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mucifer

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5. This is exactly why I get upset when repubs become more conservative.

Reply to Enrique (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 09:59 AM

Aug 2012

It always makes the dems more conservative. It NEVER seems to push us further to the left it always seems to pull us further to the right. Especially now that we have citizens united it's gonna get worse and worse.

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Flashback: Bill Clinton, Paul Ryan caught on tape talking Medicare [View all] Enrique Aug 2012 OP

What is absolutely the best cash crop? pocoloco Aug 2012 #1

Soylent Green? pam4water Aug 2012 #19

typical heaven05 Aug 2012 #2

Ever the "Slick Willie". KegCreekDem Aug 2012 #3

Unfortunately I do obxhead Aug 2012 #12

Billions per WEEK Plucketeer Aug 2012 #4

This is exactly why I get upset when repubs become more conservative. mucifer Aug 2012 #5

"It always makes the dems more conservative" rudycantfail Aug 2012 #7

Problem is the money in politics. mucifer Aug 2012 #9

The Rich Get Richer, The Middle Class And The Poor Get Screwed - More DLC BS Caught On Tape cantbeserious Aug 2012 #6

Bill caught with his pants down once again. rudycantfail Aug 2012 #8

Our "choices" suck salib Aug 2012 #10

Did I wake up in the free republic? progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #11

It doesn't serve any productive purpose LiberalLovinLug Aug 2012 #13

there are alternatives to Bill Clinton Enrique Aug 2012 #15

well put +1000 stockholmer Aug 2012 #22

because the sham 2-party system leads the USA slowly, grindingly, down the road to neo-feudalism stockholmer Aug 2012 #20

My hearing is a little rusty, but I didn't hear Clinton mention anything about Medicare. lumpy Aug 2012 #14

i heard it Enrique Aug 2012 #16

It will be interesting if Clinton responds to what people think this interchange implies. lumpy Aug 2012 #17

"Clinton has proved he is for the 99Percent" - no clearer examples of this were NAFTA, the repeal of stockholmer Aug 2012 #21

I take your response with a grain of salt, Enjoy! lumpy Aug 2012 #26

Is this sarcasm? If so, you missed the sarcasm tag. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #24

Sorry, not sarcasm. Sorry you thought you had the right to accuse me lumpy Aug 2012 #25

Accused you? No one accused you "of not being a Dem or not even an American". AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #27

Your reply to my original post comfirms that you are prone to responding to your lumpy Aug 2012 #28

Gosh this is terribly disappointing. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2012 #18

Meet the new boos the same as the old boss wilsonbooks Aug 2012 #23

crooks and liars has Rachel Maddow reporting on this AnotherDreamWeaver Aug 2012 #29

The video is from May 25, 2011 report AnotherDreamWeaver Aug 2012 #30

thank you Enrique Aug 2012 #32

The fix is still in. Washington Generals vs. Harlem Globetrotters. The game is a farce! Dustlawyer Aug 2012 #31