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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:42 PM Original message |
Poll question: Can a truly progressive candidate win a national election in this country? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Define Progressive..... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's difficult to do |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. that isn't really a definition |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Well, everyone lays claim to "progressive" at one time or another |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I like your honesty |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. You're just giving an example |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. In terms of economics today, FDR would be progressive |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. I think that's part of the issue... |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Flame away, Fellow DU'ers but the reason is... |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Radical conservatives feel the same way |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. radical conservatives feel all sorts of ways, I'd imagine. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. My point? ..Radical conservatives feel the same way |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 05:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. My reasoning is based on the assumption that |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 05:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I agree with you there |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I understand your point but I'm slightly brainwashed in the sense |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. True...But I'm smarter than they are! |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 05:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I think the point is that, for a majority of Americans |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, but only after we break the stranglehold of RW media. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Maybe in office Kerry will be progressive |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Good one! |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. of course they could |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Great post |
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salonghorn70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. If Kucinich IS Your Definition of Progressive |
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SanFranciscoDemocrat (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. Eek! Commies! |
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Lefty Pragmatist (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 10:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. How about Jesus marrying a homosexual? |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. Not in today's climate. But it is possible down the road... |
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genius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. A progressive would have the easiest time |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 10:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Then why do all so-called 'progressive' candidacies fail? |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 11:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Many reasons-- foremost being money and the media |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 11:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Right. the media controlled this primary from start to finish |
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genius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 12:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Kerry's more progressive than Dean. Did he fail. The news media |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. Can progressives grow a pair of balls and.. |
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