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TheWraith

(24,331 posts)
31. Yep.
Wed Dec 28, 2011, 04:53 PM
Dec 2011

Kicked and recommended, because some people still don't get the idea of an "either/or" situation.

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... DevonRex Dec 2011 #1
Yep. TheWraith Dec 2011 #31
the Greenwald article this is a parody of is worth reading Enrique Dec 2011 #2
nice spin, but you're wrong SunsetDreams Dec 2011 #57
Ya know... CakeGrrl Dec 2011 #3
Yes Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2011 #5
It's not nobodyspecial Dec 2011 #9
Yeah Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2011 #26
Thank you - best analogy for the "let it burn" position. I will be borrowing this, arely staircase Dec 2011 #14
You're welcome and help yourself! CakeGrrl Dec 2011 #36
+1 Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2011 #4
I imagine that for many voters, it will be a choice between LanternWaste Dec 2011 #6
K&R... SidDithers Dec 2011 #7
Yep, exactly! Spazito Dec 2011 #8
Case in Point!! BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2011 #37
The question isn't whether people are going to vote for Obama hifiguy Dec 2011 #10
and this is why we lose booley Dec 2011 #11
Reality sucks nobodyspecial Dec 2011 #12
Voting my convictions. LanternWaste Dec 2011 #35
Ok let me see if I can sum up millions of words of others in a short post here booley Dec 2011 #39
No ProSense Dec 2011 #17
sorry but you got that backwards booley Dec 2011 #28
So ProSense Dec 2011 #33
Except the argument isn't "Better" booley Dec 2011 #40
Well ProSense Dec 2011 #41
Oh sorry you're right booley Dec 2011 #46
Speaking ProSense Dec 2011 #52
I think you have it backwards. Pointing out the consequences of a Nader vote in 2000 resulted in his BzaDem Dec 2011 #61
Wait a minute. Why aren't CENTRISTS to blame for the lack of voter enthusiam Romulox Dec 2011 #44
Why ProSense Dec 2011 #45
You're Romulox Dec 2011 #47
Oh, ProSense Dec 2011 #56
There is a really easy answer to that. BzaDem Dec 2011 #62
Careful with that argument. Laelth Dec 2011 #69
I highly doubt the Democratic party worries about people voting against the party from the left. BzaDem Dec 2011 #70
They are not swerving to the right treestar Dec 2011 #19
I'm not saying Obama is evil at all. nobodyspecial Dec 2011 #25
Below, you said: "Smart, thinking people don't vote for Obama." AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2011 #67
Your analysis works if the voter acts like a consumer. bigmonkey Dec 2011 #34
We won the last Presidential Election and we're going to win the next one, too. MjolnirTime Dec 2011 #68
I can only imagine that the "let it burn" crowd don't have children to whom they wish to hand arely staircase Dec 2011 #13
But their ideals and conscience are far more important nobodyspecial Dec 2011 #15
yep. nt arely staircase Dec 2011 #16
Exactly. And they don't realize how much suffering there would be treestar Dec 2011 #18
with no assurance things will then (or ever) get better. nt arely staircase Dec 2011 #21
and with no guarantee of the outcome nobodyspecial Dec 2011 #23
If anything, it would enable right wing states' rights types treestar Dec 2011 #29
I hear we eat babies too booley Dec 2011 #30
strawman - I said nothing about people "who are angry with Obama." arely staircase Dec 2011 #38
strawman? Look in a mirror booley Dec 2011 #42
please show me where I have characterized those who are angry at Obama as nihilists or arely staircase Dec 2011 #43
The issue isn't people who don't want to vote or Obama. BzaDem Dec 2011 #63
My problem with the Let it Burn approach - TBF Dec 2011 #20
well, this Southern Progressive does have the ability to return fire. arely staircase Dec 2011 #22
I think the country has a good chance of falling into despotism... joshcryer Dec 2011 #55
There's an argument to be made for what you say. Turbineguy Dec 2011 #24
I think you're engaging in magical thinking. bigmonkey Dec 2011 #48
Yep, I don't get why there is such a consensus nobodyspecial Dec 2011 #50
Well, I did mention Turbineguy Dec 2011 #54
I'm tired of all the extremism and hyperbole on both sides of the issue, period. Quartermass Dec 2011 #27
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had a better choice? JDPriestly Dec 2011 #32
But...? kentuck Dec 2011 #49
Or we can have a right-wing "Dem" re-elected as president slay Dec 2011 #51
We sure do nobodyspecial Dec 2011 #53
But what makes you think that someone is going to get something just because they need it? BzaDem Dec 2011 #64
Preaching to the choir and turning on the pew members in case they might think for themselves. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2011 #58
There is nothing I can say to win over those nobodyspecial Dec 2011 #59
I think that you're right. People who learn to think are a problem. But only to those who cannot AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2011 #60
Yes, because clearly anyone who would vote for Obama nobodyspecial Dec 2011 #65
Lots of people in the world can think while simultaneously having horrible ideas. BzaDem Dec 2011 #66
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