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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:51 PM Original message |
Democrats to back down on Iraq war conditions |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wait a minute - WHY did Democrats take control of Congress again?!? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Reid and Pelosi just got ---- " JOEMENTUMED" |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow, I'm totally stunned. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Deleted message |
Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Sorry, implied sarcasm. nt |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah? |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Dems definitely have jello for spines. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. And I should be surprised about this because.... |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:00 PM Original message |
Maybe because some of us expected the Dems to do their jobs? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. They haven't that is why I am not surprised any longer |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. Maybe but would we have hope? With the democrats |
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LiberalUprising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. So you can live on hope |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Sometimes hope is all you have |
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LiberalUprising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. been to that area, done it and understand it completely |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. *shrug* You got a 3rd viable option, if so I am willing to listen. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. I was asked just this weekend to work on a campaign I had worked on in 06 |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. When the opposition part refuses to take that role, we become a de factor one party state... |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. the DLCers use this weakness (which is their core platform) to encourage blind loyalty |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The DLC aren't the only ones asking for such loyalty, so does the DNC... |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. and the two-party lock keeps those against the far right trapped with their nearer-right "opponents" |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Plus the systems are not winner take all like they are here. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. no, Britain and Canada use strictly territorial and first-past-the-post districts |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. Obviously the Dems in Congress are enjoying the war, just like Bush. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. And, wouldn't you know it, Nancy Pelosi defeated her anti-war primary challenger |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Does the California voting system have a paper trail? |
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hooraydems06 (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Trust me, Pelosi is actually winning these elections |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. She has another challenger in November |
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hooraydems06 (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I think some on DU are FINALLY breaking through the |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. I have already broken through. I live in Jane "War Pig" Harmon's |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. K&R - Fascism sure sucks!! nt |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. Why am I surprised |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. Why is growing a spine so damn hard? |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) admitted that the anti-war folks were used for votes. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. He's right.! |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. the senate was irrelevant |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. BS |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. Fucking horseshit. THEY CONTROL THE AGENDA - THESE BILLS DON'T HAVE TO MAKE IT TO THE FLOOR! |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. Anyone who didn't expect this is crazy. These people are craven whores, |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. Fucking A! |
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frog92969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. Sure glad they weren't "busy" with impeachments instead. |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. Plenty good bucks to be made supplying the army with the tools of the trade. |
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Matteon (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. Fail. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I agree |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. you can fool some of the people ALL of the time |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. I feel trapped. |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Those willing to fund the ongoing war crimes... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. We are trapped and there is not a thing anyone can do about it |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
37. Rethughs and Demlugs |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Rethugs and Demmugs |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. Those damn blue dogs |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
43. they are invertebrates, spineless and gutless. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
46. Two Major Crimes Foisted on America |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
49. And another post with them caving to Bush. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
50. Kicking with fury. nt |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
51. REMEMBER THEIR NAMES. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
53. Weren't they supposed to attach the 13-week unemployment |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
56. Are They Complicit Yet? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. House Democratic, Republican leaders reach accord on bill to finance Iraq, Afghanistan wars |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. yes |
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