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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:49 PM Original message |
Obama is not on the left, he is not a liberal, he is a moderate conservative, he is on the right |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. So John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Obama are RW tools? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Notice that Howard Dean is absent from the chart. n/t |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. These are the 2008 candidates. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
75. I am surprised to see edwards in that quadrant. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #75 |
109. why? He also couldn't find a way to support medicare for all. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
115. I've checked it before. He's in the exact spot as John Kerry. nt |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I disagree, he isn't liberal or conservative |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. In his actions, he's pretty consistently conservative. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
122. Yup - and Krugman called his proposed SS and Medicare cuts "Horrifying" |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. John Edwards, Hllary Clinton, and Joe Biden aren't the President |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
117. Corporate tools n/t |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah we need to get that liberal............ |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. This country has swung so far right, I don't even recognize it |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
113. Absolutely. Check out |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #113 |
123. Those are great quotes. nt |
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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
118. We have a RADICAL right wing government |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've always found the political compass more accurate |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
54. It's muddy in de Nile... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. I've seen party loyalty trump ideology, |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Here's how DUers rated themselves on the Political Compass back in 2007 |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. It's interesting that this is the largest Democratic site, and by far the most left-wing. Tells me |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
59. most of the people on DU are old-ish, retired, mostly female and mostly white |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #59 |
98. No, but DU is highly representative of the Democratic activist base. |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Sometimes, I think if DUers took that survey today, |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I hate some of the questions though. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Those questions measure authoritarianism. |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. See, I still disagree with that |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. If you want religion taught at your kid's school, you're okay |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
76. Looked at the 07 thread and noted with sorrow that so |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #76 |
100. No real surprise |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
120. Someone started a new thread where DUers are posting their Political Compass scores |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm nestled so far into the bottom left quadrant of that chart... |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. For our freedom, of course. |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
68. I like your thinking! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. And when did President Obama fill out the long questionnaire that |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. You have the answer to the question you generated which has zero to do with the OP. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Yes, it does. I read it, too. They created a profile out of their |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Attacking a proposition is not an argument. n /t |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
69. There is no proposition to begin with. Obama did not supply the answers that led to his placement |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #69 |
80. Wrong. People measure politicians in this way all the time. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Sorry, the burden is on you to prove why it is accurate. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. I already put up my observations in #16. Aren't you reading the thread? |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Your suppositions are not proof. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. And your refutation is not an argument. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. See below., and remember, the burden is on you to prove it is accurate. LOL |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Here is the kind of thing you need to prove the accuracy of these measurements. If you dont have it, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #89 |
97. Sill avoiding substance, I see. n /t |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. LOL, right, providing linked examples from the industry leader is "avoiding substance"! n/t |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. And while we are at it, where is your evidence that this is accurate again? Oh thats right, you dont |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:15 PM Original message |
Of course he didn't fill out the questionnaire... |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
71. Are we supplied with the answers that the person who created the site used? |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. This has been around for years... |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. I know. I remember filling this out on myself at least 10 years ago. And I realized then that... |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. Anything can be skewed... |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Exactly, that is why you need to see the methodology. See my #89 above |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Sorry, I don't want to work that hard... |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. I dont blame you. I dont want to be in that business either. |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. You have no idea what I need. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Actions speak. THAT'S how Obama answered. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
99. Even if he did fill out the questionaire, he'd deny it later. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. who makes up this shit? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Someone filled out the questionnaire for Obama. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is completely bogus. Obama did not answer the questions. |
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whatchamacallit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. What's "completely bogus" are starry-eyed believers who insist he's a liberal n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. That may or may not be true, but it is absolutely true that |
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whatchamacallit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I basically agree, but a lot can be assumed from his statements and policies |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Perhaps, but the questionnaire doesn't lend itself |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. The fact is, your own experience of the president's behavior in office |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Whatever. Your IMO is not the question. You may have |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I put up the reasons I think it is accurate in #16. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. By definition it is bogus unless the person who is plotted on |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Not at all. And you've still not shown how it is objectively wrong |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Nor am I going to. |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. Where does Gabby Giffords fit on that chart? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. She's a right winger. I have no idea why getting shot makes her a liberal. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Idealization. It's what the left has left any more. n/t |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
66. There are a number of reasons I use her pic as my avatar |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
67. double post. nt |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. "Libertarian" means submitting to corporate authoritarianism |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
74. no, it doesn't. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
110. that is right-libertarianism. there is a long history of left-libertarianism |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. he is further left than anyone else who could possibly be elected |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. No, I don't think so |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
101. you may not have been paying attention |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #101 |
116. No, I've been paying attention |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
39. Kind of weird to see that here |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. So he said but didn't show. And it could be used to support |
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whatchamacallit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
114. No, if you consider how much more left his campaign was than his presidency has been. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. he`s a old time liberal republican |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Not all that liberal socially, either. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Unfortunately true. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. The truly sad thing about those charts |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. It would be an interesting exercise to try now. n/t |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
47. I know Brian Moore. |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
50. I was going to go through the effort of making my own charts and randomly placing |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Show the chart is wrong. If it is that randomly wrong, should be easy for you. n /t |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Like I said.. THe effort involved in randomly placing Obama's name in one section of a chart to |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Well no, it wouldn't but nice try. |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. OK.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. So, should I take that as a no? |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Well, thank you for |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #62 |
77. I haven't been obtuse in the least. You haven't shown the chart is wrong. n/t |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. You are being obtuse. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #85 |
96. Nope. You people pick at method and have not a thing to say |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #96 |
125. could you direct me to description of the methodology that produced the chart |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #60 |
108. Try the FAQ |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
52. His economics aren't even close to moderate. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Nor are his Permawar and Policestate policies |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. I agree, but I didn't want the title to be too inflammatory. nt |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
65. I am old enough to remember Tricky Dick Nixon |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
70. French extreme-right leader claims she is left of Obama |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
72. gosh. They're like lonely planets out there. Not many people standing up for us. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
73. yeah, we should have elected Nader (or kucinich or someone from that left libertarian quadrant.) |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
78. Obama just said that $650 billion in cuts to Medicare and SS were in the deal. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #78 |
106. What an amazingly-fucked situation. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #106 |
121. Paul Krugman: What Obama Was Willing to Give Away ("Horrifying") |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
79. He's DLC. |
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mfcorey1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
84. Screw this chart. Like Boehner, nothing pleases some. nt |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
104. LOL, Yeah, and DK is just slightly left and libertarian |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-11 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
105. Chart also shows where the money is but |
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Denver Progressive (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
107. k & r |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
111. I ranked as a Far Left Libertarian here |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
112. Kucinich is shown as being close to a centrist in this chart. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #112 |
124. You should this great post: 'There are NO "Fringe Leftists" posting at DU.' |
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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
119. The situation is tragic but the chart does make it clear why |
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