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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:25 PM Original message |
What... Exactly, Do Centrists Stand For ??? And Which Founding Father... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've been wondering what Progressives stand for?! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. "There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow line and dead armadillos," |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Go find a Centrist, if you can, and ask them. nt |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. spectators are on the left and right of the field. The players are in the middle |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. HAHAHAHAHA! |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. None of these supposed "centrists" want to admit their candidate lost... |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 07:36 AM Response to Reply #44 |
69. The primaries rage on, in the minds of few... |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. let's examine your naive post |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 02:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Well... Ya Gotta Admit... |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Categories suck. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. I agree. Which bugs the hell out of me. A lot of people on DU subscribe to the cats though. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. DP |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. I fail to see how a productive discussion can emerge from this question. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. LOL !!! - I'm Not Challenging The Candidate, I'm Challenging The Voters !!! |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. centristunderground.com, this is not. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Sure... And So Is A Thermometer In Diagnosing A Health Issue... |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Quantitative versus qualitative data. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I Hear Ya... But In A Two-Party System, It Seems To Have Had Some Meaning For Years... |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. With so much division/variety within each party, however, |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 02:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
45. That Is Exactly What I'm Saying |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Cheers! |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Which Founding Father was progressive, or conservative? |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yeah... I Don't Remember Any Famous Centrists From Back Then Either |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. It took Ben Franklin a long time to join the Revolution |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 07:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
70. What would have been considered centrist back then? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. The founding fathers were slave holders who didn't want to pay their taxes |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. TRUE PROGRESSIVES! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. LOL !!! |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. well, not all the founding fathers were slave holders and they were |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. details, details |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Hahahaha....All day today I've been cracking up by posts. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I'm Trying To Work On My Inner-Progressive |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Most were, and they were all rich white, male landowners who wrote a document that excluded women... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Actually, Blacks were property. Then it was amended ... |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Ah... But Remember... THAT (the 3\5ths part) Was A Compromise... |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Many of the founders actually tried to abolish slavery in the Declaration of Independence |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
59. "so it's hard to hold that too much against them" |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
57. Exactly which section and paragraph |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Women were denied the right to vote until the constitution was amended |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. The Constitution did not exclude women from voting |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. The people who wrote the constitution were of the opinion that women did not have equal rights |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Delete. Wrong spot. nt |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. all centrism does is mainstream neoliberal capitalism |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Ding, Ding, Ding!!! We have a winner. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. You nailed that one. nt |
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27inCali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. George Washington was a Centrist |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yeah... I Can Just Hear Washington Saying... |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. why would you think such a thing was centrism? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. "what do centrists stand for?" |
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salonghorn70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Very Well Said |
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Eyes_wide_ open (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. excellent quotes |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Using myself as an example |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
64. can you list what you agree with the republicans on? |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #64 |
71. You are taking an extreme view of what centrist means |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
38. Posts #22 and 32 get to the issue. |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-19-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. After 28 years of trickle down corporatist bullshit, the problem is not "right vs left." |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
40. wow nice to see all of the Republican enablers out and active! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 03:00 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Care To Expand On That Thought ??? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. if it's lost on you, oh well. my statement is ridiculously obvious |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Of Course It's Obvious To You... I Assume You Know What Goes On In Your Own Head, But... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. The entire constitution was one big compromise. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
43. James Madison was probably the most Centrist Founding Father. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
48. Centrism |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'm pretty much a centrist. And DU is littered with all of my numerous opinions |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
56. Well, |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. What he said. |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
60. I consider myself a centrist. |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Good for you |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. How is that "centrist?" |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Because I believe Democratic, Republican and "Centrism" is more an ideology, |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
68. Triangulating and trying to win with a "moderate" viewpoint deduced from the |
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