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kstewart33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 09:57 AM Original message |
Collins on Obama - top NYT emailed piece in the last 48 hrs. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. I voted for Obama to break the stranglehold Clintons had over the Dem Party |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Cut your nose off too? |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Nope |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. OK.... enjoy the McCain Presidency.... at least you'll have "proved your point" |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yeah a lot of people here don't seem to understand the alternative |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. No, he will have proved that moving to the "center" is stupid politics, something |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Obama is making the same mistakes Kerry and Gore did |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. Obama is Bill Clinton ver 2.0 |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. FDR, JFK, LBJ "triangulated" all the time. FYI. nt |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. But those guys were far too good at getting things done |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That's right - some feel that politics is a simple consumer endeavor - |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's one thing to emphasize common ground, and another to diss people like... |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. It's called message control |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'll take free speech and truth over Republicanesque "message control." |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. keeping a campaign on message isn't republiconesque |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Obviously, I was responding to message #5. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. That would be nice but it isn't the choice now, is it? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Perhaps you missed my original point, which was that... |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I don't understand why you feel it's as personal as a slap in the face - |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I was referring to comments directed at Wes Clark and MoveOn... |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Sorry - I completely missed that part. Apologies and nevermind! |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. No worries - it's true that he never was the progressive people hoped he was... |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. He has parts of his past that are extremely progressive. I just think FISA was a mistake on Obama's |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. How did that vote help Obama's campaign? I think it hurt it. |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. Excellent op-ed |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. From your keyboard... |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. Good, it's an excellent article n/t |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. never liked obama's centrism. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. Sounds kind of like the thread I started a few days ago: |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Then why was all the Centrist, sell-out, DINO, DLC crap thrown at Clinton and not at him? |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:50 AM Original message |
Hillary voted for the war and never apologized for it, for Kyl/Lieberman, criticized Kerry when he |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. Also, independent of Obama - it was that there was far too much baggage |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. imo it was his war stance that made him seem more progressive than Clinton... |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
13. Obama vs Clinton comparison? Like black and white, night and day. |
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Fire_brand (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. black and white?? |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I know...heh! nt |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. worth a second thread and rec |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. Interesting that Collins hit a streak |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
33. "His decision to ditch public campaign financing..was nothing but a complete, total..flip-flop" |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. It's NOT true. But that doesn't stop everyone from saying it. |
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