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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:12 AM Original message |
BBC: Has the American left fizzled out? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yet we shall appear united on election day (Nov 2nd)... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Election day has already come and gone for many if not most Republicans |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Underscores why it is so important for us to keep working. n/t |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. Under Bush it was easy |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Well |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. The true American Left died with the end of the compulsory draft and the Vietnam War. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I blame it on disco. |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. +10000000000000 |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. You may have something there! Damn BeeGees! |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. It goes back farther than that |
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eggman67 (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Even further back than that |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Okay, I raise you one in the blame game |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Agree. Disco deserves quite a bit of the blame. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Hey! The history of music is Mozart, Beethoven, then.... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. And she works hard for the money. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. So you better treat her right! |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. : ) |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Good bye sister disco. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. "Car Wash" was clearly a vision of the future of jobs. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. I Blame it on the break up of the Beatles |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. yep. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
43. McCarthyism |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. More like Drown Out....by the unwashed, mouth-breathing, paint chip eating, right....nt |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. People ought to be pissed at foreign 'news' trying to divide the Democratic Party. |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Screw that |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. You are equating the Dem party with the Left. |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. There is only one Democratic Party. |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Right |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
38. good luck banning the BBC when you cant ban fred phelps nt |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. Yeah. Don't need those foreigners pointing out the obvious. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
13. Shot dead. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
54. That's what I think is true. The terrorism worked. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. What an awful, superficial article--one with an obvious slant. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. Outshouted... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. You forgot the death of The Fairness Doctrine....I'm old enough to remember it |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. That Was On Purpose |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. We may be of similar age.. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. It Also Applied To "Independents"... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Correct...But self-described political Independents were a much smaller group |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Bottom Line... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. The majority of broadcasters might have hated it, |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
21. The "left" would rather eat each other than stand united |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Well said nt |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
60. DU is not indicitave of the unity that exists on the left. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
23. The problem is too many want all the change at once |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Deleted sub-thread |
Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. Funny, the change that happened between Clinton and Bush |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. But most of that was due to 9/11 nt |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. To Republicans, many of which want to abolish entire government departments and programs, it was |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
30. Ya wanna know what will REALLY get the disappointed part of the left enthused again? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
32. Let us be clear.... |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. +1. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. +1 |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
33. What does 'American Left' mean ? |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. They shoot the moderates (JFK, MLK, RFK, MX), what do you think they do with real Leftists? |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
50. There is no Left political movement in the US. And the two political parties are best described as |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
51. that piece goes on to state the the TeaBaggers have energized the left and moderates |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
52. Deleted message |
txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. +1 |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
58. Not fizzled out. Kneecapped by the elites of both party's |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
61. Until people stop blaming and start organizing... |
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