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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:22 PM Original message |
Talk of "dynasty" is this years "Both parties are the same." |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Democrats have led the way on election reform, so |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. And they have jumped up and held bush accountable |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. And they've responded to poll results showing that Iraqis want the US out now |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. I can sausage your anger. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. It ticks me off when idiots say this also. nt |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's just an excuse. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It's way more than that. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yes, and beyond gender, I think she can be the most effective. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That is certainly one of the intended uses, but one of many. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. The "Dynasty" argument is very real, and scares a great many of us. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Having someone who is not experienced in the WH scares me much more than two families |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. correction on this: I meant FEAR of dynastic rule is wasted time at this point. The time was 2000. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I share your concerns about Obama, and have for quite some time. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. no president changes us. WE the PEOPLE change. Example of people themselves being weak: |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. In all fairness, not very many people "followed Nader" on this. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. I thought you felt we needed a leader? Leaders are not elected, they emerge. There is no movement. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. my obama statments weren't in response to your post. They were examples of falsely using Obama |
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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Did Hill and Bill not praise Reagan as well? |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. well, I agree in that I don't recall any Republicans or mediatypes complaining of this in 2000 |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You don't recall it, but I do. It WAS discussed in 2000. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. huh. color me wrong. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. I remember endless discussions with Nader voters over the fact that the parties are different. |
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lwcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sorry |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yesh, reagan was polarizing too. certainly Bush was/is polarizing and got elected 2x |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. JFK was certainly polarizing. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yes, he was elected by a narrow margin. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. One of the thinnest in history. |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. And they only call it a dynasty in relation to the Bush regime |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yes, somehow Hillary gets the blame for 12 years of Bush rule. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Thank you . A brilliant and pithy statement! |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. That is absolutely ridiculous. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. No, what is ridiculous is your assertion that the WH is just going to be handed to Jeb in '12. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. This ain't 1992. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Ah, yes, golfing buddies. Proof of an evil conspiracy. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. You obviously don't play golf. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. yeah i remember those gore is bush lite comments too. it was stupid then and is stupid now |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm a Nader2K voter, and I say the "dynasty" meme is horseshit |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. Channel your anger into effort towards an election reform. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. I can't do much to assuage your anger... |
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