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Is the Left Being Too Easy On the President? | 51 comments (51 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Is the Left Being Too Easy On the President? (4.00 / 3)

I have no clue what percentage of the population it is. How would anyone know? Half of the public doesn't even vote. Still, even if they only comprise 5% of the population, so what? Only 1% of the population holds about half of all American assets, and we don't really question their existence, now do we?

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon Jul 6th, 2009 at 12:41:08 PM EST
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Re: Is the Left Being Too Easy On the President? (none / 0)

It depends on what the meaning of "large" is...

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jul 6th, 2009 at 01:01:51 PM EST
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Re: Is the Left Being Too Easy On the President? (none / 1)

What depends on that?

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon Jul 6th, 2009 at 01:04:42 PM EST
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Re: Is the Left Being Too Easy On the President? (none / 0)

We're debating whether "there is a large" US Left. Or at least I thought so.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jul 6th, 2009 at 01:07:12 PM EST
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Re: Is the Left Being Too Easy On the President? (4.00 / 2)

I wasn't debating the size. I was simply responding to the bogus assertion that, "For all intents and purposes there isn't a US Left."

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon Jul 6th, 2009 at 01:15:49 PM EST
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Re: Is the Left Being Too Easy On the President? (none / 0)

Please provide evidence I ever stated there are no US leftists.

Please provide evidence I ever stated there are no US Left organizations.

Speaking of that ...

The most effective¹ Left Organization is the Democratic Socialists of America a splinter (Harrington's faction, mostly) of the old Socialist Party. But they are tactically and strategically an externally organized pressure group to function within the Democratic Party. I'm sure they wouldn't mind if they had millions of members; not on their To Do list, tho'.

¹ In terms of affecting government policy

by ATinNM on Wed Jul 8th, 2009 at 10:52:06 AM EST
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