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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:33 PM Original message |
Dems seek new tough-guy image - The Hill 5/17/05 |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. With all of the wars I see in the making..... |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Yes |
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cestpaspossible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I guess actually being tough guys is not enough. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. If we want to win....guess we'll need that too. |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That's right |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Let me get the oil so we can grease up their man tits |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Yes I agree |
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dogman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. We don't need image, we need the real thing. |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. We need both! n/t |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is there something wrong |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yes....because we have been sold a bunch of "goods".... |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. War-mongering is fun |
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dogman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Dennis' ideas aren't DOA but they definitely need better packaging. |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No argument there |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. great. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I don't think that it's an either/or proposition |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. so, what *is* the solution to the perception problem? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Nope |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. so, is this basically a Clark infomercial? |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. It's a shame if you would dismiss the article based on your prejudices |
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CWebster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. You mean like Kerry saluting for duty |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 02:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Actually I share part of your concern. Images are just two dimensional |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. Read it and weep |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. the perception is there because the media and the wingnuts |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. The perception is there. Period. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. ok then - again... |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. not via sabre-rattling |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. Frankly, they have to counter Bushco crap on EVERY issue... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Let's put it this way, if I was ever in a dark alley with some Rethugs, |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. All we need is common sense with foreign policy |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. capeesh.... |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Consistency, conviction of message |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. Thanks for this post and the link! |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
31. They're looking in the wrong direction |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I agree with you on the underfunding of emergency services. |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Yes |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
33. "image" thing is something we have alter... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Another way to phrase this: in '92, the Democrats had strengths and |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
36. George Lakoff says that Democrats should talk about foreign policy... |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 01:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Lakoff is great. |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I was too tired last night to get into it |
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CarolNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. that's a great passage |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
39. Tough guy image, huh? |
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CWebster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. "...more Americans trusted President Bush and Republicans |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Some Democrats undoubtedly will compete based on images |
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CWebster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Considering the enthusiasm was never really there |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
47. we don't need to be tougher; we need to be smarter ... |
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