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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:15 AM Original message |
Poll: Isolationism soars among Americans |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. time to slash the pay of generals and cut the military budget by half nt |
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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. About time |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Don't forget blood. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Christ & Ante-Christ, just like Ares & Anteares |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. Many conservatives tend to support whatever the "evil" Democrat in charge doesn't. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. the world hate us mentality |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. We don't need another Woodrow Wilson.... |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Okay, but then let's not complain when things don't go our way abroad n/t |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You won't hear any complaints from me.... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Out of curiousity--when is the last time things went "our" way abroad, do you reckon? |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Hmmm... 2001? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Ummm, it's 2009, that self-same war is still on, and "NATO support" has turned out to be a joke. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. Having been left jobless or living in fear of losing a job by the Free |
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HippieCowgirl (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. Is Isolationism an ideology supported by one side or the other? |
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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Conservatives were isolationist |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. It is where they lost me, once they went neo-con I had to say good-bye. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. There's no shortage of isolationists or nativists around here |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. "Enlightened self interest" is the very soul of democracy... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I don't consider isolationism especially enlightened. (nt) |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Right. But there's no obvious reason why your view should prevail |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Conservatives are more MENTALLY isolationist |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
44. There's only one thing I'm sure of, Libertarians like Ron Paul are the hard core isolationists n/t |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. there is much to be said for minding your own business |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. Good. Excellent news that the rest of the world will be extremely happy to hear. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
13. Maybe its the 1 Trillion spent on Bush-Cheeney wars, while national health security |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. U.S. Seen as Less Important, China as More Powerful |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. Gee, even Merle Haggard guessed this a couple years ago... |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Oh noes! Isolationism is scary. |
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Therellas (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. lol....sounds so existential |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Lol. Perceptive. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. We also need to get rid of all of our CEOs and board of directors who are trashing the system. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. Hoepfully that trend increases. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Fuck "national sovereignty". Nationalism is a cancer. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Without nations, all that remains are multinational corporations. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I prefer a global democratic government. |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. No thanks |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. heh, that won't happen any time soon. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. 49% is not quite half |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
23. FDR campaigned to 'Stay out of Europe' |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. This is definitely NOT good. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. disagreeing with unnecessary wars is not isolationism |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. but.... |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. a kick for the next shift |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
43. Thank God |
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