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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:22 PM Original message |
Why Obama Matters |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wasn't that a fabulous article? the writing was top notch. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. So Andrew Sullivan blames the baby boom generation |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. did you read the whole thing? |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yep...I agree it is a well written piece... |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. i think it is about more than "what he did and what he didn't do" |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I think it's more that he's blaming a particular schism in that generation. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. learning by example? |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Undoubtedly. That doesn't make the divisions any less real. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. true true |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. THAT is the call here- ALL generations are divided |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Sullivan is arguing that the boomers are divided, not united. |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. I am a tail end boomer and I have long thought what sullivan wrote. |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. So true. So very, very true. nt |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well... |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I think Sullivan is right this time. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. No, the single issue win at all costs thing needs to be done by Dems for a change |
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nickgutierrez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. I hate siding with Sullivan... but I have to agree with him this time. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The "culture" wars are all about the values of the Democratic party base |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. um...you do know who andrew sullivan is, right? |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. do YOU know who he is ? i will spare you my andrew sullivan rant |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. i have loathed him for a good many years |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Apparently, posters here welcome pundits who would call them traitors |
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Silence Dogood (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Some people are into flogging themselves |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Yep, a gay man who prefers to distance himself from the basic values of Democrats |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. This just about takes the cake |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. i'm not defending andrew sullivan |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, why didn't you post something positive written on Obama by someone I can respect? |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Wow, very nice rants there. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. when Bareback Andy was editor of the New Republic in the 90's |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. "But hey, he said some nice things about Obama!" |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. yowza |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. yeah, he would pontificate on the evils of his fellow promiscuous |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:43 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. yeah...it's long |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. I make absolutely sure not to alienate "baby boomers" when doing Obama grassroots efforts |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. you are absolutely correct |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Sullivan called you a traitor....and you don't even care |
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hedda_foil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. Of all people, Sullivan coalesces the necessity of Obama. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. exactly |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. Enjoy Sully's support while it lasts. (He's kind of unstable) |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Sullivan can change his mind all he wants |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. So...moving forward includes giving an "ex-gay" clown a microphone and a starring role |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 01:18 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. Would you have been more comfortable if Sullivan would have endorsed Hillary instead? |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
38. Oh my my, after all the crap this guy has written |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:23 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Well, he wrote something halfway decent about Saint Obama |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:32 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. well, by that logic |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
43. "...a war about a war--and about culture and about religion and about race..." |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
45. it makes me want to bareback obama |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 07:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Damn you! |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
47. With friends like Andrew Sullivan |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I have seen yet another pro- Obama thread pop up this am |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 08:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. What's amusing |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Sullivan was a shill for Bush for quite a while. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 08:37 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Yep |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. He learned. One has to grant him that. And he opposes Bush for right reasons. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
53. The Obama candidacy is not about ending a war. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
54. .... |
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