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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 07:56 PM Original message |
What wedge issues can Democrats use to divide the Republican Party? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. End farm subsidies or support them? |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. End farm subsidies for agribusiness; boost subsidies for family farms |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. We lost Iowa. |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. we BARELY lost Iowa |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 10:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. WE ENDED THEM IN 1996 |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
61. then why are my neighbors still getting them? |
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lgardengate (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. None of that will mater with the "values" voters or many others n/t |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes....term limits/salary cap for govt. employees....go populist. |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 03:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. populist is the key n/t |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. The fundie issues themselves |
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oldhippie (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Wow, now that's an interesting concept..... |
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erniesam (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
54. consumer spending |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Abortion keeps the population of DEMOCRATS down |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Split the libertarians off from the fundies |
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oldhippie (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. That's one of the best ideas I've heard, yet..... |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 10:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. We don't have to actually bring the libertarians to our side |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 10:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Drop the gun control plank, they'll line up |
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oldhippie (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 10:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. That would be a really good start |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 03:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. I agree - my MT relatives are HARDLY fundies.... |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 03:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Right - didn't they go to Perot in 92 and that helped us... |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Exactly |
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Francine Frensky (870 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. people who love god vs. people who love money |
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Hephaistos (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
66. Ballot initiative to outlaw p0rn |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Stem cells and the deficit |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Stem cells is a HUGE one nt |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. I like the sound of this - play hardball. Let's get some wedge |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. taxes. several on the Net have pushed the "F the red states" message. |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Three words: SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. We've tried that in the past two elections |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. We didn't this time. And it cost us, especially in Florida. |
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Carolinian (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. I say we need to become experts at demonstrations. Oppose every |
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Peak_Oil (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I disagree. We need to stand FOR something |
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Carolinian (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 09:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. We've GOT to stand against them. Oppose everything. Slow down |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 04:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. I agree. We need to STAND for something. How about... |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Demonstrations probably helped Nixon. |
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Carolinian (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Demonstrations plagued Nixon. He hated them and it showed what a |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 10:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. yeah that anti-war movement really brought him down |
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Carolinian (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. The ONLY reason Nixon was re-elected is because he |
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Carolinian (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. Nixon rode high on the anti-communist wave but years of war |
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Carolinian (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. Fight tax exemption status for churches with political agendas. |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. nope, target state ballot initatives that can draw dems to the polls |
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Ann Arbor Dem (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think some wedge issues could be drawn from the PNAC.... |
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Bush was AWOL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. Deficit spending |
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jacksonian (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 09:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. bingo - get them on the deficit |
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Carolinian (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 09:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Can we get newspapers to headline the deficit $$$$$ tally regularly? |
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finecraft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Huge Deficit = "Birth Tax" on our children |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
65. I think the "birth tax" concept is a good idea |
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BlackVelvetElvis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. Evangelicals vs. the others. |
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Shrek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
38. Corporate welfare? |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. class warfare, privacy, individual rights |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
42. Marijuana law reform- I'm serious |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
46. Send Dolstein undercover to move the GOP to the left |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
47. Partial conception abortion |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
49. i oppose term limits |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
50. civil unions for gays |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
51. Death Penalty |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. Assault weapon ban |
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erniesam (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
55. consumer spending |
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ithacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. separation of church and state |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
57. "Communist China" |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. if we want to divide the right |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
59. immigration n/t |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
60. Balanced budget |
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HootieMcBoob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 06:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Nail on the head |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
63. Let them outlaw abortion? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
64. PATRIOT ACT!!!! |
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