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muriel_volestrangler

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80. Would you consider reposting this with better wording?

Mon Aug 25, 2014, 07:25 PM

Aug 2014

I presume you mean "holds some positions to the left of Third Way", but your wording is currently ambiguous - it looks as if you could mean "his overall positions are to the left of Third Way", which I doubt many people could vote for without collapsing in laughter. And "I think reporting that Rand Paul holds positions makes one a Paul-bot" makes the poll like a complaint that people are called a Paul-bot for just talking about him, rather than a genuine poll. Was that meant to be "holds some positions to the left of Third Way" too? The number of 'other' votes you've got indicates high dissatisfaction with the poll options.

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Rand Paul Poll [View all] Scuba Aug 2014 OP

Funny. ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #1

I don't get this poll? Rockyj Aug 2014 #86

The poll is making fun of many of the Rand threads ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #92

Push poll. eom MohRokTah Aug 2014 #2

Pushing what? Scuba Aug 2014 #17

Other. I think that Rand Paul is electorally dangerous when he SEEMS Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #3

Uh oh tazkcmo Aug 2014 #26

Excellent point. We cannot fall for a Republican who is actually right-wing just because he has Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #27

THAT'S MY ISSUE Cosmocat Aug 2014 #43

I'm in agreement with you, especially re young voters Voice for Peace Aug 2014 #44

Other: Fuck Rand Paul. Iggo Aug 2014 #4

Exactly. Fuck Rand Paul. n/t FSogol Aug 2014 #13

and the daddy who spawned him and made him credible in politics rurallib Aug 2014 #24

Other: Fuck Rand Paul & Ron Paul irisblue Aug 2014 #33

+1 fuck him, indeed. nt Javaman Aug 2014 #36

+100! zappaman Aug 2014 #47

+1 gollygee Aug 2014 #49

Fucking Racist disingenuous shitbag Rand Paul. Cha Aug 2014 #50

Times 10000 JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #53

Precisely Gen.. ol Rand on Ferguson says ""There is a very good chance that this had nothing to Cha Aug 2014 #61

. stonecutter357 Aug 2014 #55

. Cha Aug 2014 #62

++1 flamingdem Aug 2014 #90

+1 joshcryer Aug 2014 #68

Thank you. One of the dumbest, not to mention most poorly written, OP's I've seen in a while Number23 Aug 2014 #89

Other: Those who overlap with Paul ideologically are just as dangerous as he is. nt conservaphobe Aug 2014 #5

How about people who overlap with Dick Cheney idologically? Marr Aug 2014 #72

I know of no one like that in the Democratic Party. nt conservaphobe Aug 2014 #79

Hillary Clinton supported the Iraq invasion. Marr Aug 2014 #83

Other: Rand Paul is a racist asshole flamingdem Aug 2014 #6

Agree wholeheartedly. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #29

No clown option? Rex Aug 2014 #7

Niether are toupees Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2014 #15

Every time we pay for his gas, his clown car gets a new clown. Rex Aug 2014 #16

That's a toupee? FUCK, I thought it was a recently deceased mange-ridden wombat! 11 Bravo Aug 2014 #31

It is a toupee MADE from hifiguy Aug 2014 #48

Aaaaah! It all becomes clear to me now. 11 Bravo Aug 2014 #51

It's cool! hifiguy Aug 2014 #52

Did he really say that????????? TNNurse Aug 2014 #35

Other: What Iggo said n/t sharp_stick Aug 2014 #8

push poll. it's a total misrepresentation. PeaceNikki Aug 2014 #9

Pushing what? Scuba Aug 2014 #18

The idea that his positions are to 'the left'. PeaceNikki Aug 2014 #20

Is legalization of pot to the left of the Third Way? Is his anti-war rhetoric to the left? Scuba Aug 2014 #64

No. And no. PeaceNikki Aug 2014 #65

Legalization support is sure not widespread here in Wisconsin. Scuba Aug 2014 #67

It's growing: PeaceNikki Aug 2014 #71

The Democratic candidate for Governor, Mary Burke, told me face-to-face .... Scuba Aug 2014 #73

It grows from the ground up. PeaceNikki Aug 2014 #74

Where is the FRP option? nt TBF Aug 2014 #10

That Rand Paul is actually right about a handful of issues hifiguy Aug 2014 #11

a lot of idiots have been elected president. nt Voice for Peace Aug 2014 #45

And a lot of idiots have elected Presidents. Fuddnik Aug 2014 #63

which came first, the idiot voters or the idiot presidents? Voice for Peace Aug 2014 #84

Why? Just why? GoneOffShore Aug 2014 #12

Because DUers are being accused of supporting Paul leftstreet Aug 2014 #14

It follows a thread that I started Orrex Aug 2014 #23

If people who successfully argue that HRC is more conservative than... JohnnyRingo Aug 2014 #54

"If people who successfully argue that HRC is more conservative than... Scuba Aug 2014 #87

I don't want to bicker... JohnnyRingo Aug 2014 #91

They sure are a quiet majority. betterdemsonly Aug 2014 #19

A bowl of horseshit A-Schwarzenegger Aug 2014 #21

None of the above. I don't think disingenuous, plagiarizing clowns ecstatic Aug 2014 #22

And that's the truth. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #32

Might have used a couple more poll options... Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #25

He's a Poser Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 #28

What left positions? Starry Messenger Aug 2014 #30

Thank you! johnp3907 Aug 2014 #39

woo posted an idiotic 3rd way CT reflecting this poll. joshcryer Aug 2014 #69

i think a problem arises when raising his "lefty" positions in absence of context 0rganism Aug 2014 #34

I think . . . OldRedneck Aug 2014 #37

Note that the leading choice is none of those given (at least so far) caraher Aug 2014 #38

"If you don't work, you don't eat". JohnnyRingo Aug 2014 #40

oh cool wyldwolf Aug 2014 #41

I think that the idea that Rand Parul could appeal to Democrats is dowright stupid. JDPriestly Aug 2014 #42

He's not to the left of anybody. JoePhilly Aug 2014 #46

Ron Paul, the tea bagger, doesn't make Democrats "go left." He makes Democrats pnwmom Aug 2014 #56

FRP! nt MineralMan Aug 2014 #57

I thought Rand Paul holds positions under some kind of fur bearing critter. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #58

I think he is an asshole...who has more positons then a recliner. Historic NY Aug 2014 #59

It pulls the Democratic Party to the right BainsBane Aug 2014 #60

Wow. New low for DU. joshcryer Aug 2014 #66

FRP. both of em. That is all. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2014 #70

None of his positions are leftist in the traditional sense of the word. DemocraticWing Aug 2014 #75

Rand Paul holds and pulls underpants Aug 2014 #76

Depends on who is being reported to. Some Independents are very easily fooled, Zorra Aug 2014 #77

I think Rand Paul should fuck off XRubicon Aug 2014 #78

Would you consider reposting this with better wording? muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #80

I didn't say all positions, or even most positions. I think most DUers have a good enough ... Scuba Aug 2014 #81

It's not a question of logic, but that it can mean 'some', or it can mean 'overall' muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #82

"Holds positions" does not imply all positions. Anyone inferring that it does is not being logical. Scuba Aug 2014 #88

"overall" - the word I used twice - doesn't mean "all" either muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #93

I'm probably fairly described as a Third Way Democrat. I despise Rand Paul (nt) Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2014 #85

The problem people are having here is we are describing two-axis politics with only one axis. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #94