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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 05:57 AM Original message |
There's a libertarian-type backlash coming. Call me crazy, but |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. The same mentality that was convinced that they just wanted to |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
48. You hit the nail on the head. |
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MLFerrell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. "...which is more than I can say for all the other fascists in the GOP..." |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. If by some miracle |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. dupe |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I'm not so sure he's that easy.... He's got a following like no other... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. All you have to do to defeat him is flood the airways with the truth |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Well, that's not exactly the truth... that's the spin, but not exactly what he |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. state v federal |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Completely agree with your view... Sometimes your state is a saving |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. we need to abolish the electoral college |
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liberaldemocrat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. I would not vote for a person who would want to dismantle the social safety net |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. There are 2 sides to the social security net.. #1. what you pay in |
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sandyd921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. Well maybe if we elected people who would actually fix social security |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't watch Tucker Carlson, so I don't know if he has always |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Tucker is afraid of losing his job as a neocon flack. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
53. Tucker revealed himself as a ... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. I Don't Think You Could Get Ten Percent Of Americans To Support A True Liberterian Platform |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I think there are voters who only listen to one part of a message and vote |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
34. That is certainly true, but I think we are all guilty of listening to one part of a message |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. watching mr pig squirm.... |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. at this time Paul may be the most probable to go 3rd Party! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. There's actually a substantial amount of repuke |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I live in his district and.... |
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CGowen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Is it true that he was gerrymandered into a black district or is it just a rumor? n/t |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Yes, more or less... here's what occured... |
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CGowen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. thanks...n/t |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
12. And maybe this line of thinking is correct |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
13. right-wing libertarians don't just want to be left alone. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Seems to me that the republican corporate wing has done this already. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Exactly. They continue to skirt the laws, because no one can stop them. |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. right wingers don't actually do anything.... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
42. The public can't organize against them, because the public is being |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
54. Exactly. There isn't one libertarian government on the planet for a reason...it would be chaos. n/t |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Perhaps not, but it seems to me that is is the natural consequence |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. You are correct. And his message is taking hold. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
50. Same thing in my part of the Triangle....Ron Paul signs up everywhere |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Yep, that's what it sounds or looks like is going on. |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
51. Yes, I awoke one day last week and found my entire town covered in Ron Paul signs-- |
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TimBean (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
62. Check his voting record |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
17. Read this Libertarian Reaction to Crandon homicides |
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CGowen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
18. Were you listening to his famous speech "Neo-Conned" from 2003? |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
19. Ron Paul was one of 2 that voted NAY on Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007 |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
20. And you know what.... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. They are just part of the anti-government anti-tax radicalism. |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
39. no more date codes....! |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
25. what they are seeing is a nut job who wants to lead us into the 18th century |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
27. Libertarians like Neal Boortz? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. "Ron Paul .. voted with .. his Republican colleagues 75.0% of the time" |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
60. Boortz, a Libertarian? |
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ThePowerofWill (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. I can feel it. |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
32. People are getting sick petty gov't interference. |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
33. The real worry |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. excellent post |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Great post! |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
40. I think many of his supporters realize that he has some strange ideas |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. You're crazy. n/t |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
46. Allright, this is better thsn Goldwater, the last guy to really worry about. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
56. I agree.... |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Bingo. NT |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
58. He's not getting the nomination |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
61. There sure as hell needs to be SOME SORT OF BACKLASH. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Yeah, what's up with that? |
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