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91. Apparently, to this guy, voting for Jerry Brown

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #80)

Sat May 4, 2013, 03:44 PM

May 2013

is some sort of a stigmitation. . Why? Beats the hell out of me.

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LGBT activist Robert Pinter-"the fringe left is just as strident as the tea party on the right" [View all] graham4anything May 2013 OP

Cherry picked quote. Provide the link. Bonobo May 2013 #1

Discuss the (c) quote please. I can understand why those that hate a 80-20 world would. graham4anything May 2013 #3

Your 80-20 nonsense is meaningless and has no basis in fact. Bonobo May 2013 #6

the quote means exactly what I said it means. But have a nice Saturday. Sunny & warm. graham4anything May 2013 #8

why should anyone take your word for that??? cali May 2013 #19

Can you help me out? Who was it that said: MannyGoldstein May 2013 #41

I've brought that point up to him before he finds a way to contort it and dismiss saying we don't Arcanetrance May 2013 #50

the person who better said "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" graham4anything May 2013 #71

And what makes one quote better than the other? nt MannyGoldstein May 2013 #78

He was referring in both to using all methods to stop extremists from taking away our republic graham4anything May 2013 #79

And you're the one that wants to disregard certain sections of the BoR. nt. premium May 2013 #89

LGBT rights used to be considered very "fringe" as well. Had it not been for the Left, progress leveymg May 2013 #48

Are you a Scientologist? a la izquierda May 2013 #87

OMFG, premium May 2013 #88

You are right about the 80-20 split.... madinmaryland May 2013 #97

The fringe right now encompasses most of the right... CJCRANE May 2013 #2

The fringe on the left the OP is talking about Bonobo May 2013 #5

Ron & Rand Paul/David Duke/Dennis Kucinich now are working as one in the same fringe group. graham4anything May 2013 #9

Can you tell me how Dennis Kucinich is working with Ron & Rand Paul/David Duke? Autumn May 2013 #63

In a new lobby group that Ron Paul started (or whatever wording Ron Paul used.) Dennis is member graham4anything May 2013 #66

Obama had had meetings and a dinner with Boehner and other fringe lunatics on the right, Autumn May 2013 #74

And Elizabeth Warren was republican and voted for Reagan and one of the Bush's. graham4anything May 2013 #77

Cite? Union Scribe May 2013 #86

And, Hillary was a Goldwater Girl Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #94

i married a goldwater girl! madrchsod May 2013 #105

Again LostOne4Ever May 2013 #104

Why not say this to the 13 people that weekly make 100s of anti-Obama posts and anti- graham4anything May 2013 #107

Thats what i have been doing LostOne4Ever May 2013 #109

I disagree totally. The fringe IN OFFICE on the right, not the 80-20 people themselves. graham4anything May 2013 #7

why should 5% hijack a party? 5% get way more than 5% should get attention wise. graham4anything May 2013 #16

yawn KG May 2013 #4

except you posted an ugly picture to distract, and didn't argue it at all.(oops). graham4anything May 2013 #10

apropos pic cali May 2013 #12

YOU actually think you get to tell people what is and isn't relevant? Fuck that cali May 2013 #11

it's irrelevant to the conversation. graham4anything May 2013 #13

oh no. YOU don't get to tell me what to do. Ever. cali May 2013 #25

Did you vote for Jerry Brown in 1992? graham4anything May 2013 #27

what does that have to do with..... anything? cali May 2013 #30

that would be telling. graham4anything May 2013 #69

You mean that guy who is a very good Democratic governor of our largest state? Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #80

Apparently, to this guy, voting for Jerry Brown premium May 2013 #91

Is this the same Kris Kristofferson who decorates his vocal booth..... socialist_n_TN May 2013 #67

Bacon... Pelican May 2013 #14

Without Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby and Duke Ellington, there would be zippo Pop music today. graham4anything May 2013 #28

zippo pop music. something else that only exists in your..... mind. cali May 2013 #31

one could say Billy Murray and Henry Burr, but you would just say WHO? (not the actor) graham4anything May 2013 #35

What is to gain by going to the center? LostOne4Ever May 2013 #15

a very big point is missing graham4anything May 2013 #18

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if the above is true, why do you get so steaming mad and not just ignore it and look the other way? graham4anything May 2013 #26

your historical revisionism, garbage predictions, slamming of the left cali May 2013 #32

Kucinich LostOne4Ever May 2013 #40

Yeah, that's why the Republican party is so moderate these days Fumesucker May 2013 #20

the powers in the republican party are not the people itself(i.e. our neighbors in real life) graham4anything May 2013 #22

put down your murky crystal ball cali May 2013 #24

Obamacare will be fully engaged by 2016 Fumesucker May 2013 #29

Thanks for the link LostOne4Ever May 2013 #45

without compromise, one wouldn't have gotten FDR or LBJ, nor Lincoln's getting rid of slavery. graham4anything May 2013 #37

Totally agree! LostOne4Ever May 2013 #43

Village Voice OKNancy May 2013 #17

yes, and I am/was going to post it as a lead OP, or you can. graham4anything May 2013 #21

The quote is by a bitter old hag... trumad May 2013 #33

but he is 100% correct. Truer words were never spoken. graham4anything May 2013 #34

You really have to quit making pronouncements that you are 100 percent correct. trumad May 2013 #36

just the vocal fringe. 9 out of 10 times, the same exact people each and every time, right? graham4anything May 2013 #38

80-20...snarf trumad May 2013 #47

I haven't seen you win anything pintobean May 2013 #46

word salads neverforget May 2013 #75

btw-do you consider a person in their 50's old?Please explain the meaning of response #33 graham4anything May 2013 #39

I'm in my fifties... and I'm fucking old. trumad May 2013 #44

At least "the fringe left" is not about "corporations are people." Discuss THAT. WinkyDink May 2013 #42

Ralph Nader & Electing Nixon, Reagan, Ford, Bush,Bush and in 2016 Jeb got you that. graham4anything May 2013 #49

80/20? Is this a real thing? toddaa May 2013 #51

May I ask a question after reading through these comments Arcanetrance May 2013 #52

Had to look him up, he's a NYC writer, not an activist and I'd never heard of him at all. Bluenorthwest May 2013 #53

I gotta laugh, but shall do so silently. graham4anything May 2013 #55

Where is a link to the quote you make? Where is Mr Pinter's bio? Bluenorthwest May 2013 #57

Yup... SidDithers May 2013 #54

Yup again. graham4anything May 2013 #60

Yup whatchamacallit May 2013 #90

Like you and MadHound, right?.., SidDithers May 2013 #92

Wrong whatchamacallit May 2013 #96

Who was tombed, Sid? Number23 May 2013 #110

Far left? What far left? Who is far left? burnodo May 2013 #56

LBJ was the left back then, and the left left LBJ behind in 1968 to get what? Nixon. graham4anything May 2013 #62

Hey! Hey! LBJ. How many kids did you kill today? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #65

yawn. That is so boring. You have written that many times.Protesters gave us Nixon. graham4anything May 2013 #68

Do you include RFK and McCarthy in the "Fringe left"? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #70

I doubt YOU would think RFK was as he was into wiretapping people like Dr. King. graham4anything May 2013 #76

Do you consider RFK and McCarthy the "Fringe Left"? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #82

The left left LBJ behind burnodo May 2013 #73

''In space no one hears their extreme shouting'' Whisp May 2013 #58

"Fringe centrists" annoy me more than anyone Bjorn Against May 2013 #59

Bullshit the fringe left gopiscrap May 2013 #61

horse. shit. spanone May 2013 #64

Yes, waiter, I'll have the word salad. With nuts. nt Union Scribe May 2013 #72

And a couple of Advil. This guy's writing makes my head hurt. curlyred May 2013 #95

Fringe SamKnause May 2013 #81

I'm as liberal as the next guy, Jamaal510 May 2013 #83

You really hate the "fringe left," don't you? Apophis May 2013 #84

If I want word salad, I'll go watch Fox and wait for some Sarah Palin coverage hatrack May 2013 #85

Yeah, how dare the "fringe" left be "strident"... SomethingFishy May 2013 #93

Can you explain what the hell the fringe left is?? madinmaryland May 2013 #98

It's anything Mr. 80/20 Hillary is The Messiah says it is. hobbit709 May 2013 #100

they will be Observers not smiling when by proclamation of Hillary is the nominee in 2016. graham4anything May 2013 #108

If you don't stand for something, you're graham4anything. HughBeaumont May 2013 #99

Reminds me of HiFructoseWhateverhisnamewas... SomethingFishy May 2013 #101

Wow. What a memory. I had to look them up, they haven't posted since 2006. nt stevenleser May 2013 #106

... idwiyo May 2013 #102

What, you mean like insisting on preserving things like s.s. with no compromise? pa28 May 2013 #103