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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:05 AM Original message |
Do you think most dems in the US are more middle of the road? |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think they are left of the middle and right of DU. n/t |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. me too. so really aren't they actually the base? |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Depends on what you mean by "base." |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. we're the base in terms of intellectual activity? The base doesn't vote for democrats? |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. By that, I mean |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. yo do realize that there are moderate DU'rs, right? |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Of course there are. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. That sounds about right. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. They'd probably describe themselves that way |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. NT |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. I know they are... |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. Certainly. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. If you go issue-by-issue (i.e., war, health care, fiscal policy, civil liberties, civil rights) you |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. But DUers are always telling other DUers they are not real progressives or liberals. |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. thank you. this is not liberal underground or progressive underground...it's democratic underground. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. The base of the Democratic party is "liberal" and "progressive." |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Exactly. That's why Kucinich is the only centrist in the race, since his issues, |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. yes. nt. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. Considering how far to the right that "middle of the road" |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Makes sense to me. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
16. Most Americans are conformists. The go along to get along. |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. i think they are stupid sheep |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
21. Most people, democrats and republican alike, are centrists. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. This is the correct answer. |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
22. The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos. -- Jim Hightower |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. No. I think they're just quite willing to jettison principles when told they're "losers." |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. The question is, where is the base on that Political Compass? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The point I'm trying to make is that it's moot. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I agre, They don't even vote their issues or their own self interest. This is |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
25. I'm not sure what you mean by your terminology. For example, let's take |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. No, I think left and right (and middle) are arbitrary designations. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. Than on DU? Hell yes! |
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