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nckjm (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:58 PM Original message |
The Dumbing Down of Progressives |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Like I needed more confirmation on what an asshole Rendell is. |
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nckjm (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. good point! |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. what'd I miss? |
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SugarShack (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Soc. Sec contributes NOTHING to the debt. It should not even be on the table. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. It will starting next year. The cost of the 2% payroll tax holiday is going |
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Nordmadr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I have been unable to determine how they can even defend the |
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savannah43 (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. The cost of the 2% will be $120 billion. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. For that 40k person, it is almost 2x the Making Work Pay Credit. Was |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. They want to keep people working so they don't think about what is going on. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Progressives and Pragmatists are going in opposite directions |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. +1 |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. First, let's draw a clear line between "politicians" and "progressives". |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yep. Rendell is a DLCer who fervently supported fellow DLCer Hillary Clinton |
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nckjm (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Interesting you should mention Ed Schultz |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. The TV "progressives" are also subject to hiring/firing restraints on what they can say |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That's part of blurring the lines |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. "You aren't a progressive, you are a far left extremist!" |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Absolutely |
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tech9413 (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Having spent most of my life in PA and meeting the guy f/f |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well said. A true progressive would argue for increasing SS guarantees. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. Not all Democrats are actually Democrats |
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nckjm (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Thanks for the welcome |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. That's a great first post. |
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nckjm (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Thanks for the welcome |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. I gotta say I had the same reaction. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. They are not even trying to pretend anymore. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. He was talking to someone on cnn |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Kicked&Recommended! |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. No, this is not where Progressives are heading |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. Welcome to the machine. |
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Aleric (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. I could except this if not for... |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
25. the problem is that you ever saw rendell as a progressive. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
26. If one is in favor of |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
27. Frogs can be jumpers but the jumps from high places may be beneficial to us all. JMFJ! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
28. that interview is symptomatic of the Disease of the Single Narrative. nt |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. Rendell is dumb. Period. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
31. Here in SoCal we have a company called "Progressive Private Security" |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Just wearing a "Progressive" label doesn't make it real |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. Welcome to DU. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. Great first post. I'll never understand the big objection to raising |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
39. I don't think the issue is whe "dumbing down" of progressives... |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. I like Rendell so much better |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. PROGRESSIVES? You Gotta Be Kidding! Doncha Know...We are "Fucking Retards" |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
42. Welcome! I imagine someone with your views has an occasionally "interesting' |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. K&R |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
47. To play absolute devil's advocate regarding the age factor |
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