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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:23 AM Original message |
So, why support Democrats? |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. important to remember this. Dems may not always do what we want, |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. You know what? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No, it won't. That's why I'm fighting to either ditch health care reform proposals |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. So it's certainly better to elect the person who will throw a bone AT the progressive |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Look around. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. No, there aren't |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. Politicians are a bad lot - Democrats are only slightly better than the GOP, |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. Bullshit. There are more than just Democrats and republicans in the pool, and if the |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. There are no third parties that take electoral politics seriously |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. If enough people are hurt by both parties, something will happen. It may be challenging |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I think I'll just go stab grannie in hopes that we'll have a better system for my grandkids |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Vote your conscience /nt |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I think that primary challenges are the way to go |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. It is important to throw elections to people like Sarah Palin? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yes, because when we all go insane, we'll have learned a valuable lesson |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. Because voting for the Greens fucks you over with another George W. Bush? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. As long as progressives buy into the "not as bad" meme we will stay stuck in the 2 party system. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. And use the votes for what? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. We've created a system of governing in a vacuum. |
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