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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:39 AM Original message |
HP: Are Progressives Losing Touch With Reality? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm starting to wonder if a portion of us wasn't ALWAYS out of touch with reality... |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Agree 100% |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. The lunatics |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. You Are Correct! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Absolutely. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Deleted message |
green917 (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. +1,000,000,000 |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. Excellent Post! |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Yep. I'm beginning to believe that, too. And I witnessed this all day yesterday |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. I wish i could unrec a reply. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Of course their fringe is worse. The modern day American left is mostly anti-violence. |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. i agree but... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
54. Couldn't agree more |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Gawd, you are all so durn SMART! |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. Only starting to wonder? this late? |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
67. "we have our fringe lunatics just like the right does" |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. We wouldn't have had a 2nd bush tax cut if McCain had been President. |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Huh? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I read that somewhere else. Pining for McCain is none other than Cenk |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. ditto. n/t |
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sadbear (799 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Cenk is right on this one |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. TOTALLY DISAGREE... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Cenk's claim is bogus |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. Hmm... he started out praising Hillary just one week ago. Now he moves |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. Absolutely true... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. It also took a Democratic president to open up Social Security for attack n/t |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. "It took a Democratic president to push the bush tax cuts the 2nd time around. " |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
38. That's nutty. McCain would have wanted them permanent |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Bomb bomb bomb Iran! |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. Didn't we hear the same after the HCR fiasco - and what happened next? 11/02/2010 |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. So then tell me... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Better to have simply maintained the status quo than make the Raw Deal. |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Aside from an extension of UIC, really, what have they done that's any good? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Filibuster used to be a lot more than 60 to overcome. He should have expired |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I guess you did not watch... |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
41. I know how much more it is used now. Nothing would wake up the American people |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. We are going to show them reality on 11/06/2012. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. RUSerius? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I'M Series! |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. Without Calling People Names The Assertion That Tax Cuts Don't Create Jobs Is Simply Not True. |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I agree with you... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. "Those Dirty Fucking Hippies...Were Right!"....LINK: |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. Kos is |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. Controversy drives those mouse clicks. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. K&R... |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
14. I believe that the Progressives might be among the few who are |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. The rest are still drunk on greed. Last financial crisis didn't sober them up, unfortunately. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. I agree with your post. And, in addition to the underlying greed, |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's blind, head-in-sand sycophant Obama apologists who are out of touch with REALITY. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Amen to that |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
29. We had much worse lobbed at us when we marched against the war in Iraq. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
60. "Those Dirty Fucking Hippies...Were ...CORRECT! LINK: |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
30. dennis 4868, |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Have you ever talked to Huffington Post about their position? |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. Just a reminder, DU's copyright guidelines state that no more than four paragraphs from an original |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
36. Progressives have been right about everything. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
40. they definitely live in a fantasy world |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
42. Only if "reality" is defined as right-wing policies being good for the country. nt |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'm gonna go with "yes".... |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
49. Sadly, yes. And it's becoming more obvious each day. n/t |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
53. YES! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
58. But, if Obama's Across the Board Tax Cuts don't Create Jobs...why is he pushing it? |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. There you go using logic. n/t |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
61. Who was the president that said during his |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yeah we are all insane, that must be it. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
65. "progressives" started worrying in the 1980s when working class jobs (rural & urban) were expedited |
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