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In reply to the discussion: Here's why I've given up on voting: [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)96. NONE of which supports YOUR fantasy that Liberals Stayed Home.
E.J. Dionne , from YOUR link:
What really happened in the 2010 election
[font size=3]" Independent voters, white working-class voters, seniors, and men broke heavily against the Democrats due to the economy". [/font]
[font size=3]" Independent voters, white working-class voters, seniors, and men broke heavily against the Democrats due to the economy". [/font]
THAT totally destroys YOUR claim that Liberals stayed home,
and 100% supports the piece I posted above.
Lets try another one, shall we?
(Do you even bother to read the stuff you link to?)
Again, from YOUR link:
" Catholics, independents and voters age 60 and older also sided with Republicans by margins not seen since 1982.
Independent voters, a key to President Obamas election two years ago, turned sharply to the G.O.P. Republicans also won more support than usual from reliably Democratic constituencies"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/weekinreview/07marsh.html?_r=0
Nothing here that supports YOUR claim that Liberals stayed home.
Independent & Centrists didn't show up.
As usual, it was and remains the Liberal Activists that carry the load in election seasons.
What a JOKE that you post cites that counter your false claims.
Thanks for the links.
I will save them for the next time somebody else tries to catapult that worn out LIEe that Liberals Stayed Home in 2010.
How can you guys keep sporting that FANTASY in the face of Documented HISTORY.
Keep up the good work of destroying your own credibility here at DU.
Perhaps this board is a little too much for you.
Maybe you should out the Training Wheels back on until you develop better skills.
Helpful Hint
To avoid more public embarrassment,
you really should READ the text in the pieces you link to for support.
No Charge.
Here is what happened in 2010.
It is NOT that difficult:
*Most of the Liberal/Progressive Democrats were returned to office by the Liberal Voters who showed up.
*The Blue Dog/Centrist/3rd Wayers were sent home by the voters.
(Documented HISTORY)
and HERE is WHY:
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"I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the Fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign."
---President Harry Truman
QED:2010[/font]
"I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the Fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign."
---President Harry Truman
[font size=4]Leadership! "The Buck Stops HERE!" NO Excuses![/font]
Care to try again?
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That is what is so sickening. Rand Paul is against the NSA spying and the drone strikes
quinnox
Jan 2014
#21
I hope you can see that opposing Obama and supporting Paul are two different things
BelgianMadCow
Jan 2014
#132
well, he is wrong to say domestic drones are ok. But he is right to be against the foreign drones
quinnox
Jan 2014
#120
and he only had 60 in the House...for 2 months....not filibuster proof.
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2014
#45
It wouldn't make any difference....the goal of the actual filibuster is to attempt to
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#157
It's amazing to me how wishing Democrats were more progressive = "seeing the small picture"
beerandjesus
Jan 2014
#63
The youth votes; it's that the elder brackets counter their votes AND outnumber them
Scootaloo
Jan 2014
#27
I think there will be a lot of write ins if Dems don't get Progressive Candidates to vote for this
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#22
No, it was Independents who had come out in 2008, who were so disappointed in the Democratic Party
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#35
Don't you get tired of being wrong? The disappointment of the young voters in
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#47
By international standards, the Democrats are an odd mishmash of center-right and center-left
Distant Quasar
Jan 2014
#92
Obama was in the White House during the ACA Townhalls, and he left Democratic
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#95
Exactly. And when Grassley flat out lied at public rallies it was left unchecked. n/t
cui bono
Jan 2014
#113
They have to keep hammering away at the lie, if not they admit their corporate politics
TheKentuckian
Jan 2014
#57
Independents... if you live in a state where Independents can't vote in primaries...
NYtoBush-Drop Dead
Jan 2014
#58
I disagree. Nate Silver made it clear that the 2010 problem was left-leaning voters not voting.
broadcaster75201
Jan 2014
#64
True. And his most ardent and vocal supporters are not left-leaning either. n/t
cui bono
Jan 2014
#118
Those that blame the left talk out of both sides of their faces. From one side of their faces they
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#77
Thank you Manny, that really, really needed to be said. I'm so tired of that old canard,
tavalon
Jan 2014
#99
That is why I am now an independent. I am done being abused. When there is a left leaning
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#136