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One things certain though,

Resistance — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 03:15:33 +0000

In reply to I just want to say Ocean-Kat,

One things for certain though, CVille should not be confused with being civil.

I just want to say Ocean-Kat,

CVille Dem — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 01:35:05 +0000

In reply to Yeah, what rmrd said. Your

I just want to say Ocean-Kat, that your words are just what I needed to hear. I always read what you write, and I always get an interesting perspective from you, but this theme (really what you said one comment up) was very enlightening. Thank you.

Too bad resistance doesn't have the self-awareness to learn from your comment.

Yeah, what rmrd said. Your

ocean-kat — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 05:49:37 +0000

In reply to If people felt the economy

Yeah, what rmrd said. Your sample size is too small. If I were to just look at my friends I would assume that the vast majority of people want an activist government with a far left agenda. Most of my friends are pretty liberal. One thing I learn from most polls is quite often a plurality or a majority of the public disagrees with me, and my friends. Not always, occasionally I'm in the largest plurality, but mostly I'm in the minority on most questions.

I am through discussing this

Resistance — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 05:12:13 +0000

In reply to The CBC Is an organization.

I am through discussing this with you, we will just have to agree to disagree.

But I suspect you wont understand what I just wrote.

What you heard in cafes is

rmrd0000 — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 05:04:23 +0000

In reply to If people felt the economy

What you heard in cafes is not reflective of how those outside of your circle felt. Just as in the case of the 1994 CBC and the Clinton health care bill, you are relying on yourself as the beacon of fact. Your sample size is too small.

If people felt the economy

Resistance — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 04:59:47 +0000

In reply to A common mistake that people

If people felt the economy was improving it wouldn't have any effect. People felt the economy was bad so if there had been no unrest in Ferguson they

Older people collecting pensions and Social Security weren't worried about jobs or the economy, except they'd have preferred higher interest paid on their money, but not at the expense of higher taxes. They want to protect their principle and the democrats scared them.

All the fear mongering about the "Republicans want to steal your SS" wasn't as bad as the message "Democrats want to take your hard earned money; you've worked so hard for and give it so someone else.

Who were the someone else, "The ones burning down Ferguson"

I heard it in the cafes; Taxing them to pay for Obamacare, when the country already had a Healthcare plan.

That is why the message "Medicare for all: was better than Obamacare.

"Another, give away our money" by the socialist Obama and the Democrats. Was what I heard.

Another of what I heard " Isn't 17 trillion dollar debt enough. " Inflation is coming and those on fixed incomes better worry"

Who are the "they" who called

rmrd0000 — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 04:52:00 +0000

In reply to If Blacks stay silent.

Who are the "they" who called Ralph Nader a name and wanted a review of the shooting in Ferguson?

The CBC Is an organization.

rmrd0000 — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 04:47:57 +0000

In reply to If Blacks stay silent.

The CBC Is an organization. It is composed of different individuals over time. Since the CBC is not a living , breathing single person. You should identify Mel Watt as the person alleged to have made the statement.

You began this argument with your belief that the 1990s CBC was a major factor in failure of the 1994 health care bill. You admit you have no evidence. There was no filibuster- proof Democratic vote in the Senate, yet you focus on the CBC as the bad actors. The CBC were the strongest Bill Clinton supporters in the 1990s. Your only response is to pretend to be able to read the mind of Hillary Clinton in the 1990s. Pathetic.

Can you find a reliable link that says that Ferguson was the main reason that the Democrats lost the midterms? Or is it just your imagination again?

Red states voted in

rmrd0000 — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 04:35:23 +0000

In reply to A common mistake that people

Red states voted in Republicans who were against the minimum wage even thought they same voters cast votes in favor of an increased minimum wage for the state.

A common mistake that people

ocean-kat — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:36:22 +0000

In reply to No you've got it wrong, had

A common mistake that people often make is thinking that most people believe the same things I do. It happens across the board, from liberals to far right conservatives. Reading polls and spending some time analyzing them in depth is the cure for that. I long ago realized that my far left views often don't match the views of the majority of the public. That's why I've come to accept that I'll have to pick between centrists I don't much like, Obama and Hillary, when I'd prefer Kucinich or Elizabeth Warren.

Exit polls are very clear about why people voted. Majorities, sometimes overwhelming majorities, say it was the economy, jobs and stagnating wages. Ferguson was at most a blip. If people felt the economy was improving it wouldn't have any effect. People felt the economy was bad so if there had been no unrest in Ferguson they still wouldn't have voted for the party mostly in control.

Just as your views on gun control don't match the majority of the public. Majorities favor many of the gun control proposals. They just don't care enough to base their vote on them. It's not a priority. If gun control was a ballot question most states would pass many of them even some red states. Just as the background check initiative passed in Washington state with 60% of the vote. If that question was on the ballot majorities would vote for it even though in some states they would vote in republicans that are against gun control.