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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:27 PM Original message |
"There is no difference between Democrats and Republicans"--echoes of 2000? |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think if one were to qualify that statement, it would still ring pretty true. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. But it's not sexy to say "too many Democrats are too similar to Republicans" |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 06:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. everybody... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Dems are corrupted by corporations |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Money in politics to me is why progressive stances are popular, yet progressive candidates are not |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. That doesn't even make any sense. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. Corporatemediawhores are on their |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Why are we even subjected to such? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 06:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Actually, there's a lot of evidence to support that idea. |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. In Form but not function or ends |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I think freepers and DUers are very different--but some general behaviors are similar |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. There is an enormous difference.... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. But leftists at least honestly believe that a few issues -do- diminish those differences |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. . |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. Dems Would NEVER Stand For Endless War Based On Fraud, ... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. They don't support any of those things as strongly as the Republicans do |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 06:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. A "Yea" vote is just as effective as a "YEEHAA-YEA!!!" vote. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. In Congress, but what about in the presidency? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think that, my opinions of the dem and repub parties aside... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. What do you think causes that? Surely there is a fractured GOP base if Giuliani gets the nom |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hmm, certainly food for thought. |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
16. Sure. Let's try to do a match game |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I can only assume people mean that there are too many similarities |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. I hope that was illustrated in my post |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. It's a republican excuse for saving face after |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. There's a big difference: |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 06:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. do you think this would change if we had a dem in the white house? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 07:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. exactly MB |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. All Democrats? |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Enough |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
22. i make this comment all the time, that this phrase 'no difference was echoed unendeningly in 2000' |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
26. That comparison is hyperactive; the line should have read... |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
28. I believe the OP is misquoting |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. By that logic, the right of a woman to choose isn't worth a dime to such folks. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. It's not worth a dime of difference to those folks that are |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
34. Whether the charge is true or not is irrelevant at this point. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I'm curious though as to whether or not the media are pushing it selectively |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. A little of both would be my guess. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Well said. Polls show progressive stances are popular, yet progressive candidates lose |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
35. The analysis fails because the definition of each party is not valid any longer |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. On economics I'd say they're most similar. Somewhat less on foreign policy, still less on domestic |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Since I no longer watch any cable BS, I would not know. n/t |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
42. There is a huge difference between the Democratic base and the Republican base. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yet the GOP base does not see the two parties as being similar on the level we do |
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