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Democrats' slugfest growing harsher
The Boston Globe ^ | 6/8/03 | Thomas Oliphant

Posted on 06/08/2003 11:42:41 PM PDT by LdSentinal

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:10:03 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON - ON THE DEMOCRATIC left, the center is now being attacked as slavish to big business, Bush-lite in its approach to policy issues, and unwilling to vigorously take on the president`s abysmal stewardship of domestic affairs - a pale carbon copy of the Republicans.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; bostonglobe; democrats; gephardt; howarddean; kerry; primary

1 posted on 06/08/2003 11:42:41 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal
I slugged through the first four paragraphs. They're pretty much incoherent.
2 posted on 06/08/2003 11:57:20 PM PDT by lainie
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To: LdSentinal
Eight slugs and a slugette are pretty accurate terms for the Nameless Nine running for the Democrat nomination.
3 posted on 06/09/2003 12:02:06 AM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: LdSentinal
or attack the tax cuts benefiting those with the highest incomes (John Edwards and John Kerry).

Isnt that funny? They are both rich!

4 posted on 06/09/2003 12:07:03 AM PDT by cardinal4 (The Senate Armed Services Comm; the Chinese pipeline into US secrets)
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To: LdSentinal
crash and Burn
5 posted on 06/09/2003 12:37:49 AM PDT by holyh2o
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To: LdSentinal
DNC "Left" to "Center-Left" for 2004:

"ALL YOUR BASE ARE..."

6 posted on 06/09/2003 2:43:05 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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To: LdSentinal
no bias here, just a purely democrart point of view from Mr. Elephant
7 posted on 06/09/2003 2:50:15 AM PDT by The Wizard (Saddamocrats are enemies of America, treasonous everytime they speak)
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To: LdSentinal
ON THE DEMOCRATIC left, the center is now being attacked as slavish to big business, Bush-lite in its approach to policy issues, and unwilling to vigorously take on the president`s abysmal stewardship of domestic affairs

Liberal bias alert - writer injects personal view into the story.

...whether Bill Clinton and then Al Gore were right on the economy or whether their embrace of balanced-budget progressivism

More crap. Clinton fought tooth and nail against a balanced-budget. When it happened anyway, he ran out in front of the parade to pretend he lead the way.

8 posted on 06/09/2003 3:47:43 AM PDT by libertylover
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