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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 09:31 PM Original message |
Is "pragmatism" a dirty word? Is "compromise"? |
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kweerwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. The difference between 'compromise' and 'pragmatism' |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. So are they both dirty words then? |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Couple of definitions would help. Try these, since they're in dictionarie |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Honorable people of good conscience can always come to an agreement. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That may be true when you're looking at their current crop of |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. It depends on the compromise. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. good point |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Ha! Great point. |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. They are dirty words if the other side is uncompromising. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I guess where we disagree is that I don't think it's the vast |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Nope. Pragmatic thing to do this time around is run someone who |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I think Kerry lost because the election was rigged, not because he |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. gosh the other side said he was far left. kerry isnt a centralist |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I don't think he's a centrist, either. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 02:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I tend to agree with you about the election theft. But Kerry's "flip flop" |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. You mean like the Missouri Compromise or Munich? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. my father called me a pragmatist like it was. i looked it up. i liked it |
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