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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:05 AM Original message |
I was proud to be a Conservative Democrat. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. Things change. :) |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Vote out corporate whores ? There would be about 4 people left. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:07 AM Response to Reply #45 |
70. And that would be a good start |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Agree 100 %.. |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #45 |
83. Who are those 4? I don't think there are even that many. Our Rep who I thought would *never* ditch |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. I don't know who the 4 would be, it just sounded like the right number. |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #85 |
90. I meant rhetorically, too. Any number is pretty much what I'm asking, is it even possible for there |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #90 |
97. Good question.................. |
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Action (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
84. Duped for 30 years |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. Beautiful description of political drift in this country. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
69. Indeed |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well said, and I'm the same way.... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. I was never a conservative Dem. I watched Reagan start planning the demise of this country, and the |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. This is my story too - watching has been agony. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. :( I still don't quite understand Dems that liked and like Reagan. I swear I don't. nt |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Ditto -- We have seen a massive 30 year betrayal |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yes. A betrayal it was. |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
67. Me, too. n/t |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&R. Nope, Dawg, you still sound like a Conservative Democrat to me. |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I think single-payer health insurance is a necessary part ... |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. checks and balances, eliminating the middle-man... |
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creon (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
99. Different world |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well played |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. Look .... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I'm having trouble thinking of things Obama has done that are progressive. |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. Really? |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #40 |
81. "Bailed out the american care industry"???Yup! Big Health Insurance, Big Pharma |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #81 |
95. Yeah ... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
100. Like I said, he never imposes on the rich. Money only goes one way. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. The President campaigned on doing right by the country. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
10. i have a tough time placing me, too. just clear things that hurt the country. NAFTA |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. I believe in free trade agreements so long as they are symmetrical. |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. k&r.. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. Do you believe in |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Of course I support those things. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. And now you are a socialist? |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. That is what my neighbors would say. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
13. Great Post....I understand where you're coming from.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
18. Welcome to the Left... here in the fringe |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
19. very well put |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
20. K&R +10 |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. Kicked and recommended. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
23. Highly Rec -- It sucks when the political spectrum is allowed to move so far right..... |
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Trey9007 (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. Great post..... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
26. Conservative Democrat? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. Back when you were a Conservative Democrat, it didn't mean 'Republican lite' |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. +! Good read. |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. You aren't fringe left, the spectrum has NOT shifted to the right. |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
56. So true... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. President Obama is not pushing for deregulation |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. De-regulation has already happened. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. We were sold out by Clinton on financial deregulation |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Not to pick a fight with someone I mostly agree with, but ... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I think we agree on most everything |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. Me too. There is no way I wouldn't vote for Obama. A |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. He does want to make it easier to have more Fukushima's! |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. Kick, and happy to be Rec #60. nt |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yes this is a good OP illustrating the "drift" |
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stklurker (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. huge majority.. |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I think a large majority opposes reductions in Social Security or ... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Not only that, something like 80% of the general |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
46. Do you ever find that other Dems find your views close to Reagan's, while Republicans... |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. When I think of what should be public and what should be private, I think of |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
48. Standing ovation, Dawg. I'm with you. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. FANTASTIC OP. Really. Really. Really. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
50. I no longer believe in free enterprise |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Fantastic |
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seeker4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. +1 |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #50 |
80. Thank you, demwing. Exactly where I am too. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
51. Kick |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
53. Give it another 10 years, and this Country will be unrecognizable. |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
55. K&R |
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NinetySix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
57. This is among the best posts I've ever seen around here. |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
59. Question is dawg, what comes after Fringe Leftist ..lol |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #59 |
82. "what comes after Fringe Leftist"? -Enemy of the State? |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
60. Fantastic! |
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a2liberal (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
62. K&R (n/t) |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
63. Most Excellent !!! - K & R !!! |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
64. Wow dawg! That is the best thing I've read all day! n/t |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
65. I keep reading about the good old liberal days |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
66. (I used to care but) Things Have Changed |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
68. My Aunt (a lifelong Republican) said last spring |
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paulkienitz (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
71. I'm gonna send this to my parents |
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ThomThom (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
72. the country has not moved far right, but most of the left |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
73. nothing has changed. you just caught on (a little). |
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creon (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
74. So am I |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
75. Hard to imagine that many of us are now "Loony Left" because we remain Democrats. |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
77. It's funny how a person can move to be a liberal when it comes to their pocketbooks. I was always |
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PhoenixAbove (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
78. Don't feel bad somehow... |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
79. Does this mean I am now a Socialist??? |
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Progressive dog (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
86. Exactly |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
87. There is no such thing as a conservative Democrat....... |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
88. Free enterprise? Isn't that a fairy tale? Otherwise, I hear you loud and strong! n.t |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
89. People think the politicians are bouncing back and forth between |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Reason enough for term limits |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #92 |
94. I don't think so. They leave their short term having performed well |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
91. Super excellent, though super depressing, post. nt |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
93. If Thom Hartmann sees Dawg's OP, I bet he'd read it on the air ... word for word! |
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avebury (455 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
96. I used to be a pretty conservative Republican BUT |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
98. Private enterprise works for providing things that are not |
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