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A Wake-Up Call for US Liberals [View all] babylonsister Mar 2015 OP
k&r... spanone Mar 2015 #1
K&R LiberalElite Mar 2015 #2
K&R! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #3
The MSM would be a good place to start. n/t jaysunb Mar 2015 #4
+1... freebrew Mar 2015 #48
K&R 2naSalit Mar 2015 #5
Thanks babylonsister for your continued posting of relevant issues. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #6
+1 appalachiablue Mar 2015 #8
You're very welcome! babylonsister Mar 2015 #16
+2 Enthusiast Mar 2015 #43
dems would do well to stop trying to get the conservatives to vote for them, and start trying to get KG Mar 2015 #7
+1. How can we make this happen is the issue. appalachiablue Mar 2015 #9
You can't! pocoloco Mar 2015 #10
Some truth to this at times...hopefully it will change.. appalachiablue Mar 2015 #12
Politicians usually move towards certain issues when it seems that people will vote on them and it's Chathamization Mar 2015 #18
Yep it's so. When you read all the posts with the thread now in Good Reads, *'The New American appalachiablue Mar 2015 #19
It's not all bad though. We've actually had some success here, and I've seen some in other places as Chathamization Mar 2015 #22
I don't doubt that people aware of or involved in the resource sharing economy appalachiablue Mar 2015 #30
While benficial, several major articles posted here lately that have raised the issue of imminent appalachiablue Mar 2015 #62
Thanks. I didn't find your other post rude, by the way, I thought of it as a respectful "I have a Chathamization Mar 2015 #71
Just more Hillary bashing! Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #61
Touche! BumRushDaShow Mar 2015 #11
Unfortunately our "D" reps also answer to the Kochs, and too many voters have surrendered Doctor_J Mar 2015 #13
Money out of Politics. Support Wolf-Pac and the many drives to overturn Citizens United as a start. RiverLover Mar 2015 #28
+100000 Red versus Blue is no longer the most relevant way to think about things. woo me with science Mar 2015 #33
+100. Righteous. appalachiablue Mar 2015 #40
Precisely. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #44
When I see figures like Bill Clinton, Tamyron Hall (MSNBC) and MD Rep. Chris van Hollen who I appalachiablue Mar 2015 #63
"The state of conservative intellectual debate demonstrates the power of movement crazies." No, Cha Mar 2015 #14
omg Cha.... cui bono Mar 2015 #41
Conservative intellectual is something of an oxymoron. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2015 #15
Wm. F. Buckley, others, no? appalachiablue Mar 2015 #31
Nope! Spider Jerusalem Mar 2015 #35
OK, good explanation and thanks. appalachiablue Mar 2015 #37
+1 nt Zorra Mar 2015 #64
k and r and bookmarking niyad Mar 2015 #17
"It’s time we woke up to that reality" zeemike Mar 2015 #20
Exactly the point guillaumeb Mar 2015 #21
Indeed the way it is. appalachiablue Mar 2015 #32
+10. 'The media decides what is covered and how', the ugly truth of it indeed. appalachiablue Mar 2015 #54
The GOP may not know how to govern but they understand semiotics guillaumeb Mar 2015 #55
Didn't know that about Rove & Grover, a gruesome twosome for sure. Yep they have the appalachiablue Mar 2015 #56
thanks for the Will Rogers reference guillaumeb Mar 2015 #57
Interestingly they are using propaganda techniques learned from Communism daredtowork Mar 2015 #23
Striving for success, competing and then reaping and keeping the rewards at any cost are common appalachiablue Mar 2015 #36
Why do I see babylonsister's posts? I have her/him/it on full ignore! blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #24
Aren't you glad you didn't fully ignore this one? NBachers Mar 2015 #27
Poor you. She posts good stuff. nt Hekate Mar 2015 #38
one cannot ignore the truth guillaumeb Mar 2015 #51
And then proceed to post on them, even... Bobbie Jo Mar 2015 #52
This is how you deal with Kristol Mnpaul Mar 2015 #25
K & R Thespian2 Mar 2015 #26
They lost it a long time ago. RoccoR5955 Mar 2015 #29
Appreciate the honesty in sharing your intentions. I've been sensing the same trends, but am appalachiablue Mar 2015 #39
Sounds wonderful. haikugal Mar 2015 #42
Look in Europe RoccoR5955 Mar 2015 #45
Oh, OK haikugal Mar 2015 #46
I live in New York State RoccoR5955 Mar 2015 #65
Good thinking there.. haikugal Mar 2015 #67
Many left Germany, but they had resources to do so. Many stayed because they couldn't understand how YOHABLO Mar 2015 #69
I am happy that you understand this. RoccoR5955 Mar 2015 #70
K&R - tonight, Charlie Rose interviewed ex-New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier closeupready Mar 2015 #34
K&R nt Duval Mar 2015 #47
It is a waste in precious energy, time and spirit to fight insanity. Fighting insanity is insane. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #49
I like the idea. Not usually a bailer, but this system is appearing more and more impossible to appalachiablue Mar 2015 #58
The Media need a good mocking even more than their willing figureheads in all this insanity. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #50
The 'ideology' of conservatism is exclusive. Join us or die pasto76 Mar 2015 #53
KnRnTY Babs Hekate Mar 2015 #59
Precisely ! geretogo Mar 2015 #60
Wake up and what? It is the "centrists" that don't get it and call the likes of Kristol smart TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #66
K and Effin R!!! hifiguy Mar 2015 #68
Conservatives Define the Terms of Debate because They OWN the Media AndyTiedye Mar 2015 #72
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