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(Good News) Leaders' travails add to Democrats' unease: Democrat Party adrift
page A3 of the Boston Globe ^
| 3/19/2002
| David M. Shribman
Posted on 03/19/2002 5:59:10 AM PST by rface
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:07:33 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WASHINGTON - They don't know whether they'll be in the majority or the minority this time next year. They don't know who their leaders will be. They don't know where their money is going to come from. They don't know what issues to stress or how to push them.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democratparty
Ashland, Missouri
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posted on
03/19/2002 5:59:10 AM PST
by
rface
To: rface
May their worst fears be realized, big time...
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posted on
03/19/2002 6:01:32 AM PST
by
eureka!
To: rface
If only half of this is true, it still made my day!
Thanks for posting.
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posted on
03/19/2002 6:05:14 AM PST
by
sinkspur
To: rface
"Indeed, this legislation could do more to put the Democrats at a disadvantage than any measure the party has supported since the civil rights bills of the 1960s, which put the Democrats on the right side of history but gave the Republicans a new foothold in the South." Un-freakin-believable! Leave it to the liberal Boston Globe to make another attempt at revisionist history. It was the REPUBLICANS who backed civil rights in greater numbers than the Dems, and THAT'S why they gained a stronghold in the South.
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posted on
03/19/2002 6:06:49 AM PST
by
Henchster
To: Henchster
Hey Dumb-O-Crat leader, baby Tommy Dashole, Whatever your doing keep it up.
Just a hint, your spending to much time taking both of your feet out of your mouth.
Sooooooooooooooo Kept up the good work.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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posted on
03/19/2002 6:13:49 AM PST
by
chiefqc
To: Henchster
You beat me to it!
To: rface
Thanks for posting! Interesting take on the current situation!
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posted on
03/19/2002 6:35:19 AM PST
by
PhiKapMom
To: Henchster; freedomcrusader
How about this little tidbit of "wisdom":
... but it may be harder for a Democrat to be a speaker in this situation than for a Republican. There are more conservative Democrats than moderate Republicans, and conservative Democrats tend to be more independent than moderate Republicans.
You could hold a meeting of all the conservative house democrats in a phonebooth. As for "moderate" republicans, we have enough RINOs to immediately falsify the author's statement. However, it's always best to back such statements with facts. So let's consider that little old item called impeachment to test the author's theory. How many democrats in the house voted for any of the articles of impeachment? How many demos in the senate voted to convict? How many RINOs in the house and senate voted to look the other way at clinton's offenses? It is clear that the demo party has a stronger stranglehold on its members.
To: registered;d14truth;dog;grampadave;tumbleweedconnection;teacup;howlin
ping
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posted on
03/19/2002 6:42:32 AM PST
by
Liz
To: VRWCmember
"It is clear that the demo party has a stronger stranglehold on its members" That's because ALL Dems are crooked and if they don't tow the line, they get outed.
To: Henchster
"
...do more to put the Democrats at a disadvantage than any measure the party has supported since the civil rights bills of the 1960s, which put the Democrats on the right side of history but gave the Republicans a new foothold in the South." I'd say it's time to FREEP the Boston Globe - via email, letters to the editor, etc.....THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PASS AS FACT!!!!!
To: Henchster
I e-mailed this guy and brought this point to his attention. d_shribman@globe.com
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posted on
03/19/2002 6:44:54 AM PST
by
rface
To: goodnesswins, rface
While I agree and applaud your efforts.....
Does ANYBODY really take the BG seriously? I mean, they're famous for....Mike Barnicle's Plagiarism!{;^)
To: rface
Indeed, this legislation could do more to put the Democrats at a disadvantage than any measure the party has supported since the civil rights bills of the 1960s, which put the Democrats on the right side of history but gave the Republicans a new foothold in the South. There some misleading going on here. The Democrats "supported" civil rights acts by filibustering and was finally supported 60% of Democrats. The GOP gave both Civil Rights Acts over 80% of their vote and did not filibuster.
To: rface
He should also be reminded that the dims have a one seat advantage in the Senate only because one wussy Republican defected!
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posted on
03/19/2002 8:17:31 AM PST
by
basil
To: rface
Yeah, the Dems are worried that GWB is going to out-democrat them. Next thing ya know the Dims are going to try to out-pub the Repubs.
Hey don't blame me! I voted 3rd Party. At least there I can tell the difference.
To: Scarlet Pimpernel
I voted 3rd Party. At least there I can tell the difference.Those differences have made a BIG difference. I am glad that your votes have counted for so much.
Ashland, Missouri
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posted on
03/19/2002 9:14:18 AM PST
by
rface
To: Scarlet Pimpernel
Translation: I threw my vote away so don't blame me. You gave us Clinton too, but don't blame you! Imagine if the nutcase you voted for actually got more than 1% of the vote???
Pray for GW and the Truth
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posted on
03/19/2002 9:30:26 AM PST
by
bray
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