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In reply to the discussion: Thank you, Dennis, for everything. [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)205. And Dennis voted for it in the end, so why can't you let it go
that he waited until the end to say he would? Why is that unforgiveable to you?
And it's not like it would have helped Obama for Dennis to shut up about single-payer.
Nor did it help Marcy Kaptur to do anything good later that she voted for the Patriot Act. She'd have been re-elected even if she'd opposed it.
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I lost a lot of respect for Kaptur when she ran that ad. Dennis avoided saying anything
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#198
I'm thinking that he'd have to hang out for a couple of years to get to know the
eridani
Mar 2012
#13
After 15 years, unfortunately. Fortunately, he is much better known nationally now
eridani
Mar 2012
#14
If he wants to be a governor, I sense a lot of "openings" he can run for (Wisconsin, Michigan, etc.)
cascadiance
Mar 2012
#16
Kucinich discusses issues that matter to the people. New candidates enter races every
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#199
I don't know why anyone would suggest he, or any other outsider, would run for Gov. of Wisc.
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#236
I read the subthread and responded to your comment to more or less agree with you.
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#238
I am going to guess your point. Because you named a couple of progressives
rhett o rick
Mar 2012
#110
Your post claims Kaptur's victory is a win for "the conservative, Big Business, Authoritarian Right"
jeff47
Mar 2012
#70
lol, you guys are kidding this isn't the dennis that could be president obama
okieinpain
Mar 2012
#25
You are still not making any sense. As progressives are targeted for elimination
rhett o rick
Mar 2012
#95
"Why didn't dennis get reelected if being superconservative is the way to go"?
Ken Burch
Mar 2012
#234
"passing watered-down bills". You mean like the healthcare bill Dennis fought & later signed onto?
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2012
#46
i don't hate anybody. you're projecting again. it's not my fault he couldn't pass a bill.
dionysus
Mar 2012
#126
i'm sorry dennis' lack of results upsets you so. don't worry, he'll be just fine.
dionysus
Mar 2012
#136
you may continue to make up stuff about me if it makes you feel better about his retirement.
dionysus
Mar 2012
#158
Passing bad bills while refusing to pass good bills, does seem to be their job
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#209
I think he's STILL mad that Dennis didn't back the watered-down health bill from the get-go
Ken Burch
Mar 2012
#166
being unimpressed with dennis' lack of results doesn't mean one "hates progressives"
dionysus
Mar 2012
#177
i would prefer single payer and i don't like the patriot act. i still think dennis was ineffectual.
dionysus
Mar 2012
#192
I appreciate your response. But still dont understand the overwhelming need for some to
rhett o rick
Mar 2012
#210
There were no progressives that HAD victories in Congress between 1994 and 2006
Ken Burch
Mar 2012
#190
You must be even more unimpressed with Marcy Kaptur then. His record of votes,
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#200
Yes I remember that bill when Newt was pushing it, it took a Democrat to pass the Heritage Foundatio
Dragonfli
Mar 2012
#74
Your argument makes absolutely no sense in this context. Kooch "fought" it, and then turned around
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2012
#82
Because great pressure was brought to bear on him rather than on say Lieberman.
Dragonfli
Mar 2012
#85
You have distorted the entirety of this subthread, so I'll let you have it. The o.p. claims that...
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2012
#86
You "assume" quite a bit. Maybe "30 years of activism" has taken it's toll. I have no idea....
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2012
#89
oh hell, this will get deleted but if you can't read what is written, are you smarter than a
Dragonfli
Mar 2012
#91
I am curious why your are so visciously hateful of Kucinich. The fact that he wanted
rhett o rick
Mar 2012
#99
I often ask the same of the Anti-Obama contingency here. They don't answer, so I won't either.
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2012
#100
Your rude emoticon doesnt bother me in the least. And your answer reeks of childishness. nm
rhett o rick
Mar 2012
#103
Guess what? Obama wasn't on the ballot in 2010. Let's see if his name on the ballot.....
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2012
#178
Kucinich was re-elected in 2010. It was THIS year that he was gerrymandered out
Ken Burch
Mar 2012
#189
i don't hold dennis in contempt, he just never acheived any results other than talking a good game.
dionysus
Mar 2012
#123
Interesting. Name some politicians that you think, "can get things done". nm
rhett o rick
Mar 2012
#106
Yup. And his new constituents must have noticed. It's not enough to "speak truth to power".....
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2012
#45
How many terms has Dennis served in Congress? You're talking about something that may be...
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2012
#84
and here to think i've been repeatedly called a "cheerleader" for a "messiah"...
dionysus
Mar 2012
#184
The same number as any other Democrat serving in Congress between 1994 and 2006 n/t
eridani
Mar 2012
#195
Kooch has three (3) legislative "successes" for his entire Congressional career. Would you like...
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2012
#107
Kucinich was targeted by the Republicans and this loss is not a laughing matter
suffragette
Mar 2012
#172
This is why we need to reform the election process from the bottom on up. n/t
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#174
That's how I found DU, through what became the election reform forum after the 2004 election
suffragette
Mar 2012
#201
They could not beat him in an election, so they targeted him by gerrymandering
suffragette
Mar 2012
#245
I'm not sure -- I think Kucinich played a "role" for the most part -- but this was dirty
Leopolds Ghost
Mar 2012
#41
I'll back her against Joe the Plumber, obviously(and I removed the word "bland").
Ken Burch
Mar 2012
#148
One less Democrat that actually believes in Democratic principles, Faux Dems have been
Dragonfli
Mar 2012
#80
You can see some Faux Dems right here in this thread. They have a hatred for progressives.
rhett o rick
Mar 2012
#102
They think we can't see through the false flag operation, the jokes on them, we know a Republican
Dragonfli
Mar 2012
#109
The oligarch's grip on the Democratic Party will make it impossible to fix
rhett o rick
Mar 2012
#111
She beat him because the new 9th CD contained most of her former constituents--
eridani
Mar 2012
#171
Thank You For All Your Hard Work - Many Of Us Have Appreciated Your Efforts And Wished We Could Vote
cantbeserious
Mar 2012
#150