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Mon Feb-09-04 04:43 PM
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The president of Young Democrats at my school is an idiot. |
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I've overheard numerous disgusting reflections from him over the past few months.
-In October, he was talking about how great a governor Arnold Schwarzenegger would be.
-A few weeks ago he said that Bush was anti-Israeli (this dude's Jewish like me) because Bush supported a two-state solution. I felt like punching him in the face. Bush is the most pro-Israeli president since Richard Nixon, no doubt about it. But that's the PROBLEM! He isn't a convincing third party that can negotiate peace! All he's doing is sucking up to Ariel Sharon, and no good will come out of it unless he, as Dean suggested, takes a more evenhanded approach.
-Today he said that although he supported Gore in '00, he doesn't think Al Gore would have been as good a wartime president as Bush. I couldn't believe my ears, especially since in '00 I hated Gore/Lieberman (b/c of NAFTA) while he was 100% for them.
I swear this is true. Is this the future of the Democratic Party?
note: This topic was locked in GD, and the moderator told me to post it here although I don't see what it has to do with the primary.
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CO Liberal
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Mon Feb-09-04 04:46 PM
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1. He Sounds More Like a Young Republican To Me |
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Mon Feb-09-04 04:49 PM
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it's obvious that you should be president instead of him
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Mon Feb-09-04 04:50 PM
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3. i hope you read him off |
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publically. Sounds like a real a-hole and sorry excuse for a Dem.He needs replacing.
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Mon Feb-09-04 05:03 PM
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10. well he's a really nice guy, but he's naive |
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he never reads behind the lines. Moreover he's not very acute on political history.
And I'm not in Young Democrats, never were. Hell if I were, I might not have gotten into my college of choice.
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Mon Feb-09-04 04:50 PM
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4. At my small school, the dingbat in charge said the following..... |
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Edited on Mon Feb-09-04 04:50 PM by PROGRESSIVE1
President of our chapter said the following:
October 2002: "Bush has such an amazing group of people around him, they are just SO amazing" "Bush is protecting us, they really aren't that bad" :puke:
"Bush is not using the Iraq War for political gain"
March 2003: "I don't want to go to war in Iraq but we should not be critisizing the President, after 9/11, we should all cooperate"
September 2003:
"Stop calling him the Gropenator, after all, the Republicans NEVER called us names" :puke:
January 2004: "Howard Dean shouldn't be so anti-Bush" :wtf:
:wtf: is going on here??? What's with this???
:puke:
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Mon Feb-09-04 04:51 PM
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6. that one and the one above |
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should be asked/ told to resign.sickening.
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Mon Feb-09-04 04:54 PM
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I think centrists are systematically promoted by teachers, etc.
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Mon Feb-09-04 05:26 PM
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13. He's right about one thing |
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The junta is a pretty amazing group of criminals.
Vichy Democrats: what's up with that?
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Mon Feb-09-04 05:29 PM
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14. Vichy Democrats LOL! eom |
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Mon Feb-09-04 05:37 PM
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15. Somehow I can't imagine too many Young Republicans |
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being so "nice" about the Dems. Who knows, maybe he's a mole.
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Mon Feb-09-04 04:50 PM
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5. Maybe you should send him a leaflet for the |
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Young republicans on campus and send him a voter registration card pre marked Republican for him
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Mon Feb-09-04 04:53 PM
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Thank you for acknowledging that even handedness is the only way to solve the Palestinian/Israeli crisis. I wish there were more who thought the way you do.
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Mon Feb-09-04 04:57 PM
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9. Thanks. I get grilled a lot for it. |
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I don't see how peace can be achieved without a credible third party. Logic, you know. But many people I know just don't get it.
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Mon Feb-09-04 05:04 PM
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11. Are you SURE this idiot's in the right party... |
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Or just in the right-WING party? :wtf:
How in the world did he get to be your Y.D. chapter president??? He sounds well to the right of "Joementum", to me! I guess he thinks he's a "Zell Miller Democrat" (an oxymoron first uttered BY an "oxymoron"!). :eyes:
Maybe he needs to be impeached by others in your club who happen to be "authentic" Democrats--ours IS the party of the "big tent", but Neo-Cons tend to fall well outside of that tent, by ANY stretch of the imagination!
Go get him! :kick:
B-)
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Mon Feb-09-04 05:12 PM
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12. no that's the thing. the Jewish Democrats at my school |
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all were extremely pro-Gore, but they love Bush's war (because of the Israeli stance). Therefore they say Bush was great for handling 9/11 despite LIHOP etc etc.
Now theyre shifting back to the Dem Party for election time, but it seems so partisan yet halfhearted.
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Mon Feb-09-04 06:09 PM
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16. no offense, but he must have thought it was a great way to meet girls :-) |
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Mon Feb-09-04 07:12 PM
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Is SOLIDLY progressive/liberal....I guess that helps when you are the leader.
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