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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:12 PM Original message |
ABC: OWS "hundreds strong" and "have not reached the political strength of the Tea Party." |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. "political strength" = "cash donations" |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. That is the kind of rot we're fighting against... |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. To be replaced with what? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. something accountable. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Such as? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Nope. They had their chance, and they blew it. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Maybe things work that way for Uncle Hugo. But here |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It's fraud, a.k.a. as infotainment billed as 'news' |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. There is no argument. We don't use the power of government to silence opponents. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. It's not about opponents. It's about the truth. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. So who shall be the Government's Official Arbiter of Truth? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. You're proposing your own strawman, then knocking it down |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Someone who can fucking count. |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. +1. The last time I checked, the First Admendment was still in effect. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. These media types |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Says the Tea Party media. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Gee, I guess they should have just been the Republican Party in the first place... |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. sounds like a true statement. modest size crowds do not equal political influence to the degree that |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. 700 OWS arrested yesterday. You couldn't get 700 Teabaggers together if you had to. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. is that the opinion of ABC? they would never support a progressive movement |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. seriously? they're supposed to have reached the political strength of the tea party already? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. in reality, I believe they've surpassed the lame tea baggers |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. Let's see... 1K expected for TeaCon in Chicago this weekend... compared to |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. of course they haven't |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. the Va Pilot had an article about the OWS (back page) and |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. Some R shill on Hardball the other day compared the Tea Party to organized labor ... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
27. Yea, it sucks not having the financial backing of Dick Armey and Freedomworks |
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