couldn't agree more...Clinton (Reply #32)

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32. couldn't agree more...Clinton

American jobs and well regulated financial markets and institutions went out of vogue with Clinton and Dems. Dems don't have to stand for any of these things anymore so long as they're pro-choice and gay rights. We've gotten as intellectually lazy and dishonest as Rs.

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76 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why doesn't the Democratic Party have a platform anymore? [View all]	Cleita	May 2013	OP
I think you answered the question in your last paragraph. The DLC/Third Way have taken over the	sabrina 1	May 2013	#1
couldn't agree more...Clinton	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	May 2013	#32
Yes, and Republicans publicly signing on	JimDandy	May 2013	#39
well said	RedCappedBandit	May 2013	#59
well	SwampG8r	May 2013	#2
The Democratic Party has become a failed institute.	Arctic Dave	May 2013	#3
There is a platform, they run on it.	Progressive dog	May 2013	#4
"Governing on it is optional." How very true.	LuvNewcastle	May 2013	#6
Local Politics is	fredamae	May 2013	#22
Start attending and then run for Committeewoman/Committeeman	JimDandy	May 2013	#41
Local politics are important. Local politics are how the far right took over the GOP.	HiPointDem	May 2013	#48
But... we don't have the three decades it took them to get to where they are now.	Occulus	May 2013	#71
$$$	n2doc	May 2013	#5
Ding ding ding! We have a winner! n/t	Mister Ed	May 2013	#7
WHAT HAPPENED!	AlbertCat	May 2013	#8
The platform is now sanitized.	former9thward	May 2013	#9
Had one in 2012 over putting "God" back in the platform after conservatives called us out.	dawg	May 2013	#17
Yes, but that was quickly ended.	former9thward	May 2013	#19
Candidates don't refer specifically to the platform	LuvNewcastle	May 2013	#20
If you read the platform it is very generic.	former9thward	May 2013	#23
There's no way to sanction him legally, but he would lose	LuvNewcastle	May 2013	#26
The Third Way	AgingAmerican	May 2013	#10
It does have a platform. See it at this link:	MineralMan	May 2013	#11
You Have To Ask - The DLC Will Not Be Held Accountable	cantbeserious	May 2013	#12
But, but, but...DINOs are electable!11111111	Apophis	May 2013	#13
...and in SOME cases Progressives are not.	brooklynite	May 2013	#21
Is that supposed to impress becaue her brother is on TV? If Blue Dogs were so electable	Bluenorthwest	May 2013	#74
I think the fact that her brother is on TV is completely irrelevant...	brooklynite	May 2013	#75
Look to the top, the president	quinnox	May 2013	#14
In addition to the national Democratic Party Platform,	MineralMan	May 2013	#15
Thanks to Obama and his pals I find it increasingly difficult to care	Demo_Chris	May 2013	#16
Support for the Democratic Platform is an act of disloyalty to the Democratic Party.	dawg	May 2013	#18
Here's an excerpt from the 1934 Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party platform	RufusTFirefly	May 2013	#24
Hope and Change I can believe in	libdude	May 2013	#63
Great post, Cleita, thank you.	Zorra	May 2013	#25
Makes it easier to shift with the winds.	Granny M	May 2013	#27
They do. They just keep it secret from the rank & file because it is to support corporations first	on point	May 2013	#28
Honesty....	Pinup	May 2013	#29
"Honesty"?	Hell Hath No Fury	May 2013	#33
There are some...	Pinup	May 2013	#34
Links please?	Hell Hath No Fury	May 2013	#40
Sure, as long as you don't pay any attention to actual polling.	jeff47	May 2013	#45
RIGHT ON FISCAL ISSUES?	Skittles	May 2013	#50
Excellent suggestion!	tblue	May 2013	#30
Since bribery has basically been legalized...	99Forever	May 2013	#31
because its leadership has moved so far to the right they are really closet republicans? nt	msongs	May 2013	#35
Nicely, concisely stated. n/t	truedelphi	May 2013	#69
It's as though "if we do this what will the Republicans say?"	Rosa Luxemburg	May 2013	#36
Sold its soul to the corporations and turned its back on FDR ideals.	L0oniX	May 2013	#37
Clinton felt the goal was to give Republicans a run for their money,...using the same money.	Spitfire of ATJ	May 2013	#44
And every Dem politican who does this does it because they	truedelphi	May 2013	#70
It's all one party now, in many ways. Bad cop/worse cop.	elehhhhna	May 2013	#38
Parties change...and coalitions change.	nadinbrzezinski	May 2013	#42
This sums it up nicely...	Spitfire of ATJ	May 2013	#43
Because of your last paragraph.	jeff47	May 2013	#46
Because affluent yuppies have taken over the Party...	YoungDemCA	May 2013	#47
Mostly they pander to Hate Radio -	Doctor_J	May 2013	#49
Because a lot of people think we cannot lose our Party...	kentuck	May 2013	#51
We've got one but our leadership could really care less.	pa28	May 2013	#52
I go to the meetings and volunteer at the office.	hay rick	May 2013	#53
What are you doing at the local level?	tabbycat31	May 2013	#54
Some ability to run as a democrat is possible - but very limited	truedelphi	May 2013	#67
I know every state is different	tabbycat31	May 2013	#68
because they sold it	PD Turk	May 2013	#55
20 years of free trade kool aid nt	markiv	May 2013	#56
It's buried under DLC/3rd Way "not as bad" bullshit.	Tierra_y_Libertad	May 2013	#57
Another thing is too many people have bought into the team sport politics.	cui bono	May 2013	#58
That's very true. And	truedelphi	May 2013	#60
Yes! I'm so tired of the "well would you rather have Romney (or whoever)" response.	cui bono	May 2013	#64
My answer to that is always "If we had Romney, the Devil we deal with would at least be	Occulus	May 2013	#72
Check out Progressive Democrats of America and Democracy for America	eridani	May 2013	#61
The other party imploded and we're picking up the pieces	Recursion	May 2013	#62
They do...	NCTraveler	May 2013	#65
It began with Clinton. The anti-government propaganda worked. What it did was essentially	Liberal_Stalwart71	May 2013	#66
We began to put party over principal.	Savannahmann	May 2013	#73
You can easily realize how come the Democratic Faithful no longer has	truedelphi	May 2013	#76

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