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Obama Says Hillary Thinks GOP Is Bad, He Does Not | 217 comments (217 topical)

Actually (5.00 / 1) (#25)
by Big Tent Democrat on Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 09:05:20 AM EST

no I do not see the difference.

Tell me, can you find the argument for why voters should vote for Democrats in that statement? I sure can't.

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There is a difference between "praising" (5.00 / 1) (#37)
by Capt Howdy on Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 09:09:38 AM EST

for me, I do not think the republican party has been the "party of ideas" for the last few decades.
I do not think Reagan was transformational beyond transforming trees to polluters and ketchup to a food group.

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: And starting the process that (none / 0) (#45)
by Florida Resident on Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 09:12:13 AM EST

has destroyed the American economy.

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No (none / 0) (#47)
by mindfulmission on Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 09:12:24 AM EST

I can't either. But that was not related to what Obama was saying.

I understand what you are saying, and I understand where you are coming from.

But lets be honest - this statement was made to get Republicans to like him, and in turn vote for him even though his policies are are the "left" end of the spectrum of those in the Senate.

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They are? (5.00 / 1) (#52)
by Florida Resident on Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 09:15:03 AM EST

funny but I thought both Obama and Hillary are more to the center of the political spectrum.

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: they are... (none / 0) (#62)
by mindfulmission on Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 09:18:27 AM EST

... but not among Senators and Democrats.
I have said this numerous times. Both Clinton and Obama are moderately progressive, and not nearly as progressive as I would like them to be.
BUT... both are more progressive than most of their colleagues in the Senate.

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