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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 08:40 AM Original message |
What IS a 'Progressive'?? Or a'REAL Liberal', for that matter? |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. All I know is that I don't capitalize either word, so I feel like I'm both |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 08:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. This is a sincere question |
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DemCam (911 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I think this should be discussed, but |
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guidod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Great post DemCam!! |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. A matter of Opinion, progressive to me means, get along with Them |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'd rather distinguish between dogmatism and progressivism |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. What makes me support the DLC |
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400Years (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. The DLC has given us Bush, yeah they "get things done" |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. As I said, "inchoate wailing divorced from reality" |
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400Years (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. grab a gun and go to Iraq then |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Like I said, "inchoate wailing divorced from reality" |
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400Years (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I see you can't debate the issue |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Irony IS such a wonderful thing.... |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 06:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. you want to debate your claim that the DLC gave us Bush? Bring it. |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. You have a point there Mr. Benchley. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. And it would be something else entirely |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Bullshit. The far left gave us Bush |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I don't think that sounds quite right |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. two words |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I thought that it had been proven that Nader's votes didn't amount |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Florida |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 08:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. My memory is kinda fuzzy too. |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. "the fact that I've never liked a lynch mob or Joe McCarthy-style tactics" |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. I don't believe there is any difference |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Progressive agenda from Progressive Majority: |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 06:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. THANK YOU! This is the kind of information I am looking for. |
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filthyrichkleptocrat (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. From the Latin: "Liber" |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's a continuum.... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I don't see any reason for a purity test either.... |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. For me, an overly simplified distinction is that |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. "work together" |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Or maybe "libressive"? n/t |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 09:14 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. No, progressive comes first for me, so "progriberal" in my case |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. A couple of useful links... |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. And thanks to you also. n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. Anyone whose statements on DU impell the |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. not to mention McGovern n/t |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. LOL! |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
26. I am. |
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PhilipShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. TurnLeft--Political Glossary |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. It would seem that being both would be a good thing, eh? n/t |
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