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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 06:47 AM Original message |
The Democrats need to be as radical to the left as the Repubs are radical to the right. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's not that radical.....but the Dems will never do it. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. The main difference is the center-right party typically won't cross the line of |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yep. The only way to get to a real middle is to be the other side of |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. Amen Somebody! |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. Maybe the Democrats should represent their members... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That's all that are represented. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. Ridiculous proposals, unless you want Dems to be a fringe 10-20% party in Congress. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. The fringe of the republican party is taking over the party and much of the country. n/t |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Huh??? How is the 'fringe' of the Repuglican Party getting 50%+ of votes. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. IMO because the heart of the Repuglican Party in my time has continued to |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. You're not familiar with the polls apparently. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You're not familiar with the 2010 elections apparently. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Truman's statement was proved right once again in 2010. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Oh, I must have missed something. Feingold lost in 2010. Grayson lost in 2010. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. But who were the majority of the Democrats that lost? |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The ones who ran in conservative districts and states. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. How do we know? |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Wow... you've got an "excuse" for everything. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. And you spout the official party line for everything. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. How did the lady win in NY 26? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 07:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Exactly. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 07:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. at one time, Ronald Reagan's brand of conservatism |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. The Democrats are never going to be more "radical" than |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. Oh please.. |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. why not 95%? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. In short, we need a party with some guts to stand up and not wilt into the background |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. K&R! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. The democrats of today play right into the republican game plan. n/t |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. Its Who Writes The Checks... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Definitely the election goes to the highest bidder. Nice way to run a country into |
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Larry Ogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
19. We need to abolish the Capitalist Party |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yep, well said! A = B = Capitalist Party. n/t |
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CrossChris (641 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. Yeah, and the Washington Generals need to practice harder and be as flashy as the Globetrotters |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
22. Be realistic. The Democrats have to becom even more (if possible) like the Republicans to win(?). |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
23. In order for that to happen |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-17-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. No. |
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PragmaticLiberal (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
33. I don't consider your proposals all that radical.... |
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