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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:06 PM Original message |
I think I figured it out! |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yep, it is quite a conundrum this one... |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. I liken it to the Harlem Globetrotters vs the Generals |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have an even simpler explanation |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Obama 2012 - "It Is What It Is" |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have no argument with your assessment, but |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I certainly see what you are saying but I worry with that mindset nothing will ever change |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. And I thought that the Reps winning in the mid-terms was |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I'm not sure what you mean that it was unimaginable. It was seen from a mile away |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I see your point, and I have no real argument with it. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. That's fair, they can't be absolutely sure that you will vote for them. And don't get me wrong... |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Ah, so we do totally agree. Can I serve you a crap sandwich? nt |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Crap sandwich? Remind me which one that is again? |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. That is the less "offensive" sandwich. nt |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Fore The Win! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. "huge wins"? & you're pretending all Democrats are the same, when, in fact, those majorities |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Right, and all republicans ARE the same? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. No, but because they are Republicans, we might assume that the probability that they will tow |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. But you are trying to change the facts of the matter |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. What about the context in which all of that is supposed to go down, especially within |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. As far as funding goes the democrats have the biggest campaign war chest in history |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Sorry, my bad: not every Lefty, but, a significant minority thereof + our mortal enemies. nt |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Still not getting you. The left is your mortal enemy? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. The "Left" is being assisted by our mortal enemies, whether the "Left" recognizes & admits thatornot |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. The objective is to take down President Obama: on the "Left" to demonstrate political power; on the |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. "... on the 'Left' to demonstrate political power ..." hence the appellation "the Professional Left" |
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Pholus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. "Mortal" enemies? Egads!!!! |
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happy feet (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. What everybody misses when they talk about |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Thousands of people dying each year because they can't get healthcare sure sounds scary as well |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. They had fear because they created most of that fear. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Now all opposition is patriotic, even from those who never were, never will be, with any of us on |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. Barak Obama 2012 - He's not a Republican, sorta |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. We don't want a Republican in the White House, but |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. Both parties are owned by the same power elite |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. By Jove, I think he's got it!!! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. Kind of what I've been saying all along about getting |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I agree, Cleita, except I believe there is a 50:50 probability that they will be swept into office, |
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Pholus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Ahhhhh, yes. Loyalty. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I wish I could rec this. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I agree. There's a dynamic relationship between ideas and persons that requires honesty |
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Pholus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Sometimes it helps to be more direct with what you're saying... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Sorry, trying to not be so wordy: Holding an ideal in high value is not a static thing. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Not that I really blame most people for what is relatively normal; just let's all be honest about |
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Pholus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Let's sum up. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
53. Well said! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Well, since liberals, progressives, 'lefties' of all types have been |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. 1+ a trillion! I especially like your suggestion to ask those whom you have worked for in the past |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Thank you Patrice. I remember some very good candidates |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I sure hope more people get over their dislike for canvassing for whomever in 2012. The Reps have us |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
30. "because a tiny fraction of those 60 senators that caucus with Democrats are kind of conservative" |
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Pholus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. It does underscore the fact that the opposition seems to get a lot more done with a lot less power. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Can you please tell me who mentioned single payer anywhere in this thread? |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
45. Hell. I'm voting for Pat Paulson in the next election. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
52. There are many of us who see the |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
54. I figured out that you only look at the dark side |
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