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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:23 PM Original message |
Feel The Rumble Of Lefty Insurgents? |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. As long as it gets real liberals elected I am OK with whatever they name the backlash |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. What you said |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I wonder what a liberal dog catcher would be like |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes. We CAN overcome. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, Not Quite The Same. The Dems Nominating More Progressive Candidates Will Strengthen The Party |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Precisely..not the same at all. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Only problem with that is most of us on the left are not forming any sort of insurgency |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. We'd like to take our party back from corporatists though. nt |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. who is this "we" of which you speak? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 08:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. "Us"? |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. black is white... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. LOL! |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm curious as to what makes Sestak |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Me, too! Maybe he's one of those new fangled "pragmatic progressives" |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. He wasn't first elected as a Republican. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I have heard Sestak saying he represents the district that elected him, |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. If you set labels aside for a moment you can go with the ACLU's |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Sestak is better than Specter |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 04:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Moochy, I harbor a smoldering suspicion that we agree on |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. He's not. He's a mainstream Dem. |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
64. "Got it now?" |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. I do feel it - and it's a great feeling! nt |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. I posted that this election would be anti incumbent not anti Dem two months ago |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I don't wear silly costumes at the voting booth |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. I don't think it is anti-incumbent, more anti-centrist |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. Neither are really "Liberals". |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. We need more Wellstones. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Yes Please. n/t |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is why the left needs to focus on Senate primaries. |
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yowzayowzayowza (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yep. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Obama will not "move" to the left. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Obama is already to the left of what will pass in the Senate. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Is he? Haven't noticed that. nt. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. You didn't notice that Obama proposed a public option |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Public option? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. I can tell by the way he took on the three most powerful industries at once. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Your claims simply do not match up with reality. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Or maybe the reason you offer no counter-argument |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. WTF? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Insisting on accuracy doesn't make me less liberal. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Yes, you sound very liberal. Yes indeed. |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Obama is not only not a leftist, I am no longer postive he is a centrist. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. He said he is conservative by european standards |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I think I agree with you, but I'm not familiar with the "overton" adjective. I |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
74. overton = what views are radical, mainstream, centrist, etc. |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Thanks. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. banking regulation, climate c hnage and health care have been at the top of the conservative agenda |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Nice try. The HCR package he passed is very similar to |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Rush Limbaugh? Have a nice day. If you think Obama did a lot |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I voted for Obama. I sent him money, I campaigned for him. I |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. But not the word "cloture" I'm guessing. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #55 |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. He never even tried. |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. He had an agenda, and nothing was going to interfere with that |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I would not call myself a stalwart. |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Mine did you. I used to have the same monitor as you. TTYL |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Monitor? |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. That should have said "Mine does too." Avatar, yes . I remember |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. He proposed and passed a bill with the public option through the house. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Your willingness to believe in the man is touching. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I keep writing about facts |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. "Sliver" is not an accusation. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. Also, for a lot of us who don't live in Arkansas or Pennsylvania, we |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. The time has come to put your vote where your mouth is. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. EXACTLY!!! Stupid ass'd Specter tried to play republican politics and it was a turn off |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Specter launched swift-boat style ads and it blew up in his face. |
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AmandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. mainstream media is not missing this story |
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mikeburetta (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
38. republican new Whigs |
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kag (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. There is a similar story being played out in Colorado. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. I hope Romanoff can pull it off. |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
41. 'When all seems lost, you must destroy the institution' |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
60. From all I've read, neither Halter or Sestak would label themselves as "lefties" |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. I think "outside DC" is the key here. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. I agree with that |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. BUT he can still run as an "insurgent" since he will have a very famous head... |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
67. Or it's just an anti-incumbant atmosphere. n/t |
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