davidinalameda
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Mon Nov-08-04 04:24 PM
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call your Republican Senator to oppose Arlen Specter |
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we need a right wing freak in that chair
the more right wingers in power, the more the moderate Republicans will realize it's not their party anymore
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Mon Nov-08-04 04:25 PM
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1. Let's not take sides in this battle. |
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Either way we could screw ourselves. Lets let the republicans fight it out and worry about ourselves.
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Mon Nov-08-04 04:28 PM
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Mon Nov-08-04 04:29 PM
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5. I agree, the extreme republicans have their own set of values and logic.. |
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...which totally defy a sane way of thinking
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Mon Nov-08-04 04:30 PM
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6. Besides, Arlen may be a restraint compared to more radical Republicans |
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As you say, best not pursue Republican stalking horses or fight their battles for them. Encourage them to widen their fault lines instead. If there were not a duopoly in American politics, the Republicans would be spread over at least three parties.
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Mon Nov-08-04 04:28 PM
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2. Then I would feel like I am doing the work of the fundies |
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and I don't want to do their dirty work at all.
The republicans can have their own battle. I am more content to sit back and watch them unfold and start to eat their own.
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Mon Nov-08-04 04:43 PM
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8. and I think that we should encourage those battles all we can |
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encourage them to eat their own
gods only know they've been doing that to us for long enough
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Mon Nov-08-04 04:44 PM
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9. You didnt suggest encouraging the battle, you suggested taking a side. |
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Convince us that taking one side is in our best interest. I can see scenarios for both sides winning this battle that are bad and good for us.
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Mon Nov-08-04 04:52 PM
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11. There has to be a better way to encourage the battle |
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Edited on Mon Nov-08-04 04:52 PM by lovedems
without helping those I truly despise.
I am all for encouraging the battle. I am just not going to assist those religious nuts in the process. They need massive opposition rather then support.
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Mon Nov-08-04 04:28 PM
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3. I called Specter office and told him... |
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Now you see what you are dealing with. How dare you spek up and have an opinion about anything that doesn't conform to the Bushivites!
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Mon Nov-08-04 04:39 PM
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7. Blue, blue my senators are blue! |
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My senators are Durbin and Obama....a bright ray of hope in a dismal sea of red.
Cheers, Kim :toast:
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Mon Nov-08-04 05:12 PM
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13. Ditto, CarolinaPeridot. |
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Mon Nov-08-04 05:08 PM
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12. Arlen Spector today said he is opposed to abortion |
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on a personal level, on CNN. While he didn't repudiate his view that a woman should have a right to choose as a matter of law, I already sense his willingness to backtrack in order to save his political career. I never underestimate the willingness of professional politicians to sell out when the chips are down.
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Mon Nov-08-04 05:17 PM
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14. Nah... let them hang themselves.... |
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