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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:16 PM Original message |
Poll question: Political compass for DU. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I misread; voted in terms of what I am - not my perception of DU. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would guess that a lot of the leftier-than-thous like to whine in a forum... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Mu |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. They are both against the bailout... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I call it the "Paul/Kucinich convergence" |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. It is a left forum, and Obama is center-left...hence the wringing of hands with his appointments. |
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PetrusMonsFormicarum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Voted 'Left Forum' |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. Center left. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. A Wal-Mart Gift Card to the first person who can define "Center" |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Perhaps... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Median. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Center is the halfway-point that remains after you Exclude the True Left |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Hey, that's pretty good. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Ha! |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Excellent! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I am personally acquainted with a WIDE spectrum of people. I ranked DU as you said: Center Right. nt |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
55. Completly agree. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Not bad! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Make that: "... after you run away from the True Left." nt |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. I answered "radical right forum" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. I think DU polls further to the left than it posts. n/t |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. Wouldn't it be more revealing to ask who supports Single-Payer Health Care, Withdrawal |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. Seriously? People think DU is center-left? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. How do you see it? |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I'd see it as solidly left. Or "progessive". |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I WISH! :) |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I don't know...maybe it's in the eye of the beholder. Maybe I |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I think you're right - it's what we notice. |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. And thank god for that. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Thanks, but no thanks. I'll take true blue liberals any day! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. It does say "in the context of the Democratic party" |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. The only true object of comparison I have is my own beliefs... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. Its left. Sometimes I feel left, sometimes I feel center left |
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rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. Left |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Large and diverse forum? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. other |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. Left to radical left. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
35. I think Obama is Center Left of the Party, and most here are more liberal than he is. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
36. Center left. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
37. It's a libertarian (small "l") left forum |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
38. It becomes difficult to say. Too many people here care about personalities and not enough about |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
39. I wish DU was a "more" Center Left forum then it is |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Center Left is the future. The rest are just flapping thier lips. |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I believe this is a Center Left "barely" Nation. Obama is the right DEM at the right time |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
44. It leans left, not radical left, just plain ole left with..... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. The Party itself views DU as "Radical Left" and as a left version of FR. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. The party who? Mr. Conyers? Elizabeth Edwards? |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. I've heard that too. |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. That's because of all of the tinfoil hat stuff |
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camera obscura (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. Who the heck voted center-right? |
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LeftofU (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
48. Voted Radical Left... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. center left, like me (for the most part) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. It looks mostly left to me, but some centrist and even conservative views are tolerated |
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Cults4Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
52. Chaotic Centrist |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
53. Left Forum.. with the Center Left and Radical Left duking it out day in & day out! NT |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. OP said "IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY" |
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