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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:27 PM Original message |
Has The Democratic Party just given up on trying to attract new voters? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. What Leads You To Suppose, Sir |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Sir, popular polls that have been taken over and over, year after year, |
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Don't impugn the thousands |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Actually, the OP wasn't impugning them(us) |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Not impugning the dems in the trenches at all, and if I gave that |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Listening to the media "Lapdogs" again? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Don't know about the lapdogs as I am generally unaware of what passes for |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Is THAT what you see? |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Thank you for brightening my Sunday |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 07:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
40. Whatever this sorry melange of venom and self-pity is |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. and when it comes to a "sorry melange of venom and self-pity" |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. There's no principles involved in supporting the Bush-Clinton version |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 07:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Peddle it walking, Kenny..... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Now you're just recycling slurs, Benchley |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. The Green Party is a really bad comparision... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. I agree. I used to be one of the apathetic... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. I agree |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Thank you so much for your reply. You are exactly what I'm talking about |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I would hit the campaign trail for any candidate who said: |
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BigYawn (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 10:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. That was basically McGovern & Gene McCarthy patform, and |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Before my time but |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. McCarthy wasn't nominated, so he can't truly be called a sure loser. |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
47. It really is this simple |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. I agree with your premise that Dem leaders spend most time and |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. our leaders are so afraid of being seen as representing |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Exactly! and the sad thing is...the ordinary people who call themselves |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. If people didn't vote in 2004, why would they in 2006? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Simple. Actually talk about the issues that really affect them! |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. Don't forget the middle class! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I hardly think anyone has "forgotten the middleclass"! |
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BigYawn (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #48 |
69. Looks to me like "middle class" is fat and happy with their 401-k's |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Why settle for the existing voters when you know |
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PsycheCC (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's a good question. I wonder if part of the reason is that we tend |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
53. What numbers are you referring to that show Dems are not turning out |
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PsycheCC (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. "Put the lies aside?" |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. "Dems are more apathetic"? Bullshit. |
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PsycheCC (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I'm tired of people like you yelling at me. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. The proof is in the Whitehouse. n/t |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. A Resounding "YES" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I guess you are not aware of the times they have spoken out on this. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I said, BY THE PARTY, yes? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Well, well, well, well. You asked, I answered. Must have other motives |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. My goodness. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You got the answer you asked for. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. wrong place |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Never mind....I got the terminology down pat. Welcome to DU. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Thanks for the hospitality. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
67. And it is the poor and disenfranchised that are the traditional strength |
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Mark E. Smith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nobody Loves Me, Everybody Hates Me... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Ok. But, in fairness, Gore abetted that lie |
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Mark E. Smith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Bullshit |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Deleted message |
Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. So you're endorsing the bland centrist "change nothing" approach? |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Democratic Party IS attracting new voters. |
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Daylin Byak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. The Democratic Party has re-energitize me!!! |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. I actually got a bond-like certificate in the mail n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Agreed that fraud is key to overcoming the Repuke machine. |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. That is not true. The dem turnout in 2004 was greater than ever |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. The numbers went up, the percentages did not. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. Yes, many "disaffecteds" are turning up..........that's good.... |
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Andromeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 04:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
58. I don't see too much apathy anymore. |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
41. No, it's just the GOP |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 10:13 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Yes, unless |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. They don't want landslides |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Still, I don't think you could use fraud |
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NoodleBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
62. I think you're just talking about the DLC |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
63. not one person has mentioned... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Blackwell is trying to do the same in Ohio |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Well, it seems that the repukes are not ignoring the potential of |
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