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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:19 AM Original message |
•••••• NY Times - G.O.P. Threatens Seats Long Held by Democrats •••••• |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks for the rec. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Here's another. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for the second rec. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And another rec... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. +1,000,000 |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. More recommends are needed (I'm one of the initial 3). |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. Oh Noes.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Deleted message |
KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. And You Are??? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Deleted message |
salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I find wisdom in Kharma Train's words |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Welp, Salin, I've been INVOLVED with Democratic Party campaigns and government for HALF a century |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
74. Thank you for your work... |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Good points, Salin. I think you are right to touch on the economic angle. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. You Have It Right, Salin... |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Nasty comment.. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
9. Nah.. the GOPers peaked too soon.. looks like we are headed for a "normal" mid-term.. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm hoping the recent extremism shown will start bringing people |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Yep, all their cries of "socialism", "Government takeover", "Obama will destroy America".. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. DCBob, your link has a headline --- |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Sure all politics is "precarious" but your OP sounds like we are headed for a disaster.. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. My headline, DCBob, is not even mine but the exact title of the NY Times article. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I am not questioning the headline.. I question your interpretation.. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Okay, Bob, I stand corrected. You're questioning my interpretation. But you're still wrong. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Well I think you are wrong.. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
61. That post deals with the Senate landscape. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Thanks for that link, Tritsofme. Here's a quote from it: |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. The Repubs need to pick up 41 seats to regain House majority... |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. Piffle n/t |
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Democat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
14. Can't believe how the Democratic Party still seems so weak! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. As long as the monied interests can pass around cash, yes. |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. We aren't weak. We just aren't a bunch of Nazis with a base made up of lemmings. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Walk, there is the matter of TACTICS in all this. |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I think both sides reduced to a bunch of ranting children is a bad idea. |
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Democat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. I agree with you, but I also agree with breadandwine. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Thanks, Democrat. The teabaggers are all over the place like white on rice |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
22. meh |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
23. The recent reversal of roles of the Parties, the exposure of Republicans, and even the Teabaggers |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Thom, you had me interested until you said the GOP is going to lose seats. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
24. The Democratic Party is to blame if there is Democratic trouble. Will they get the message? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
25. More hyperbolic scare mongering from Ad Nags |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Blogslut, I don't dispute that there is GOP scare mongering. But you need to notice that it WORKS. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. What once worked does not always work forever |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. It has worked for an entire year. The GOP beat up on us so bad that what we are left with is |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. That is your opinon |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Blogslut, I agree with you that the healthcare bill is a step forward. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. Ah geez. They're called mid-term elections and this piece of hyperbole is |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Pinto, regardless of who is propagating the meme, why aren't DEMOCRATS propagating the meme that |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
32. We really do need more BRAVE OUTSPOKEN Democrats speaking with STRENGTH & CLARITY |
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Democat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Exactly! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I think people who have developed those thinking skills, being the kinds of persons they are, have |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Exactly. Democrats act like we don't even know what a soundbyte IS. |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
36. We need to do more. We need to emasculate the GOP every chance we get. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
37. The basic problem is the seniority system in Congress |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. Damn that Nader! |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Well, Karmadillo, if we were fighting more, Nader would never have gotten anywhere. |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. Always beat up the GOP and sell ourselves. Turn the lever all the way up... |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Democrats think about engaging in policy debates. Republicans think about skinning us alive. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
48. Vote Misogynist Anti-American Fundamentalism - Vote republican 2012! |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Why isn't anybody on our side in high places saying that the REPUBLICANS are dooming us? |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Oh no. We can't say doomsday. We're not allowed! Only Republicans are allowed to say that! |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. There is something CLINICALLY INSANE about the planet being this far gone ecologically |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. what's not to understand? |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
54. They think pretending to be Repugs will win Repug votes. Fuck that! |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Kablooie, further up this thread I mentioned a mistake of Truman. Let me now mention a Truman quote |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
56. Ohnoes. Ad Nags said something. I'm so concerned. And look at all the dots! |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Uh oh. Blue in Bloo is name calling. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
57. I think maybe the NYTimes needs to stop bemoaning a disaster that hasn't happened. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Arkana, how would you say this election is different from 1994? |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I'd say that the GOP had an organized platform and a defined leader |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Okay, Arkana. Good points. Now some counter points. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. I'm not saying that we don't need to get off our asses and make sure that |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Arkana, it's amazing how many people are running around with their hair on fire saying my hair is. |
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libtodeath (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
68. We had the votes |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Killed the insurance industry? |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
77. It's APRIL!!! November is a loooong time away. Anything could happen between now and then. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Not necessarily, Jillan. What happens now lays the groundwork for the November election. |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
79. That is the problem with having control over Congress and the Senate isn't it.. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:02 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Well, BrentWil, that's sort of what happened under Bush - the public eventually got sick of him. |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
81. THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!! |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
83. Part of the problem is that some Democrats have no idea what happened back in 1994 |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. The GOP demagogued the election and it sounded stupid but it worked |
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