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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:38 PM Original message |
What did reaching out to the right get us? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. BAMMO- they kicked us right in the balls |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. More abuse. nt |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. What did we get? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I meant more abuse from the Right -- I didn't make myself clear. Do you |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I did think you meant my post was abusive |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. No no -- your post wasn't that way at all, and it made me realize that once |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. No worries! |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. It got us a punch to the gut and a 30 stitch gash on our forehead |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. It bought the party political cover |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. It didn't even buy that. Obama was still a Hitlerian crypto-Kenyan Stalinist apparatchik |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. a kick in the keester |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. A big fat dick on Tuesday Nov 2. nt |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. No more compromise. |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. The biggest healthcare reform since Medicare, the biggest middle-class taxcut in history, |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Shhhh, you're supposed to pretend it was a complete disaster, not the most productive Congress in a |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Who in Congress was proud of their productivity? Who in Congress scorned it? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Not worth talking to you |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Well, if you have disagreements, post them--I won't reply if that's what bothers you |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. The whole premise of this post is just another cheap-shot at Democrats |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I'm just asking what the practical gain was from reaching out |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. There are many aspects to this issue |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I really am not liking the simplistic blame-slinging on either side |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Except you? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. But the moderates and conservative Democrats run all these things down at every opportunity |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Durbin would be my first choice too But even Schumer would be a vast improvement |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. No matter what, it's tough to guide a party forward while looking over your shoulder |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. You're equating "biggest" with "effective". |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. You're believing the spin. |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. So anything short of your definition of PERFECTION is a step backwards? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I didn't say anything about perfection. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Financial reform ought to have been simple |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You're right. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. "you must buy crappy insurance or get a fine" is not reform |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 12:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
43. Consumer Financial Agency |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. In return for lowering fees, banks can now charge higher interest |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. That's interesting how you twisted my words there. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 02:17 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. For someone who refuses to have discussions |
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Winston Wolf (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Kicked... |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. I thought it was raining... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Off balance. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 02:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
50. Yes. |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
28. A beating |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
33. Meh, You and President Obama may have reached out to the fuckwits, but I never did. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
51. Bwahahaha |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
39. Wasted time, watered down ineffective solutions = the appearance of not having the answers. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
40. The facts don't fit your narrative. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. You think that Obama received all he deserved for his concessions, then |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Obama recieved a few Republican votes for most of his major agenda items. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
41. Stumps |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
48. Spanked. |
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