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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:33 AM Original message |
"Obama and Biden don't understand their own base" |
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bokchoy19 (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. What??? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Rabbi Lerner is not a Republican. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Thanks. Isn't it interesting the ignorant assumptions that people make? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. obama appeals to the left when it is convenient |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Center?... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. ! |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Center Right is more like it. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Exactly. Makes true centrists look "looney left". |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #35 |
57. Teabaggers think they're "mainstream" too |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. and the center has moved way over to the right these days |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Thanks for sharing this! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
6. There is a difference between understanding the |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You make a very good point. However, I would change the word from "manipulation" to BULLYING. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Bullying is the right word... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. And its working out quite well for them. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. I really used to like Joe... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I'm sorry. You are facing a lot of disappointments, and that is hard. |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. I agree, the |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Thank you for the intelligent reply.... you offer a lot to chew on. What I will respond to is your |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thank you, unreccers. I realize the reality and truth of the matter is causing you to grind your |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. K&R, thanks for posting.. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Thanks! |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R. There's no question that those of us on |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I'm glad Cenk finally spoke the obvious. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. it will be pinned on us... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. And, if we were organized, we would be planning a comeback right now. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. K&R |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. the base is only capable of throwing an election not winning one |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Thank you for proving Lerner's point. Don't forget to unrec. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. the country keeps moving... |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Tell that to the grass roots who got him elected in the first place. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. What does he mean by "fight"? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I think its pretty self-explanatory, don't you? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. No, actually, no matter how often I see people ask him to |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Why am I not surprised that you don't understand. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. What loss? I think we're going to keep both chambers |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Have fun gnashing your teeth come November. |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. Open mouth and insert both feet. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. Recommended |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Exactly. Compare the wisdom of those words with calling their biggest supporters "whiners". |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. K & R |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. K&R |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Thanks! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. He's a centrist politician who believes that distancing himself from the left is "smart" politics. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. He's a centrist politician who can count to 60 NT |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. Rec. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. The Democratic Party Leadership is creating a BIG Vacuum on The Left. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Your quote by Paul Wellstone says it all. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. +1000 nt |
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cordelia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. Rec |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
48. Great analysis! K & R nt |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
52. knr |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Thanks! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
54. K&R, Thanks,Bobbo! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
55. "The Left Hand of God:Taking Our Country Back From The Religious Right." |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
56. Kick |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
58. I couldn't agree more... |
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