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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:41 PM Original message |
Blame Democrats and Give Republicans A Free Pass - The Left Will Express Their Anger Once Again |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:45 PM Original message |
Don't in any way encourage the boycotting of elections, that = encouraging facism nt |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. I don't think the OP was encouraging such a boycott, just stating a fact. |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. How about this? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. or... repugs dont care the chaos and destruction they create, whereas dems do. |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Then the answer should be for Democrats to fight just as hard... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. they are. and if the debt ceiling is not raised that is exactly what happens. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. +1000 |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:31 PM Original message |
The Dems such as the president have adopted a "lie back and enjoy it" philosophy |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
33. hyperbole. and wrong. again, repugs dont care if they destroy the country. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Giving in to every demand by the fascists IS destroying the country |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. hell ya, i agree. k. fine. so dont raise the debt ceiling and see how that plays out for everyone |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. At what point do you suggest we stop giving in to the terrorists demands? |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not a republican. They don't represent me, don't receive my vote, and are not accountable to me. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Still waiting for that evidence of a boycott in 2010. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Left did not boycott elections in 2010 or vote for Republicans. That has been debunked. |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. K&R |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. blame "the left " for the current administration's endorsement of republican policies? ok nt |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. blame "the left," but never hold the right -- or your own rightwing policies -- accountable! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Why is it "endorsement" to compromise where you have to? |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I looked up compromise, and it doesn't apply to the president |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You are honestly insisting the Democrats would get "nothing" in return? |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. I do not "stay at home". I vote. But you go right ahead and continue your broad brush lecture. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. False premise for the express purpose of setting up fingerpointing when |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. It seems we are here because WE WON an election |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. The problem is ...It is a shame that with the Presidential race the |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. The difference between the left and right |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Oh, sorry, thanks for playing |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Exactly! Like naval gazing of the dumbest kind. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why should we vote for someone who doesn't represent us? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Because other votes are counted in the total. |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. it is not us that sat out and wont be next time |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. People like you and I are not on the same team. |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm sorry, who is calling for boycotting the elections? |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. This is just another straw man from the fringe right |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. Let this be a warning to any Dems voting for these bills. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. sometimes it is very, very hard not to blame your own team |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. What good would asking and having it shot down do? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. Because you must at least present and stand for ideas that might not win today |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Well when a Democratic politician does say such things |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. there it is - it's my fault that elected Democrats don't say progressive things |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. the ball WAS thrown to the other team on the Bush tax cuts |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Well whatever it was Obama got for extending the tax cuts |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. True, in a rare case of Republicans having the same problem |
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John Agar (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. Well, I for one did not boycott, nor do I ever not vote. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. Explain why Democratic candidates don't appeal to left rather than the right/middle. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. There is the "appeaser's dilemna" |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
36. The only Democrats |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. I vote from the left, I always vote, and, since |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
40. Actually the president himself gives the Repukes a free pass |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
42. Two points on this screed |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. When you explain the free pass for Republican style and framed ideology. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
44. I blame Obama and our collective gullibility in 2008 to actually buy their dog/pony show. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. Absolute truth, but it won't go over well at DU...nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
48. Unrec for lying about us giving Pukes a free pass. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
50. Already coming up with the ass-covering story for a possible 2012 disaster at the polls? |
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