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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:27 PM Original message |
Gentry liberals: More concerned with global warming and gay rights than with lunch-pail joes |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. This sounds like a smear of everyone who believes that |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It's an indictment of the faction within the party |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. What an offensive column |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. And yet this very article is written by two from the Cocktail Party set |
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luckyleftyme2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. ah well |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. The gentry liberal crusade to tighten U.S. environmental regulations to slow |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. There is some truth in this unfortunately |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. How do these liberal pals of yours know that the janitor has "back back and |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. DU is not all Liberals |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
50. Humboldt! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. What a crock of shit |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Needs more than "eventual" solutions |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. I hate to say it -- but there's a valid point there |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. trying to distract from New Orleans ReThug Gentrification, they'r buying out large areas for casinos |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. Majorities are made of great alliances |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. The problem is -- "On whose terms?" |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. There is no conflict between environmentalists |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. When global warming climate change really hits the fan, the poor and middle class |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. we are all part of the environment |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. this guy can go fuck himelf |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. So much bull |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. Interesting |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. What a great story, Wesdem! Yes, on the ground results matter and break down barriers |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. It is fall. Time to roll out a new "product". In this case a new narrative "gentry liberals". |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Do I recall they used to call us...er, them..."limousine liberals"? nt |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Cocktail socialists |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. I never heard that one -- thanks! nt |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Riiight... HUMAN RIGHTS, environment and economics have NOTHING to do with each other. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Thank you, that's well put nt |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. We're running out of water in Atlanta. Who will be hurt first? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. typed just like somebody who does not care about working class issues |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I am working class, do I care about all these things? Why yes I do. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:55 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. how do you define 'working class'? |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:51 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Glad to discuss this with you - maybe we agree more than we disagree |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 05:29 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I think working together helps to bridge gaps |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 05:00 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. There is an epidemic of homelessness among LGBT youth |
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Kucinich4America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. What about the gay lunchpail Joe who gets skin cancer from eating his lunch outside?? |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Haven't you heard? |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. THIS was in the LA Times?! |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Remember it's an op-ed. The opinions expressed are those of the writers... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. NAFTA support stands in the way of disproving this. n/t |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. Gee, doesn't David Brooks talk about this on weekly basis? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. I hate this |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Amen, JerseygirlCT - and I guess false choices are so easy to pass off |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. Yes. nt |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. Written by people who don't read blogs. Um, gay rights and abortion |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. That about says it. And they all are interconnected. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Good points. nt |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
36. This is describing LA Republicans. Not any of the professional Dems I know. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. The only reason this ridiculous myth exists is because the right-wing |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Correct. And it is rags such as the LA Times that help the right wing... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. This is Repiggie Propaganda! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. or they could be reporting facts |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. The Very Title of the Article is An Attempt to Sow Division Between Gays and Workers |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. or it is acknowledgement of a division that is already there |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
44. Hmmm I didn't know that the environment doesn't effect working and middle class people |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
57. As opposed to Republicans.. |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
58. WAcKo element of our party has helped the GOP greatly |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
59. i'm a gay lunch pail joe -- and this guy doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. |
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