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In reply to the discussion: The Nation article: we must transform the dem. Party [View all]KPN
(15,680 posts)95. How so? I don't see it.
Keep in mind that this is a dated article from just after the election.
Currently, who specifically are they influencing in a way that is negative for our party? And how will that be negative for our party? What are the direct and indirect consequences?
I don't get your premise?
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No it is no...we have no power at all ... we need to win elections and overturn
Demsrule86
Apr 2017
#58
Right. Which, as long as Citizens United is in effect will guarantee that we lose every election,
Squinch
Apr 2017
#4
That's an issue of the candidate, not the money. If we require that our candidates don't take
Squinch
Apr 2017
#44
Bullshit...no one outside of those who are uber critical of the Democratic Party ...
Demsrule86
Apr 2017
#57
Sorry must have been to a different poster...but I am glad we agree...great minds think alike?
Demsrule86
Apr 2017
#91
I wonder what side the Nation is on...They are helping Trump and hurting our chances to save the
Demsrule86
Apr 2017
#92
Well, I can't argue that attacking the Party as unworthy prior to the election could
KPN
Apr 2017
#98
"The party is corporate" is something that has been repeated over and over online. Hmmmmm....
Squinch
Apr 2017
#46
No it doesn't...this article discourages people from voting for Democrats...
Demsrule86
Apr 2017
#63
Oh yes, the wonderful years after W won during which the Democratic Party moved left!
athena
Apr 2017
#60
It is true...I subscribed to Washington Post, Mother Jones, New York Times and
Demsrule86
Apr 2017
#70
Indeed, mine is based in reality, not wishful thinking and revionistic history.
synergie
Apr 2017
#94
the problem is your blanket assumption that a push from this direction is all empty sloganeering.
JCanete
Apr 2017
#84
You might want to tell that to the folks who are branding themselves this way.
synergie
Apr 2017
#39
I think the show is worth-while. I've heard them say we need to get that kind of
JCanete
Apr 2017
#41
1)we must end republican election fraud 2) move dems out of the cities and spread out n t
msongs
Apr 2017
#18
WHY should anyone move to compensate for the absurdities of an antidemocratic system????
eniwetok
Apr 2017
#22
30-40% of U.S. Americans are racists and fascists. Hillary Clinton ran on a progressive platform...
hunter
Apr 2017
#19
that is a perception that has to be undone. If we taxed right and regulated corporations right,
JCanete
Apr 2017
#37
Here's an example of what's wrong with our party's self appointed beltway strategy geniuses:
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2017
#43
Getting rid of corporate money won't change the fact that politicians bloviate on TV
SharonClark
Apr 2017
#49
It's not the bloviating. It's the pre-emptive surrendering that's the problem.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2017
#52
The whole idea from those who insist they are the only pure Democrats, where they
Squinch
Apr 2017
#90