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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 01:27 AM Original message |
The hard truth: independents and moderates were critical to our win |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. here's another hard truth: they came to US for leadership |
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gully (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 01:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. We lead with a big tent. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 01:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I think they knew who we were when they voted for us. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 02:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Many dissenters on DU get the bum rush out of the "big tent" |
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gully (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Where did I suggest we become bigots? Share with me what you're talking |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Exactly. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Which "us"? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. here is a harder truth... if op isnt the way it happens you wont lead in 08 |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. A lot of "moderates" and "independents are people with little idea of what's going on. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 01:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I think it's the Repugs who have no idea what's going on, tho they think they do |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 05:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. You're totally wrong. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Welcome to the resisitance. |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Why insult them? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. here we go again. this bullsht. not factual ... just a jab. so arrogant |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. that is sort of elitist thinking that works against us |
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hijinx87 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. they came to us, didn't they? |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. I think there might be another way...... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. This is all so true. |
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Polemicist (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
9. Progressives need better branding... |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 04:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. What you say is true. The right spent thirty years making liberal a dirty |
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dmosh42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 05:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Don't brand yourself as a liberal or conservative |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. The problem arises if the political identy one choses is the box defined by |
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sandyd921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. Yes, expanding progressive media |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. If it isn't on TV, then it didn't happen is i think what Gore said. We need to |
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pat_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. insiders v. outsiders; weakness v. strength; fascists v. anti-fascists; |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. But don't be mistaken: The indies and moderates have *two* major priorities. |
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SeanQ (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. Nothing hard about it. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
16. Independents always make the difference |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. Whatever |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. "We want your job to stay in the USA" |
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Shrek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
19. Why is it a "hard" truth? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. It shouldn't be hard, but I fear that its something that some don't like to contemplate |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
26. This election was a populist revolt against the corrupt Establishment. |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. These damn labels |
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election_2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. As an Independent voter... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
34. Do you know why they swung our way? |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
36. Very True n/t |
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