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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:29 PM Original message |
When is it okay to be Mean and Dirty in Politics? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. I say go for it - - In 2002 Alex Sanders and his entire camp KNEW Lindsey |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. "Dems afford to maintain civility anymore?" |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think it's ever appropriate but that doesn't mean |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. i am about airing the truths about these scumbags...not creating lies |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. CONFLICT gets people's attention--Democrats who ignore this ignore |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. True, but conflict is not the same as "mean and dirty" |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Democrats fail to see the difference |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. The Dems I watch fight hard. If yours don't, take them on, but don't |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. what the party does as a whole also matters |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. a lot of people think attacking a person's character is dirty |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. It's usually ineffective for Dems to raise those issues. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Democrats don't have the echo chamber to back them up |
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BuhByeChimp (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. True...to an extent. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Never |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. IMHO, never in a Democratic primary |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. i am not talking about primaries |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Then I would say, never first. (n/t) |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. let me just say that the right has no problem doing ANYTHING |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Why should we? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. notice i said as long as its true, nothing is out of bounds |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Politics have ALWAYS been mean and dirty. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. exactly - its not for the faint of heart |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. that is what I keep saying...but people keep telling me to tame down |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Thankfully you don't listen to them. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Ignore those mealy mouthed freaks! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. Smash the Nazis! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. here here! |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. When they lie, which almost all the time, slap them with |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. Only if we want to win. And since when do Democrats want to win? |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. Politics does not follow the Marquis de Queensbury rules. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. Bury the fuckers in their own dirt! |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. Lamont should have been more "mean and dirty' against Lieberman... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. All is fair in love, war and politics. |
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titorisque (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. 'Being strong enough for the job' means... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 09:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. hmmmf. that name is much like another poster here. I think it is time to |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. it's not being nastier to point out where you differ from opponent and |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. When you're losing |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
35. I think it is wrong to lie |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. i have never backed down from a fight. no one would call me a |
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