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08-08-06, 11:36 AM | #1 |
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anybody else watching the Lamont-Lieberman showdown? Lamont was a nobody 6 months ago and now is on the verge of taking out one of the pillars of the Democratic party - as well he should. Lieberman is a textbook example of the kind of Dem who oughta be tossed out for 5 years of letting the GOP walk all over him.
the prospect of a Lamont victory has the political establishment of both parties scared shitless. Lieberman has the whole Dem establishment and many GOP heavies (which, of course, is part of his political problem) rooting for him, but if Lamont pulls it out, it will send a couple of strong messages to the entire political establishment: 1) ending the occupation of Iraq is a viable and resonant political message for 2006.(this should be a no-brainer, with some 55% of the population supporting withdrawal, but establishment Dems have been weenies up to this point.) 2) online political activism is maturing and becoming a significant player in the political process, which by defnition, means a weakening of the power of the party establishments. the Lamont candidacy is democracy with a small d - the way it should be. |
08-08-06, 12:37 PM | #2 |
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It's actually just a repetition of the same self-deluded irrationality the dems have been exhibiting for years - "We're not losing because we're wrong but because our party is contaminated by impure members who aren't liberal enough and must be expunged."
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Seems your kind doesn't like the direction and just want yank the steering wheel without any further thinking. Typical. If the dems keep getting more radical they'll become even less appealing to sane americans. It's seems evident that the conservative dems were the ones winning elections in the last cycle. So kick them out. |
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08-08-06, 06:37 PM | #5 | |
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since most Americans disapprove of Bush, think the Iraq war was a mistake, favor withdrawal within the next 12 months, and generally think the country is headed in the wrong direction, then mainstream America is "radical". so be it. let them vote accordingly. |
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08-08-06, 07:43 PM | #6 |
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Lieberman need to be ousted since he did claim he had greater alligence to some other agenda than his own party. That guy is a Zionist period, no wonder he support Bush views in this whole mess and I have no doubt that he would be jubilant with joy if the Dems did indeed split up, old age tactic, divide and conquer.
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08-08-06, 07:44 PM | #7 |
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Is ann coulter albed's mother?
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09-08-06, 09:02 AM | #8 | |
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Define mainstream Americans. Such a group never existed before polls showed that a majority of Americans agreed with your "Get out of Dodge" opinions, isn't that true? At this moment I agree with floyd. We need something like a 7 party system, just for a little while to teach us all how damaging political party affiliations really are. |
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