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In reply to the discussion: Here's why I've given up on voting: [View all]VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)98. that was not MY fantasy.....DUH~
that's what I was debunking!!!!!!
You might want to pay attention to the discussion BEFORE you try to "take me down a peg"!!!
MAO some more!
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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