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In reply to the discussion: Guess who’s not coming to dinner? [View all]fadedrose
(10,044 posts)9. The table at DU has guests with varying positions
I noticed on TV - a couple of hosts including Tweety and Ed Shultz - saying that it is time for a moderate president in the next election because a progressive cannot win.
This is the same BS they did at Iowa when Dean was running, and they convinced all of his supporters that he had no chance so why waste their votes.
History is repeating itself.
I wish somebody would do a poll on DU to see how many moderates and how many progressives there are on this side (along with the trolls, of course)....
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Especially when you compare it to Ike. He wanted a top marginal rate of 100% to pay for WWII.
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#22
Hillary didn't screw Dean. That's just absurd. Dean screwed Dean, and he'd be the first to say so.
MADem
Apr 2013
#34
"White House is hosting a dozen Republican Senators for dinner" When in the spot light...
L0oniX
Apr 2013
#10
Too hard to say when I don't know what you mean any more than you know what I meant ;)
fadedrose
Apr 2013
#38