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99th_Monkey

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33. I'll look for it

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 03:06 PM

Oct 2014

your OP that is.

I don't know if you've been following how the CIA Torture Papers have been withheld from the US Senate,
despite lawful requests and demands from a Senate Committee on Intel, but here is how bad that has
gone, i.e. CIA admits spying on US Senators, so it's not a big stretch to imagine that "troublesome"
Senators may have "an unfortunate accident' of some kind for their trouble.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/cia-admits-spying-senate-staffers

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Why are our Democratic office-holders such shrinking violets? [View all] 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 OP

Why should they follow through? Maedhros Oct 2014 #1

politicians aren't much more than door to door salesmen, NM_Birder Oct 2014 #18

I'm thinking because ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #2

How about connecting SS to the Deficit, when every Dem knows that is not even sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #10

Notice how you left out what I wrote? I did. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #11

Needs an 'All of The Above' option. nt procon Oct 2014 #3

I Agree. 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #5

the corporate money is there so that the corporations eventually cultivate pols MisterP Oct 2014 #4

If not for the money, then why do the pols "do their [corporate] bidding"? nt 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #6

why, ideology! there's three nice big categories of human motivation: MisterP Oct 2014 #21

Other: Because they're perpetually afraid of losing the election that happened 10 years ago. Warren DeMontague Oct 2014 #7

The second option is interesting. WhiteAndNerdy Oct 2014 #8

I have toyed with the "remember JFK" theory for years hifiguy Oct 2014 #23

I don't know what ever gave you the impression that Obama was a "progressive" Spider Jerusalem Oct 2014 #9

Thank you ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #12

The one thing I find interesting, really... Spider Jerusalem Oct 2014 #32

++1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #34

Maybe because he ran on a Progressive agenda? Such as protecting teachers sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #13

+100 ~nt~ 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #19

That's nice, did he have a Congress that would vote for all of those things? Spider Jerusalem Nov 2014 #41

Yes, we won the House, Senate and WH. Remember? sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #48

Nope. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2014 #50

"Center right moderate".. I call bullshite. You don't call this Progress.. as in it's Progressive? Cha Nov 2014 #42

Mahalo Cha. I vote for Democrats too. lovemydog Nov 2014 #55

Are you UKian or USian, or both? merrily Nov 2014 #51

Both? Not sure what that has to do with anything, though. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2014 #53

Sorry. I noted the UK spelling convention and was curious. merrily Nov 2014 #54

Because they're, first and foremost, politicians whose goal is to get at retain power. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2014 #14

they are being spied on. mopinko Oct 2014 #15

You don't need a tinfoil hat. The CIA has admitted to spying on Congress 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #20

true shit. mopinko Oct 2014 #24

I voted "Other" because I think it was the smashing of Socialists and Communists in the 40s and 50s KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #16

Thank you for weighing in. 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #25

Yeah, the thought of McChinless at the Senate's helm for two years makes KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #28

When politicians,, ANY politicians are not held to the same NM_Birder Oct 2014 #17

Good one. 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #26

The DLC. hifiguy Oct 2014 #22

They "sold" the party to the 1% alright 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #27

It's a mix of both 1 and 3. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #29

Yes, I wish I had provided more 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #30

I would agree that there is something to be said for #2. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #31

I'll look for it 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #33

I haven't made it yet :P I'll pm you a link when I do. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #36

Cool dat ~nt~ 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #39

Some aren't democrats. Puzzledtraveller Oct 2014 #35

Exactly. former9thward Oct 2014 #37

Republicans.... sendero Oct 2014 #38

Because of fickle supporters. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2014 #40

I voted #3; #1 necessarily follows that. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #43

I voted the first option, but TransitJohn Nov 2014 #44

In a nutshell SoCalDem Nov 2014 #45

#1 & 3. Can't choose. nt. nc4bo Nov 2014 #46

Other. Office holder behavior is multi-factorial, if you can label major axes HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #47

Big $$$ pays them off closeupready Nov 2014 #49

I don't believe Democrats are shrinking violets. merrily Nov 2014 #52