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bhikkhu

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3. Yet progressive measures win at the ballot box

Reply to BlindTiresias (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 11:13 PM

Nov 2014

America isn't right wing - its complicated.

If America was right wing, Obama never wins an election, marijuana is illegal everywhere, gay marriage is prosecutable, the civil rights movement never happened, and so forth.

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APATHY Is Not What LOST The 2014 Elections [View all] Segami Nov 2014 OP

As I have been told BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #1

Yet progressive measures win at the ballot box bhikkhu Nov 2014 #3

Care to explain BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #4

The same people who support progressive issues can support conservative candidates bhikkhu Nov 2014 #7

Hm BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #10

I always figured it was the attraction of wealth, power and tradition bhikkhu Nov 2014 #13

Makes sense BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #15

You and the Third Way agree. blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #6

Super secret hint: BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #11

Anybody who tells me to leave my country can kiss my ass tabasco Nov 2014 #8

Just going by what I have been told BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #9

Helpful suggestion.... tabasco Nov 2014 #12

Not sure what you mean BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #14

"Stick to issues that people care about." adirondacker Nov 2014 #2

Definitely, the majority of hurting people Segami Nov 2014 #5

It's not that complicated. k2qb3 Nov 2014 #16

Meh. General election candidates don't appear out of nowhere. They all won a primary Orangepeel Nov 2014 #17

Losing elections leads to losing credibility bhikkhu Nov 2014 #18