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In reply to the discussion: On the eve of this election, there's something I need your help to understand [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)159. I wonder if you take the time to explain this ...
"The perfect is the enemy of the good." ...which is why the Dems will get my vote tomorrow, and hopefully yours.
I suspect if you had ... no one would have responded to this thread.
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On the eve of this election, there's something I need your help to understand [View all]
WilliamPitt
Nov 2014
OP
Brand loyalty. And yet we think we're so much superior to the Republicans because we're
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2014
#1
What's amazing is that you think that. The grassroots of the Democratic Party are against fracking.
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#208
Being against something doesn't matter much if you don't act upon it. The majority ignore primaries.
Chathamization
Nov 2014
#220
If a voter is against fracking who should they vote for? Does the Democratic Party support fracking
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#221
They should have voted for the Democrats who were running on anti-fracking messages?
Chathamization
Nov 2014
#222
It doesn't seem like anti-fracking candidates are exactly non-existent in CO
Chathamization
Nov 2014
#293
How do you define 'democrat'? It isn't just a letter and it's amazing, speaking of amazing, that
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#288
There was a poll another user did recently that asked people to vote for their
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2014
#6
ROVE and Company love this, they love watching us act like adults, something they are
randys1
Nov 2014
#277
So true! I tout Bernie Sanders because of his pledge to fight for Publicly Funded Elections and
Dustlawyer
Nov 2014
#283
Are you reading what I wrote, or just responding to the voice(s) in your head? ...
1StrongBlackMan
Nov 2014
#62
I wondered what that was about. Almost the entire Republican campaign strategy this year
merrily
Nov 2014
#233
That has nothing to do with what I wrote. What you personally are doing is not at issue.
stevenleser
Nov 2014
#260
calling the Democratic President a Piece of Shit Used Car Salesman does not = Debate.
LawDeeDah
Nov 2014
#16
You'd think someone who styles himself a writer would have made that clearer, then.
MADem
Nov 2014
#148
Spend a bit of time reviewing the things said to LGBT people simply for advocating our own equality
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2014
#20
Some have solidarity for principles, others for labels. If a pro-TPP, pro-fracking, pro-insurance,
Doctor_J
Nov 2014
#261
Thank you for this. It IS more than a game for most of us in the real world.
canoeist52
Nov 2014
#168
Excellent retort TBF. Outstanding. Well Said! Sadly it goes right over their heads.
2banon
Nov 2014
#186
Jesus Cripes Almighty. I have never seen folks RUN, not walk, RUN to wear the mantle of perceived
Number23
Nov 2014
#292
I took this test (New York) and apparently I agree slightly more with the Green Party candidates
Rhiannon12866
Nov 2014
#37
I like your thinking. We can award him the "Nader Scapegoat" award. I am sure the DNC will
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#137
Zombie sockpuppets don't get to even pretend they have some sort of moral high ground.
Electric Monk
Nov 2014
#157
Have I previously posted that video in reply to one of your earlier incarnations?
Electric Monk
Nov 2014
#166
I'm not going to try... That is why I have an (I) after my name rather than a (D) or (R)
Xyzse
Nov 2014
#58
My high school held pep rallies where faculty encouraged students to chant, "We're number one!"
tclambert
Nov 2014
#80
We used to be called "Reds", "Commies", "Anarchists", "Peaceniks", and "Hippies".
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2014
#89
I'd rather have a member of the House or Senate that votes with me 80% of the time, than a
Ikonoklast
Nov 2014
#91
It appears that a number here have misunderstood the OP. You said, "People here tend to forget that
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#129
If every Blue Dog had won their seat in the last mid-term, the House would have remained Democratic.
Ikonoklast
Nov 2014
#181
The liberal bashing is really discouraging. I guess it was only a matter of time
Doctor_J
Nov 2014
#100
I agree with you 100%… I just wish my democratic candidates would say as much in their campaigns.
world wide wally
Nov 2014
#109
Ratfucking = Dirty Tricks/Sabotage by political operatives. See Nixon admin
emulatorloo
Nov 2014
#122
Can't explain it, Will. All I can think from right now until tomorrow is that all pundits have....
marble falls
Nov 2014
#127
It's great that you vote on election day, Will. It's even BETTER if you VOTE EARLY.
Damansarajaya
Nov 2014
#130
Anyone who tells me all Dems are the same is merely a parrot, a Limbot on the other side
Roland99
Nov 2014
#133
It is simple really. Criticizing The POLICIES of the Conservadems exposes them for what they are
Vincardog
Nov 2014
#141
Carl Jung had a term for it: enantiodromia-- Things turn into their opposites
carolinayellowdog
Nov 2014
#149
There were a whole lot of fine DUers who got "ratfucked" during those "2,922 days".
countryjake
Nov 2014
#151
''Are we really that chickenshit that we can't discuss and debate these serious issues...''
DeSwiss
Nov 2014
#162
"Explain it to me." - Sure. You are spending your time with the wrong people.
jtuck004
Nov 2014
#178
The explanation is easy. It's so much easier to blindly follow. It's so much easier to
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#217
Ahhh, what a perfect response. Those that criticize the Left have nothing but insults. I rest
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#263
Speaking of "puerile armchair pseudo-psychological gibberish, ", did you read what you posted?
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#287
Apparently, the only reasons Democrats lose elections are not their respective messaging, not
merrily
Nov 2014
#231
Do you spend more time bashing red state dems or supporting liberal dems?
IronLionZion
Nov 2014
#236
"talk on DU won't swing one election" is the same argument as "my vote won't swing one election"
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#238