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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 11:46 PM Original message |
Is anyone else pissed at Gergen's "tie goes to Bush" argument? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. ok repeat after me |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Actually, he's probably right. Remember this time |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 11:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I think on his worst day Kerry would look like a better choice |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Reagan was trying to unseat a sitting president in 1980 |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Of course he was, but do you remember what things were like then? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Unlike the happy place it is now? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Dean made a very good case for Kerry |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That's it. What Dean said. Exactly. |
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secular_warrior (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Gergen in very principaled |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. One sometimes forgerts he's a Republican, compared to the Bush/DeLay crowd |
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secular_warrior (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 01:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. the Christiano-fascists have hijacked the Republican Party, |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 01:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That party is dead. |
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secular_warrior (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 01:27 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I was reading an article which said the Southern conservative dominance |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 01:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That is contingent on working class people putting aside their prejudice |
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secular_warrior (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 01:49 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. That sounds like a probable scenario |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 01:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. One reason to hope for the collapse of Castro's regime is that |
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secular_warrior (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 02:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I still think the new generation of white southerners will go GOP |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 02:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Suburban voters are the problem. |
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secular_warrior (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 02:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Taxes have always been the death-knell to the liberal message |
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Andromeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 02:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. That's exactly right. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 02:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. God, guns, and gays has been the Repuke strategy since 1994. |
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Carla in Ca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Can they show clips during the debate? (I wish) |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. I suspect the media pundits will have less impact |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. dolstein--I think your analysis makes more sense |
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secular_warrior (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. Bush is not as unpopular as Carter was |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. Bush's job approval rating is significantly higher than Carter's in '80 |
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secular_warrior (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. exactly - because once numbers get below 50% it usually means |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Good point |
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secular_warrior (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 01:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. As I've said before -- the DINOs remaining hurt us more than help |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. Hogwash! I also saw a talking |
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TnDem (455 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. 1980 though was different |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
16. Bush has been losing to "Someone New" for some time, hasn't he? |
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secular_warrior (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. "Un-named Democrat" was destroying Bush |
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David Dunham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
22. I think dolstein is right. |
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CityDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
28. I don't disagree |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
34. what is a tie? |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 02:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. A tie goes to the dummer |
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Andromeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
36. It doesn't surprise me that he said it. |
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