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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:35 PM Original message |
Poll question: Would Dean forming another party hurt the Democrats? |
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colonel odis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:36 PM Original message |
i hope it would hurt them |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's what the Rethugs want, that is what they would say too. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. What do WE want, though? nt |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Great Question. IS this what we want a new party? Contact Dean |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Well, nobody's saying this, quite yet. nt |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I'll vote for him |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. After I laughed .... I voted yep. |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 08:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. You laughed, I winced: What Democrats? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Well, you'll be waiting quite sometime because as Dean says |
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billie_ (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 12:18 AM Response to Reply #44 |
71. i almost forgot what a democrat was until Dr.Dean .... |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 01:37 AM Response to Reply #44 |
76. I'd be right behind you, Eloriel! |
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DemDogs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 11:37 AM Response to Reply #44 |
86. Short memories here |
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DrGonzoLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Democrats are fractious enough |
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Florida_Geek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. But it would be a Good thing IMHO --- IF |
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The Gigmeister (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. And he's never win...And it would ensure pukes win forever... |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. He'd probably win a few states, in my opinion. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. no it wouldn't |
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The Gigmeister (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. WE BARELY LOST!!! |
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KissMeKate (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
56. "Barely" is still a loss. |
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Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 09:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
64. Perhaps you're on the planet Denial? |
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The Gigmeister (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:44 AM Response to Reply #64 |
80. Yeah that's the ticket...We've lost all those Senate seats in the south... |
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Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:41 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. To many...moving 'further left' means nothing more than moving BACK... |
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lojasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:29 AM Response to Reply #80 |
84. Bayh, Roemer, and Hamilton win red because they're DINOs N/T |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 12:21 PM Response to Reply #80 |
88. PATRIOT ACT, Iraq War, Bankrupcy "reform", PATRIOT ACT II, |
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lojasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
82. I was wondering what fucking planet you're on too. N/T |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
98. Johnny come late sez; WHAT FUCKING PLANET AM I ON???? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Well, think about this...if we become more like them on issues.... |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. I hope so |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. and if they keep putting these old fu**s on tv, calling mike moore |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. The Democratic Party is already dying of self-inflicted wounds. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. i second that, but no way do I want nader |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You're right. Not only is Nader too divisive a figure... |
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KissMeKate (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. The Green party dumped nader for good. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. That's what I'M saying. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. He says he won't. But.... |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. Howard Dean is a Democrat |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. But will he get Ross Perot to run? |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. I don't think he'd do it. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I agree with your brother. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I don't think it would be a short-lived party, necessarily. |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Yes, and those very people come from all across the political |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 08:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Right, but what I'm saying is that such a party |
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bluedonkey (644 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. It should hurt them |
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American Tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. Dean has already said over and over that he's not going to do that |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. He said he wouldn't run as a third party candidate in the 2004 election. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I am looking now, but my recollection is..... |
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American Tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. He won't do it. He is too pragmatic. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Oh, no, I don't see him as blindly idealistic at all. |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 08:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. You never know -- things change, people smarten up and see the |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 08:21 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Yep, even for loyalists. |
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lojasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
83. This is the site of pointless questions i.e. Dean left of clark? N/T |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. Be very careful here. |
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WithStamina (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. Of course it would hurt the Dems |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I think it would help the American cause, |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Which they would never get, anyway. nt |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Exactly! |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. He'd never do such a thing. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. I must add that it would detract from the Repub numbers too. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. YES. nt |
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Obviousman (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. yes! |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 07:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Dean/Kucinich |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. would martians landing in New York hurt the Democratic party? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 08:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I wouldn't count out aliens landing in New York, either. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. TRUE! |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. ROTFL |
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Gyre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
52. DNC's worst nightmare |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. I HOPE he does start a third party |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 12:34 AM Response to Reply #53 |
73. He already has the basic foundation, with over 700,000. |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
54. he will but |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
55. I would rather see him join the Greens. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I don't think Dean would ever join the Greens |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 09:23 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Why not the Green Party? |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Because the Greens are already marginalized |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 12:10 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Not in a million years |
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greenohio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:27 AM Response to Reply #60 |
79. We don't want him. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
59. A better question is who left whom? |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
62. It's not going to happen |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
63. delete |
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satori (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
65. Yes |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
66. Actually, I think it is time for all the "people" to get together and act. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
67. We already have a center-left Party |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 12:14 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. What would that be? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 12:17 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. uummm....You know....the Democrats |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 12:28 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. LOL |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 12:53 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Yes "they" did all those things |
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greenohio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:17 AM Response to Reply #69 |
78. Then why are you here? Really? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 11:29 AM Response to Reply #78 |
85. You're Green...apparently. |
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greenohio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 11:52 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Cause its fun BullGooseLoony |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
75. Sooner or later there had to be a thread about Karl Rove's wildest dream |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #75 |
89. It would be a very bad dream. n/t |
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Pepper32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
77. Yes, without a doubt it will. I don't see Dean ever doing that though. |
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Oreegone (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
90. Dean is not going to leave the Democratic Party |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
91. Deleted message |
Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. We didn't lose. ............ nt |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
93. How much more out of power could the Democratic party be???? |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
94. Yes, it would hurt the Democratic party. |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
95. of course |
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Is It Fascism Yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
96. i picked other...i think it would destroy the democratic party |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
97. Hell no! How can 'ya get hurt if ya haven't anything to win? |
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