately I can't find it) that talked about how progressives |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Try finding it, I would read it..and I think I agree with you regardless if that makes me seem |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Since you asked, I thought some more and came up with a google term that led me right to it |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Thank you...will put in on favs and read it later.... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It's a compelling article, enjoy |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. K&R |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
27. Rec'd. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
28. "the bulk of the votes in America are in the ideological middle." |
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