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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:44 AM Original message |
Remember: If you don't vote for the Federalist or Whig candidate... |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. it makes so much sense |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Did the parties change that much or was it just the names? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. They divided and became irrelevant: |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. So therefore the left wing should take its marbles and go home, |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The right wing has repeatedly "taken its marbles and gone home." |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. But yet, what you hear most often nowadays is, |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Even doormats get too worn to take any more dirt. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. One is, |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The fallacy of circular reasoning. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. In a head-to-head poll, |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. No head-to-head poll is done in a vacuum. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Game. Set. Match. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. All DEMS know who threw their votes away in 2000, and gave us GW Bush. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The farther away from 2000, the less differences between the candidates... |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. The same kind of Dems gave us Nixon in 68 and Reagan in 80 |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You mean the ones that crossed over an voted for Nixon & Reagan? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Funny how those Dems can actually vote for Repubs and get a pass. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Or didn't vote at all |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Some day, the emotionalism will die down and perhaps we will . . . |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. No..No...No....Nader is SUPERMAN!!! |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. I like the Federalists...I think they got a bad rap |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. So you're fogiving them for the Alien & Sedition Act? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. Wanna elect Democrats? Vote for 'em. It's that simple. (nt) |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I tried to suggest Progressives work in the Primaries for better candidates... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Mocking those of us who've voted for Dems probably isn't the most civil way |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I "mock" people who only vote in General Elections and who never... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. The "Democratic" party leadership is NOT going to give us progressive candidates.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Candidates are now too often self-selecting based on having money --- |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's incredulous that in a country this size two parties could represent the |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I agree. All it does is create two giant sized targets for Corporate takeover.... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. 2 parties operating 1 corrupt system. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. We're repeatedly told how bad the 'other' party is ... and then watch while they prove it. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. People MUST obey the system! The system is God. The system doesn't need to be good for People! |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. I really do not understand a 2 party system. |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
36. What is sad is all of those people that show up on election day |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
37. But what about the copperheads? n/t |
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TheModernTerrorist (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. F**k You! I'm voting Bull Moose |
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