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wholetruth00 Donating Member (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:31 PM
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What top three things do you want the Dems to do if (when) they win control?
1. Support single payer healthcare
2. Support and pass legilation for public funding of elections
3. Get the hell out of Iraq and stop meddling in other country's politicas.
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Iwasthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:32 PM
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1. #1 impeach both * and Cheney
#2 Impeach both * and Cheney
#3 Impeach both * and Cheney
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corkhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:33 PM
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2. election reform, return fairness doctorine, chimpeach the bastard
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:36 PM
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9. Hey, I wasn't looking.
Honest.

Our priorities are just about the same. Yay!
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corkhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:44 PM
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19. Healthcare belongs on the list too.
I was answering it as what should be done first. They have a lot more than three things to do.:toast:
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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:33 PM
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3. Ban imports from China
Kill Osama bin Laden, and begin investigating the crimes of the Bush era.
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:33 PM
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4. INVESTIGATE voter suppression, intimidation, machine error/hacking
they can't let the pugs continue to hone their skills at stealing democracy

nothing else matters if this isn't taken care of
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:35 PM
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5. Election reform, Health care, Fairness Doctrine.
I could be off. It's just the top of my head.
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americanstranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:35 PM
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7. My wish list
1. Restore Fairness Doctrine/break up media monopolies
2. Investigate all instances of BushCo corruption, from voter fraud issues to Iraq war
3. comprehensive election reform, including national ballot standards and (in a perfect world) public campign finaning

- as
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:36 PM
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10. You're right. The Fairness Doctrine needs to be in the top 3. /nt
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:36 PM
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8. My three
1) Abolish Electronic Voting and HAVA
2) Impeach & Press Charges Against Bush/Cheney
3) Repeal the Military Commissions Act, The Real ID Act, the John Warner Act.
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Rocknrule Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:38 PM
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11. Here's my list:
Put Diebold and Fox out of business
Reinstate Fairness Doctrine
Impeach Chimpy
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:38 PM
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12. Vigorous prosecution of everyone suspected of election
tampering. Long prison sentences for Blackwell and everyone who ever worked for him, and all of the thugs in virginia, tennessee, and florida.
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:38 PM
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13. Set the tone: Introduce bill to raise the minimum wage.
Single payer national health care, public financing of elections, etc. could come immediately after.

The minimum wage bill should be set up so that the minimum wage floats with the rate of inflation so that inflation doesn't eat into it every year.
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Xenotime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:40 PM
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14. Impeach them all!
Equal representation for all immigrants.
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kdmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:40 PM
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15. That's pretty much it...
but I think I would like to have #2 as #1. They MUST fix our election process. Also, if we get more than 3 choices:

4. Roll back the "torture bill".
5. Investigate EVERYTHING.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:41 PM
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16. Good question!
{1} Significant changes in US-Middle East policies, starting with Iraq.

{2} Initiate investigations into White House/administration scandals, including the Plame and neocon/AIPAC spy scandals.

{3} Focus on the economic well-being of the middle class and poor, with a focus creating CCC-type work projects that address environmental issues.
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MGD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:42 PM
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17. 1.) The formation of an energy policy that isn't a national security threat
2.)ahh, hell, I'll settle for just number 1.
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:42 PM
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18. Don't forget the deficit! Have to repeal the tax breaks for the rich.
Edited on Tue Nov-07-06 06:53 PM by kikiek
Get out of Iraq. We are going broke! Difference between us and Russia when they went broke in Afghanistan is we can vote and make them get us out before we do!
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:44 PM
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20. Investigate election fraud and voter intimidation
Impeach Bush & Cheney
Charge and imprison Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Powell and the rest with war crimes
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Retired AF Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:51 PM
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21. YES
lets bring the country together and loose everything in 08.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 07:03 PM
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28. WhatEVER. It's my dream.
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Thor_MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:51 PM
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22. Impeach, Impeach, and Impeach
I was thinking about drawing and quartering for #2 and #3, but as lone as the toss the neocons to the curb, I can be happy.

Ideally, I would like to be able to take a whiz on both Bush and Cheney's graves, but I'm thinking that unless they bury them "at sea" (flush them down a toilet in a large city), there isn't a sanitary waste system big enough to handle the demand...
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darkism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:52 PM
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23. #1 IMMEDIATE pull out from Iraq before ANY MORE DIE
THEN everything else.
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:54 PM
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24. #1-out of iraq: #2-media reform; #3-impeach bush and cheney nt
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 06:56 PM
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25. SO MANY THINGS! Investigate! Impeach! Election Reform!
Raise the minimum wage. Repeal the Patriot Act. NIX the NSA spy program. Get rid of the Bankruptcy Bill. Fix the damn donut hole in the Medicare bill. Get the HELL OUT OF IRAQ! There are other things, but my brain hurts right now....I HAVE A STRESS HEADACHE!:cry:
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Holly_Hobby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 07:01 PM
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26. My list
1. Restore our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
2. Make it illegal for anyone to start a war to impress Daddy's golf buddies. (from an email on Jack Cafferty)
3. Send all the Neocons to Iraq to make peace.
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tomp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 07:02 PM
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27. it doesn't matter who wins the election...
...unless we as a nation investigate and hold accountable this most un-american misadministration. this nation cannot afford to let bush/cheney, et al get away with their crimes. we must investigate every questionable act. try and punish wherever reasonable under law. we must also make these criminals available for war crime tribunals. then we must sum up as a nation the lessons of how we got here and what we need to do to reverse the trend toward fascism in america. this is what we did not do after nixon and vietnam and central america and iran and bcci, etc.

nothing less will do.
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 07:04 PM
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29. media reform now!
no more of this taking the left for granted from reporters and only responding to conservative ire

no more letting swiftboaters get a free pass while underplaying abramoff
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cool user name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 07:04 PM
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30. Impfuckingpeach ....
then heal and get on with some progressive policies.

But #1: Impeach the fuck out of everyone in this criminal conspiracy to ruin my country!
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 07:05 PM
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31. As always, I'll be the only one demanding help for POOR PEOPLE!
There are actual lives to save, folks!!

Will that ever again matter to the Dems?
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