Yikes! - 'Liberal Democrat' Darcy Richardson got 256 votes out of the NH total of 57,703.

[denem]

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/NH-D

I wonder how he will do in Texas?

[Ian David]

1. How did Vermin Supreme do? n/t

[denem]

2. Vermin Supreme got 811.

n/t

[newspeak]

9. it would be funny if it wasn't so damn sad

that if you read that darcy's platform is more to the old democratic platform. And, I agree with everyone of his talking points. But, he is, apparently, a joke to some. Yeah, go our team-doesn't matter what they stand for.

I read hear that "oh, the democrats will never get it through the repugs" or "we had to give away the store so we could have just a little something." It is truly amazing that little boots and darth cheney basically told their congress they wouldn't be dealing with no democrats. It's amazing what they got passed, including a fabricated war, with some democrat's help.

Yes, single payer was never on the table, and a public option was really never there, it was just a shell for the plebes to believe. However, obama did meet with big pharma and the insurance industry, while doctors and nurses were arrested for having the temerity of being there to fight for single payer.

But, hey make a joke about the choices we have. If I vote for our interest, I'm helping a repug get into office-if I vote for the status quo, I'm still going down-little change, it just won't be one of those crazy repugs. What a dilemma.

[denem]

10. There was a Senate Deal for a Medicare Buy-in for 50 or 55+ year olds,

the only real path to single payer, not some crippled public option, and one Senator - Joe Lieberman killed it, after promoting that option for most of his political life.

[newspeak]

15. I remember the medicare buy-in

I was hoping for the pipe dream, since along with my hubby, most of those who are fifty or more in his company were laid off. I'm sure some of you know how hard it is to get a new job at fifty, especially, after working over twenty five years with one company.

[denem]

19. Yes, but it wasn't a pipe dream.

Reid was talking to Nelson, and the scuttlebutt was he had a reasonable chance of winning him over. The attraction was that the scheme did not create a whole new Federal Government bureaucracy. The initial response of Private Insurers was that Medicare would represent unfair competition.

It came undone when the buy-in's historical champion, Lieberman, I think the words were 'ratted on the deal'. Reid was stunned.

Dennis Kucinich could see where a Medicare Buy-In would lead. As younger and more healthy people, were brought in over time, the average cost of public insurance would fall. The path to single payer could not be clearer.

Joe Lieberman will forever hold a special place in my heart.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. However, his blog prefers birther comments over links to the NH Dem party website

After someone posted here Richardson's claims that Obama had screwed up the nomination of delegates for the Dem convention, I submitted a polite comment to his blog posting on this, linking to the New Hampshire Democratic Party website to show that Obama was following the Dem party procedure. It stayed in 'moderation' for a couple of days, and has now been rejected - but, in the mean time, he's happily let through birther comments saying Obama is not a natural born citizen.

Whatever Richardson's platform says, I can't see him as anything more than a right wing disruptor. A PUMA, perhaps.

[Tarheel_Dem]

16. "a right wing disruptor. A PUMA, perhaps."

He wanted to cause a little chaos, but even folks who are dissatisfied with the President, think he's a joke. I sure wish the poster who made such a big deal about Obama's failure to register properly in NH would come back and acknowledge that he mislead this community, but I doubt that'll happen.

[SidDithers]

17. That poster, Hart2008, sleeps with the fishes...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=202503&sub=trans

Sid

[Tarheel_Dem]

20. Hey Sid, you old "Bearer of Glad Tidings", you!

[SidDithers]

21. I'm sad he didn't last long enough to take his lumps...

Sid

[Tarheel_Dem]

23. You & me both. I think his flame-out was intentional, and pretty gutless.

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. Not quite sure what the dilemma is, but would Darcy's 10 yrs @ Merrill Lynch have helped you?

[Ian David]

12. Seriously? n/t

[SidDithers]

3. And the Darcy Richardson juggernaut just keeps rolling along...

Thanks for posting.

Sid

[grantcart]

4. I was wrong and I admit it.

I didn't think he would get above 10th place but his 9th place showing proved me wrong.

A tip of the hat to the DUers who kept up on this progressive alternative to the President and had a much better feel for his standing in NH.

[WI_DEM]

5. At this point Darcy is angling for a prominent speakers role at the convention

[Renew Deal]

7. I think he wants the vice presidency.

[Major Hogwash]

8. Either that, or he'll be handing out rolls at the convention.

Maybe Danish, too.
I can't wait to see what they will have offered with coffee for breakfast!!

LoL

[Renew Deal]

6. He lost to Randall Terry

[MADem]

11. When I joined the Navy, lo, those many years ago....

I didn't expect to be assigned to an Admiral's desk in my first assignment.

The general idea, in politics and life, is to start at the bottom and work your way up. Expecting someone who does not possess a national profile (I have no idea who the fuck this person is) to do well in a national election, where some degree of name recognition is vital before one even begins, is just absurd.

We're not picking out a Christmas goose, we're picking a president.

[Ian David]

14. It looks like the candidate named "Write-In" beat all the other contenders by more than 5 to 1.

Obama / Write-In 2012!

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. ROFL...aw shucks, a 0% showing for the Great Progressive Alternative

Quelle dommage!