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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:44 AM Original message |
Kevin Drum: Please stop searching for an alternative, compromise-free universe |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. But ..... but ...... but........... yeah. NT |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. K & R |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. Rec'd. It's worth passing this for those of us with pre-existing |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:56 AM Original message |
Which goes into effect immediately n/t |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Exactly as Bernie Sanders said yesterday. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. I have to agree. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. Why is it that even Citi-Bank is not required to COMPROMISE? If you're a big Corporation, you don't |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm sorry could you help me please. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Hey, c'mon. We have to *compromise* |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. that would be my question, too |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. But what of all the loopholes and work arounds? |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. So, you're saying PROGRESSIVES need to learn to compromise? Did you just land on this planet? |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Let's rephrase your question another way |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yeah damned progressives they just deluded themselves |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. No amount of snark can change the facts |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Progressives started compromising BEFORE day one ... |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. So a legal requirement to purchase insurance isn't a compromise? |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. we're looking for a CAPITULATION-free universe |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. +1 |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. yeah, 8 years of them having razor-thin majorities and essentially tied presidential elections |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Capitulation requires one to be in the dominant position |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. I love how the author puts the insurance industry on equal footing as the American people |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I want to say that this is Bizarro-World but unfortunately, it's reality. nt |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. This bill does NOTHING to bring down insurance rates |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. Because it needs to be repeated -- WE STARTED FROM A ;POSITION OF GIANT COMPROMISE |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. You're right, it does take two to tango. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Amen! Seems to me we have been the ones to do ALL the compromising given |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. And then there is this Universe |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. There was compromise .. single payer to public option to weak public option to |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. he's telling that to people who have already compromised extensively |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. Translation: this isn't REALLY a democracy--do what the money men say! nt |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Correction: This is a democracy, where legislation requires more than whining and grandstanding. |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. K & R! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. We've compromised more that enough. If these interests are so powerful they should be broken up |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. This bears repeating - we will never get perfection |
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