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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:49 PM Original message |
Obama is WRONG |
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drmom (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. I totally agree...the US REALLY needs to separate church & state |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. One small point... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Actually that was a subset. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. True, but understand the broader point |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #53 |
70. Touche! |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. I agree. He single-handedly validated the RWclaim that we are Godless.. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yup. No wonder the Democratic party is the minority party |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
73. Speak for yourself, Jack. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Me too |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. At least we don't worship |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Obama is as wrong as wrong could be |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. No. |
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kaygore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Americans fear terrorists less than they fear the economic |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. For the love of Mike, I can't figure out why --- |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
50. They're afraid that the pug boys will call them |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. I disagree, but I'd be very surprised anyway if it wasn't an |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. I couldn't agree more. How about a needs and issues driven campaign. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #57 |
72. Thank you, Auto. It simply couldn't be more basic, could it? I |
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kaygore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. I agree |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. We must have the same neighbors |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. It's even worse than that. By adopting some positions that might on |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. ding ding |
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danimich1 (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. I agree, too. |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 09:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
67. Hi danimich1!! |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. I think the problem is how do we reach Christians. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Do you happen to live in Texas? |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
52. I second that. Let's not waste one ounce of energy trying to |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. When I hear about triangulation strategies... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Well, I have to say it whenever I hear it I think of the DLC. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ah, indeed. And yet we routinely don't get this obvious point. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think it's a horribly dumb idea to antagonize evangelical voters. (nt) |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Our very existence antoagonizes evangelical voters |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. Obama is WRONG. |
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melissinha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. what about Evangelical African Americans? |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. ...whom he should assume would be smart enough to know what's up |
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melissinha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. good point |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. this has more to do with mobilizing churches as political TOOLS |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. which is to say, it is a disgusting, cynical strategy |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. Brilliant line... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. Okay, but-- |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. And the people who care about those issues already vote Dem or Green |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Not all of them vote |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
22. IMO Barack Obama is calculating his position so as to win a bigger |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. Big tent can include people who are avowed religious. Why not? |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Our big tent always did include them---on the issues |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Yes. RW has done that. Oil money to only certain sects in the USA. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. "...why are we not looking for solutions?" |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. We must prevent Obama from turning into another Lieberman |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. He'll do whatever he wants I guess, but we could ask him nice. |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. See this thread and tell me he's right! |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
35. Perhaps, here on DU, we should be careful of "framing" |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #35 |
65. How about "Christian Nationalists"? |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
36. Folks, capitalizing evangelical changes its meaning. Use capitalization |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. This hasn't changed my opinion of Obama yet, but it will be sitting in |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Second best line of the thread |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. I hadn't even seen any of the Obama threads on DU... |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Thank you for writing him about your experiences. |
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daydreamer (503 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. The fact is fanatic people do vote |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. but not to inject Jesus into government, but rather |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #43 |
64. You think your Jesus depends on our help? |
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Catfight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
49. Obama just lost all my support, I thought he was different, turns out |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #49 |
66. Obama is still a political child n/t |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
51. If Obama is so damn religious, why the hell did he |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Be sure to include this... |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Sigh... he did NOT vote for bankruptcy bill... |
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adwon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Thanks for the pasting |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. Did he change his vote? |
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daydreamer (503 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #51 |
69. The fact that non-religious peope would vote |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
55. Tsk tsk tsk! They just threw Rove a bloody bone. |
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TwentyFive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
59. Agree 110%. Evangelical 'thought' is the antithesis of reason and logic |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
61. One lesbian's assessment of contemporary American politics: |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
62. Why do we have to discuss religion? |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
68. Now, whenever actual religious Dems do go to worship |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
71. Thank you! This bears repeating: |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
75. Their base is ripe for the picking. |
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