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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:21 AM Original message |
Center Right Victory in Spain Continues Europe's Lurch to the Right |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hope that doesn't happen here :( nt |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Mitt would be a disaster...that goes without saying |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. There's a simple way to prevent it. Elect Democrats. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. So, once done, the minimum (or more) 218 Dems will vote to.... |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Didn't FDR and Johnson both have big majorities |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Huge, 3/1 type majorities, yes. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Out of curiosity, how many seats in the Senate will the Dems... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Unfortunately, senate elections next year are stacked against us. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 03:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. No he did not |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Ah, "Obummer," one of the right-wing's favorite smear nicknames. |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. The simple way to prevent this is for the democrats to reject austerity |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Too bad the Democrats with the power didn't bother to clean up the voting |
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WildNovember (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. Isn't that the idea? The liberals "fail," ushering in the right? It's what happened in |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. Not good: frigging austerity, cuts, cuts, cuts... |
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Faithful One (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The Socialists ended up destroying Spain's economy. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Mark my words: they will hate what the center-right will force them... |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. By implementing the reforms and cuts the right was calling for |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 03:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. and the socialist proved that it made no difference by implementing |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 06:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. No....they didn't and no............ |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. the "socialists" in spain did cuts cuts cuts |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. This is the future of all center left parties that betray their voters and |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 05:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. +1000 |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
17. DID the Socialists destroy the economy? or merely have power while the economy was destroyed? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 03:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. +1 |
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Faithful One (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 03:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Sounds like they caused it: |
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stillwaiting (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 05:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. That is a nice and convenient narrative there with absolutely nothing to back up the claim. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 06:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. they did austerity on the backs of the poor and working people |
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stillwaiting (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Yes, I know Reggie. Thanks for the response. My questions were rhetorical and aimed |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 05:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Cheap loans, cheap money, and the crash of 2008 doomed |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 06:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The drift from the "travel sector" had already occured prior to 2008 |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Construction, development, real estate, travel--- BUST |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 06:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Bull. Shit. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 06:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. they renounced keynes and made the poor and working |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
25. denmark recently voted left |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
26. Spain turns to the right – but are the voters rejecting ‘the left’ or incumbents? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 07:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. doesn't matter, it puts the right in-charge... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 07:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. In Spain but not in Denmark or Switzerland. Polls show rw losses in France (2012) and Germany (2013) |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Of course until then, the RW continues the Shock Doctrine |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. As of now, the French right will face a crushing rout. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
34. It is more rejection of the ruling 'socialist' parties.... |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. heh, it lurched to the right by 1996, now the differences are between jam and marmalade |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. That's what happens when the "socialists" & liberals attack working class rights & living standards. |
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