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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:37 AM Original message |
The coming party clash will be between the "activists" and the "governing" class. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yup. Clinton supporters + republicans on one side, the rest of us on the other... |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. 2008 has a whole different calculus. Trust me on that. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. yeah, let's get rid of 10 million Democrats |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Correction. 10,000,000 DINOs |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. your "calculus" is beyond stupid. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #65 |
78. Do you have any idea how many new voters Obama has registered? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. ten million? |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. It is millions already, |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Here's some data to ponder, |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. yeah, like none of those Republicans voting for Obama |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
57. I agree with that. |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. thank you MadFlo |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think it was. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. Which Group Does Obama Think He's More Beholden To? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. I would hope he would do what is best for the country. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
49. considering he spent time organizing disenfranchised in Chicago, I'd say the answer is obvious |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'll be #3. |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. K&R |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. VenusRising: Who is the source for that great quote? |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Samuel Adams. |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
66. Thank you! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
84. Love his beer. nm |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. Again! that tendency to embroider the facts to fit her agenda. : - (((((((((((((( nt |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. also what is becoming clear |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. The whole FL and MI exercise... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yes. |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Which makes the chaos... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. The party chaos does not bother them. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Interesting theory... and it really does fit. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The day of the vote emails were sent out saying Dean "disenfranchised" us. |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I just want to thank you... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Well, I can tell you.. |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
81. BINGO |
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PM7nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. "These activists 'are going to be very intolerant of Democrats who cooperate with the GOP" |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Note To Senator Clinton.... |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Yes! Exactly. This is framed dead wrong. It's the Repubs who've turned their backs on negotiation. |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Thanks for bringing this up "listen to each other even when we disagree" |
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PerpetuallyDazed (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
77. Ok... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
85. Respectfully disagree. The republicans in Congress today have their main goal is to discredit |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #85 |
96. When Democrats reach across the Aisle |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Agree. The only way Democrats should be reaching across the isle is to stick their feet right up |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. Whats funny is when you see the good ol boys and girls |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. Having a "governing class" is the true meaning of elitism. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. We shouldn't allow them to frame us. |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I Don't Like That Activism |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. "Activism" doesn't have a negative connotation anywhere but amoung washingon insiders |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Activist = dissenter = stink'n liberal. At least, that's how the commissioners |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That would be an insider. |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. Recommended |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. Screw you Hillary! Screw you and your elitist attitude |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. Beware of this Republican divide and conquer meme! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Perhaps you could direct those words to the Clinton campaign. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. oh that's just outrageous |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Her own words.....read them. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. You're committing the part / whole fallacy. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I don't think that poster even read my post. |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. Unfortunate that this ploy has worked so well, |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
33. No peasants in sight |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
41. 'against activists...calling them fringe' |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Exactly- creating the illusion that mainstream America |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
42. From the mouth of Mark Penn in 2005.... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
45. I wonder if some would like to eat their words from 2004...Ickes? Brazile? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
46. Haven't Seen Any Symptoms of "Governing" |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
71. Ain't that the Truth! n/t |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
47. And the last activist elected president was..... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Is that "pure" remark directed at me? I hope not. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. "So in my later wise years, I may not be a pure as you" |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Didn't mean to touch a nerve. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Again, there you go...Judging who I am. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. That war you think I want???? It IS going on right now. |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. The loud drums you think are coming from left wing nuts |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #58 |
70. My problem, which stymies me and maybe you can help me sort it ut is this: |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #70 |
79. Me too. |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. This is one reason I do not like labels |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #56 |
80. Okay, we agree. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
50. Fuck the Clinton's ...fuck the DLC ...fuck the repukes ...this is war ! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
52. Damn! Maybe I should have put Hillary's own words in the OP |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. those damn activists, they screw everything up |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. Activist here! |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
60. K&R |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
62. I'm ready! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Great picture, great statement by Wellstone. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #62 |
72. What a beautiful man. What a great loss. |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-19-08 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
68. It's a revolution within the Democratic party. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I think so. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
73. Right on the money! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
74. The Internets have brought the regular people together and |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
75. You got that right! The Activists far outnumber the Political Ruling Class. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #75 |
82. And we're mad as hell and ain't gona take it anymore. nm |
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PerpetuallyDazed (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
76. It's about DAMN TIME! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
83. IMHO the Clintons and the DLC would rather the repukes win than let the "Activists" get control. |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
87. I am aligned with my kids on this one |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
88. Did she say "activist class?" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. She used the words "activist base".....which is us. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
91. I'm feeling like |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
93. So, which "class" was someone like Paul Wellstone? |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-20-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. This should answer your question |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
97. It's party realignment. It's fun - it's a party! |
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