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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 08:51 PM
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You know what... I came back and started to post again after a long time gone from here
and I actually thought this morning, after it all sunk in, that DU would begin to gel... and we'd all focus our disgust where it belonged.

But today, its still all, 'blame this part of us, blame that part of us, we're too this, we're not enough that'

Sometimes, this place really sucks.

Republicans = them

Democrats = us

How freaking hard is that?
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 08:54 PM
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1. yeah
:thumbsup:
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 08:56 PM
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2. maybe now we have a common 'enemy' . the last two years we've been eating out own
we'll get over this election, may just take another day or so
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 08:59 PM
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3. I hope so.
Edited on Wed Nov-03-10 09:00 PM by Coexist
I used to love it here. It was my refuge.

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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 08:59 PM
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4. Sorry, but there are some here who wish to spin this loss as an "act of god"
And if we fail to learn the real lessons of this defeat, we are doomed to repeat it in 2012.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 09:48 PM
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9. Well, that certainly isn't the more pragmatic DUers
So, I'll be waiting for a contrite post any time now.
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 09:49 PM
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10. Do you mean the *actual* pragmatic DUers?
Or the ones you think are pragmatic?
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 10:03 PM
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17. Captain semantic to the rescue
:smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :smoke:
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 09:23 PM
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5. Sorry, you have the wrong "us" and "them".
Political class = them
Working class = us

The working class is desperately flailing around looking for someone - anyone - to be on their side, and they will keep switching their votes in the desperate hope that this time the roulette wheel will pay off.

If betting on the Dems had actually paid off for the working class, we wouldn't have had the results we had last night.

THAT is the simple truth.

sw
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 09:42 PM
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6. +1
Dems don't need "party unity". They need to stand up for the working class or join ranks with the Republicans and give up. Get a platform or go home.
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 09:45 PM
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7. Bingo! n/t
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 09:46 PM
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8. +1 n/t
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 09:50 PM
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11. +1
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 09:51 PM
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12. Nailed it.
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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 09:56 PM
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13. Nailed it.
It's still taking a lot of hard partisans in both parties a looooong time to figure this out, while working class America drowns more every day.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 09:59 PM
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15. Working class? You missed the memo
we are all MIDDLE CLASS... from the billionaires all the way to the janitor making 25K a year.

And that my dear is part of the problem.

When people ask me I tell them I AM WORKING CLASS. I have had people look at me askance.
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ProgressIn2008 Donating Member (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 09:58 PM
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14. Exactly so. nt
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 10:00 PM
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16. It will take until the New Speaker is sworn in
and then the stoopid will break.

First will be all the investigations!
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PDittie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 05:11 AM
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18. Whta's best about this forum
is when it isn't talking about itself. No offense.
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