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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:12 AM Original message |
Thom Hartmann just made an interesting observation....based on the European election results. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. They seem to be blowing it. I hope they stop drinking the kool-aid and |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. Leopards can't change their spots. |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's my generation's chance and sadly, they are failing. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Before you disparage the hippies, they brought us civil rights, women's rights |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Which civil rights are the hippies specifically responsible for? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. probably not an accident that history was taught to you that way, yes? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Affirmative action for one where people of race or ethnicity or gender couldn't be |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. While I'm not trying to denigrate the role hippies played |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. It was that generation and back then all of us where hippies at heart if not |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Gay rights owe a lot to the ferment of the '60s |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. In all fairness, where are the leaders encouraging people to do as you suggest? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. We have no leadership today. Back then we had Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Don't forget anti-consumerism |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Old Hippies Here: |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Looks great! nt |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. The "hippy generation" was a positive and evolution |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Thank you. It really was a different world then. Other than the war, I really |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Couple of things; One, there are hardly any of us. Our generation is |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. They're keeping their powder dry. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. What? And disobey direct orders from their real employers in corporate America? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. Only the left can be Populist, IMO. nt |
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lovepg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. But some things only democrats can pull off... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Very true. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. But the "neo-populist" tea baggers will be what the corporate media trumpet... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. If the corporate media influenced elections, more people would vote n/t |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. True BUT the Right can tap into Populist anger and spoof Populism long enough |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. "Smirk" - Republicon Homelander Fascist FAIL Freaks |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. True populist politicians are rare |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. The conservative democratic leaders may very well be "part of the corporate waltz." |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. Obama needs to end the "Rahm-per-room"... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I'm all for that. It's time for the Emmanuel brothers to quit to go spend |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. "setting up the far-right to be the populists" |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. oddly enough its true |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. I've been saying that for years. The Republiks have screwed up so badly that only the |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. Be careful comparing European conservatives to US ones... |
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