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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:02 PM Original message |
Ishmael Reed: What Progressives Don’t Understand About Obama |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. k/r |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks, Uzy. Posted at Barack Obama group, too. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. bullshitty capitulationist nonsense |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Ah yes. Stupidity. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. So everyone who disagrees with your POV is "capitulationist"? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. no, only the ones boosting capitulation as victory. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. The word capitulation is becoming the left's version of the word terrorist. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. If you have a problem with "the left," I can point you to at least a few sites where... |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Oh I'm still very much a socialist, commie, leftist... I'm just not religious about it. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. ahhh -- A SINO/Cino/Lino |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Not to people who knew the meaning well enough to recognize it. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I feel the same way about "purist". |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well the whole damn thing is turning into "capitulators vs purists" and its getting out of hand. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. well too f'ing bad. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Yes, I note that you keep doing that in spite of Frenchies thread that you obviously read |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. And I'll call this as what I see it. Keyboard warrior beating his chest... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. you need a one word phrase |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I'd rather be a true progressive instead of playing a parody of one on the internet. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. So these 'true progressives' - they support supplyside tax cuts? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Middle class tax cuts are demand side, bottom up, non-reaganomic tax cuts. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. no actually tax cut 'stimulation' is classic reaganomics. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Dead wrong. You need to actually read your own wikipedia link. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. So you supported the Bush Tax Cuts? The Reagan Tax Cuts? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I support anything that places more wealth into the hands of those that need it most. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. It has very strong meaning |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. So progressives are latte drinking scumbags? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. lose the black vote forever? blacks will only vote for a president if he is black? wow! nt |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Good to know. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. Of course not. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Dumbest post ever. Seriously. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Too bad us white folks are not adapting to well. If in the 60s |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Civil rights was a fight that began ages before the 60s & there was plenty of settling along the way |
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Dream Girl (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
48. Civil rights struggle began in the early 1900s |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. What's the connection between |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. This guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Many African Americans are liberals and they're just |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. Really? Really? I'm African American, and I work with AA's - every day |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Is that because of skin color? |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
59. I'm African American too but I have alot of disagreements with the president. |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. "white progressives" are "used to getting it all"? |
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Dream Girl (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. It's the truth |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. Explain. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. Fuck, what a bigoted post. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. And what an ignorant response |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. that's nice |
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That Guy 888 (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
18. I'm Latino, somehow I'm still not impressed. |
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kayob1 (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Good Questions |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
22. Yep, white folks suck; don't know how I live with myself |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. A pile of bigoted, racist dung |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
25. A silly column |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm not hearing criticism about Obama being too cool about the tax bill... |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
29. Damn those progressives. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. I suppose not many here know who Ishmael Reed is |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
34. The Notion that Ishmael Reed ISN'T as Left as They Get is Hilarious to Me |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
35. Rec. Mr. Reed is correct - the craziness of the "progressives" has really |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. Since when have white progressives been "getting it all"? |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. Still trying to figure that out myself. |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'm sorry but if blacks and Latinos can't see |
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Dream Girl (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. Agree, bunch of spoiled whiny brats who just don't get it |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
50. so because blacks and latinos are used to getting little, no one should ask if it was possible to |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. The point of the article is that Obama cannot act like John Wayne, |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
61. Are they implying the black vote will go republican? |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
63. So the most consistent Obama supporters are the ones most accustomed to abuse? |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
64. K and R. |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
65. +1 |
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