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LiviaOlivia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:19 AM Original message |
Memo to the Greens: You are irrelevant. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Greens taking Republican money undermines their every argument |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. When I went to see Joan Baez last Saturday there was a guy |
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Red Zelda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. Greens are nothing |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. If Democrats fail to hold Bush accountable or fail to bring the troops home |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Now that I can fully agree with! |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. "that there would be hell to pay" |
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Conker (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
72. Yeah, your right. |
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(40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
77. Now there's a flaming hot thread... |
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ncrainbowgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 02:15 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Welcome to DU, reliberalation! |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. And you seriously don't understand people and what motivates them. Also, you lack realism. |
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clichemoth (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. But the Greens don't have the numbers... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 04:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
56. I'm going to shoot one argument down right now that has been bugging me for a while. |
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mcg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. "no matter what" |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. It's too bad that there were not more pragmatic Greens in Florida in 2000. |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
44. Would it be possible... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
61. Democrats don't take Republican money |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Joe Lieberman does |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. Greens worked to defeat Lamont in CT |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. That is also proof that they aren't out to be satisfied, so why try. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. AIPAC also worked to defeat Lamont in CT |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. Greens are not Democrats. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. There is a vain quality to many of the Greens |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
63. Exactly |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 05:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
81. Indeed & this can apply to some Dems too |
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Amused Musings (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. One can look at Greens this way |
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codjh9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't think it's that simple |
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primative1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Ditto ... |
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Mark E. Smith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. The So-Called Green Party almost cost us Virginia |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Wrong. The greens fielded no candidate in Virginia. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You just know the same spoilers voted for the Independant Green, though. n/t |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. You have no proof of that. However just so you know exit polls indicate 7% of Dems voted other. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Sure, but everyone else knows it anyways so I don't have to prove it. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Everyone knows it so I don't have to prove it? Isn't that the republican mantra? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You said "other", not "Republican". |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Sorry, wasn't clear. "Other" meant non-democrat in this case. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I know being factually incorrect is no deterrent for your errant belief system... |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. A nauseating pity party article from a Green running for Governor in WI |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. The Green Party can go fuck itself. |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. Memo to people who write "Memo to..." in their subject lines: |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. ROFL |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Clarification: the Greens are irrelevant with regard to their own goals. |
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architect359 (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Not always the case though |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I've done so, and do so, myself. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
35. Always magnanimous in victory, eh? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. Laughing at IRV is seriously stupid |
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Greatwildbeast (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. IRV is working there |
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Cafe Americano (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
38. don't worry |
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Codeblue (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. God damn two party bullshit |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Best post in this miserable thread. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. The founding Fathers did not create a 2 party system. |
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Codeblue (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Well |
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BrokenBeyondRepair (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 07:33 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. divide and conquer |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #39 |
64. How will this be accomplished? |
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Codeblue (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. I do understand |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
73. Here Here!!! |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
41. They are NOT irrelevant. |
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immerlinks (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
45. They are not irrelevant |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Welcome to DU! |
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immerlinks (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:14 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Red or Green? |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Christmas - of course!! |
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immerlinks (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:19 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I should probably explain Red or Green |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:40 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Are you Red, Green, or Christmas? |
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immerlinks (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 10:12 AM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Green |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:32 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Love the comment about libertarians |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
50. The Green party wants to build |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
52. I think we should start a "True Conservative" party to have the same effect |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
54. I wish the greens would run candidates |
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greeneggs708 (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
55. Flush The Greens |
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BrokenBeyondRepair (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
57. memo to the democrats |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 08:00 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Ah, these guys are from the |
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Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
60. This sounds... |
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immerlinks (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 10:26 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. You are quite obviously misguided |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
62. This was a Pragmatic Election |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
68. Almost deadly in some states. The 3rd party kills the dem chances. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:08 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Declaring them irrelevant is probably not a good way of doing this. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 05:49 AM Response to Reply #68 |
82. Verbally eviscerating them won't make them become Dems sooner. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
70. I'd prefer a different route: If we need their votes so badly we better start |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
71. Greens gave the Michigan Senate to the GOP |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
75. The Greens are a rival political party and I am a Democrat |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
76. The Greens have always been irrelevant its nothing new. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
78. Folks on this board are working hard to make them relevant again |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
79. Wow what an arrogant, ignorant statement |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Unfortunately, the greens have nothing to offer a coalition |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. "Self-righteousness is not a luxury American politics can afford." |
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