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Thu Dec-18-08 10:07 AM Original message |
Why Obama isn't reaching out to progressives |
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rolleitreks
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. We don't want smart politics. We want change. n/t |
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gravity
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You have to play politics to get change |
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Demi_Babe
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. yes you do and Obama is the master |
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IsItJustMe
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Or could it be that he is avoiding the perception that he is in any way, shape, or form a liberal. |
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. What would be his motivation to avoid the liberal label? |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. How does this decision help end divisive politics? |
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Thu Dec-18-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Because the change is GOING to happen inevitably |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Dec-18-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. But, again, is it necessary to alienate friends... |
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Liberal_Stalwart71
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't support many of his positions. But I knew that from the beginning when I finally came |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. If thats the case then what you are really saying is that Obama is taking for granted |
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FormerDittoHead
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. Bush seems to gotten just about every fucking thing he asks for except Social Security 'reform'. |
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gravity
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. And what happened to his political power? |
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FormerDittoHead
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Good points. *I* AM willing to give it a try, but I wonder if THEY are willing. n/t |
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gravity
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Some will, others won't |
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uponit7771
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Thu Dec-18-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. NO!!! I think the mistake on Obama's part is thinking there are ANY moderates lef in the GOP! |
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Johonny
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Thu Dec-18-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I slightly disagree with this |
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earthside
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. After Eight Years of Bush ... |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. Alienating the very people who supported him is SQUANDERING political capital. |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. There is a world of conservative clerics who aren't banishing major groups of people to hell. nt |
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BlooInBloo
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Actually, I thought that's what the phrase "conservative cleric" *meant*. |
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