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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:36 PM Original message |
Here is where I am coming from re: a primary challenger for Obama |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. He's not running.. |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's unlikely to be true (nt) |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. In your dreams... |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Wishing won't make it so. He's running, and |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Lol... |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. when did you completely detach from reality?? |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. It will be a happy one |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. I welcome a primary challenge. Right now the party stands for nothing... |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. So would you vote Republican? nt |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. If I vote for Dems who fight for Republican principles I AM voting Republican. nt |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. No you're not |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I think Obama is Republican lite, just like Clinton. I'm not a Dem for that. nt |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. So, if the Democrats won't nominate or elect YOUR candidate, |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Well I'm glad they stood with people who would have had |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. +l |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Glad you're happy with the crumbs they tossed, but Dems had the opportunity... |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Mighty good of you to consider those things crumbs. People |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. What was accomplished is crumbs compared to what should have been accomplished... |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. oh, so there were accomplishments, but they just weren't good |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I'm talking about the deals this WH cuts - from healthcare... |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. quit making threats and change parties, already! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. obama is a committed neo-liberal. -- that means he has more |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Remember Reagan primaried President Ford, and Ford lost to Carter. |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Obama is not as weak as you think |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Weakness is in the eye of the beholder... |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. What I remember is that Ford was lame *before* Reagan entered the fray, and |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Yeah, if only we had LaRouche, right? |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. "you guys"? |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. you obviously never heard of the fillubuster! |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. So why the fuck didn't they change the rules |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. So why the fuck didn't they change the rules |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Out of 60 Dems? |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I'm only guessing.... |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. It only takes a majority vote to change the rules. |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. That's a very good guess and it's mine as well. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. If you research you question you will find out why. n/t |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. +10000 |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. DU is going to get a crash course in Republican Crazy with the Boehner House of Representatives |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. I agree with the OP. A primary challenge will weaken Obama. |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. K&R |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I'm pretty much where you are - just can't imagine voting for what I consider... |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
33. We can't put, "anyone but bush" in the primary, because that's Obama. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. "It'll only make us look weak, fickle and squirrelly to the electorate" |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. This tax extension shows we are "weak, fickle and squirrelly to the electorate". |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
47. I kind of just view the whole things as a bunch of words |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. "The fight itself-rather than the particular merits of Carter or Kennedy-is what did the damage." ?? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
49. Ted Kennedy failed in his primary bid against Carter because |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
50. you'd have a hard time proving our assertions |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. The Ronald Reagan era is still with us. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Hell the Ronald Reagan era is raging right now. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
53. "That goes for both dance partners" ..... exactly. nt |
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