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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 08:34 AM Original message |
What is the benefit in peddling false hope about the mid-terms? |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've never been one to give up because I might lose. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Tenacity does not require delusion or deception |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Grounded in reality means it ain't over till the votes are counted. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. There are those here who view themselves as party functionaries. To them, any doubt or criticism |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. What's the benefit of peddling doom and gloom?...nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 08:42 AM Original message |
GMTA, I guess. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. about on par with peddling false hope, I would say. |
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Tiras De Carne Seca (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Well said. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. welcome to DU if someone hasnt already!! |
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Tiras De Carne Seca (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Thank you. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. yes. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. What's the point of peddling gloom and doom about the mid-terms? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Jinx!...nt |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I don't peddle anything, which is the point |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. +1 |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Many, MANY folks had their confidence bolstered by Nate Silver's projections in 2008 |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. What is the benefit in being so negative? Maybe if some |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. A week is a long time in politics. Two months is an eternity. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. or to steel an election,...... |
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LawnKorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. . |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. I believe it is possible to turn an election around in 60 days. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. McCain was up by 10 points in the polls |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. What is the benefit in peddling doom and defeatism about the mid-terms? |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. Resisting the pre-set media narrative that The Party In Power Always Loses Seats in the Midterms. |
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