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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 12:18 AM Original message |
The Myth That Populism & Anger Lose Elections |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. Populism is the future of the Democratic Party |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Its wonderful in theory, but give me just one case where its worked in |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 01:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. FDR |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 01:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I'll give you Teddy Roosevelt..... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 01:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Ah but you did not touch teddy |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Passion is necessary and anger is fine as long as its a small component of |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. this is NOT politics as usual |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Thankffully, the right to disagree has not yet been taken.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Agreed |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:03 AM Original message |
I think it would be quite fair to say LBJ was a populist |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. You give two excellent examples that prove my point... |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Okay--let's go for happy populist--as long as they're not coporate-Demos |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 11:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I agree |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I think it would be quite fair to say LBJ was a populist |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. FDR didn't run as a populist; neither did Kennedy |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Ok not according to the books I have heard |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Am I clueless, or did Bill Clinton not run as a populist? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. He did |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Pretty darned successful, too.... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. One example: Bernie Sanders |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 02:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Bernie Sanders is Great--isn't he? |
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