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Blue_Tires

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15. I don't believe in "left - right coalitions"

Reply to otherone (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2014, 04:36 PM

May 2014

They never end well and at the end of the day the right wing always seems to wind up with more chips on their side of the table than ours...To say nothing of the fact that it's *always* the left who keeps foolishly reaching out for coalitions and bipartisan partnerships...

DUers would do well to learn from history...

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I can see pot being a left - right coalition issue. Can you? [View all] otherone May 2014 OP

On that one issue it seems possible that younger and libertarian conservatives el_bryanto May 2014 #1

hard to say.. otherone May 2014 #3

In Colorado, 50,000 more people voted for legalization than voted for President Obama. Scuba May 2014 #2

So there is hope otherone May 2014 #4

that some animals are more equal than others MisterP May 2014 #11

I think it's hilarious when libertarians think they can pick off liberal votes. Never happen. Scuba May 2014 #13

Yes. It's one of several. Surveillance is another. And foreign interventions are another. nt bemildred May 2014 #5

It has been for years, that is part of how so much progress has been made Bluenorthwest May 2014 #6

Probably more than one issue we can get along when it comes to personal freedoms The Straight Story May 2014 #7

+1. n/t Laelth May 2014 #8

+2 otherone May 2014 #9

With the more libertarian-leaning part of the RW, yeah. Lizzie Poppet May 2014 #10

Not seeing a lot of evidence that Democrats in general are against the War on Drugs. Romulox May 2014 #12

NOt all right-wingers are libertarian Estrella Fugaz May 2014 #14

I don't believe in "left - right coalitions" Blue_Tires May 2014 #15

Exactly... LeftishBrit May 2014 #18

No, because to be a good republican you have to take the asshole position on everything NightWatcher May 2014 #16

I hope that it might become an essentially universal issue... LeftishBrit May 2014 #17