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In reply to the discussion: If You Think the Democratic Party Is Not Doing Its Job, [View all]MineralMan
(147,290 posts)173. Thanks for your reply.
I think that some simply are too impatient to commit to the effort change takes when done this way. While I feel for them, I don't see them offering a viable alternative to this old-school method.
It's a simple way to create change, and time-tested, but it can be slow to operate. That may be the reason for the flack posts like this get from some. I don't know for sure, though. There could be other reasons, too.
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Get back to me on the new flavor of Dorritos that get bought, then realized it's Dorritos.
Safetykitten
Sep 2013
#15
Seriously?? Really?? I'm supposed to believe that a canvasser can't answer a simple question
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2013
#43
What a joke of a retort. I've phonebanked enough in my time, aand I have at least had to
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2013
#99
You can call your mother for all I care, and when you do ask her to send you a fresh
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2013
#130
Just put a sign on your door letting people know not to waste their time on you
Hekate
Sep 2013
#136
You should probably make Olivaw's script part of your training, as in: "If you meet this guy...
Hekate
Sep 2013
#167
Very good advice. People can form their own clubs, invite their Democratic friends and it can
lumpy
Sep 2013
#102
When local party politicians will not demand that Obama remain true to traditional Democratic values
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#32
Listen to what Mineral Man is saying. He is trying to educate you how to become involved
lumpy
Sep 2013
#105
If you think that's what I'm doing, that's because I agree with the Mineral Man wholeheartedly.
lumpy
Sep 2013
#110
If you think that the world revolves around you, you are too self-absorbed.
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#112
No one is asking the President to "growl at ... local pols." The local pols should be growling
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#166
Not a chance: Nixon was a bigoted right-wing authoritarian, who happened to face a liberal Congress
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#140
What you are exhorting voters to do is exactly what many DID in 2008. Proving that there are no
MotherPetrie
Sep 2013
#22
I doubt you understand perfectly. You haven't learned a damn thing from this thread.
lumpy
Sep 2013
#108
So the admins finally showed you the door, huh? They have been cleaning house and totally
Number23
Sep 2013
#141
Lots of really yucky posts all over the site. So stridently anti-Obama there was no question
Number23
Sep 2013
#180
I can't believe how much resistance and ridicule there is for Mineral Man's Politics 101 suggestion
NBachers
Sep 2013
#56
Got great people in my precinct. They fight for our interests. Hey, even had Kucinich as a speaker.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#100
Since the 70s, but for me it's always been about issues and policies, not so much...
polichick
Sep 2013
#80
I'm thinking that some people are tired of playing the role of Charlie Brown.
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#79
I know they're not doing their job. They don't even bother to ask for my vote.
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2013
#97
Some take the work of the Democratic Party for granted. They have forgotten or ignored reality:
freshwest
Sep 2013
#101
Nothing is happening at the federal level unless we get some leverage in the House.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#107
I agree 100%. And I'm not suggesting we shouldn't try to retake the house, rather
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#128
Your point that we can overcome with registration was proven in 2012, with media against us...
freshwest
Sep 2013
#125
So the state level party ignores the Districts, and then you complain those District level folks
Romulox
Sep 2013
#149
Right. Your top down process doesn't have the support at the grassroots level. Wherefore surprise?
Romulox
Sep 2013
#155
People should be bookmarking this thread as Politics 101. MinMan, Mopinko, & JDPriestly...
Hekate
Sep 2013
#138
"this is what I was always taught by Mr. Pangloss, and I see plainly that all is for the best."
Romulox
Sep 2013
#147
The quote has a hidden meaning that I intended to relate to the content of the OP!
Romulox
Sep 2013
#151
No, your meaning is not hidden. I just choose not to argue with you about it.
MineralMan
Sep 2013
#153
You are passively-aggressively claiming the right to approve or disapprove of my post.
Romulox
Sep 2013
#161
I don't think this exchange is flattering to you, or the point you were attempting to make.
Romulox
Sep 2013
#163
Well, you're wrong in that. It just makes you look like a fool who doesn't care if Dems lose...
Hekate
Sep 2013
#164
I'm not putting in ANY hard work to get "sensible centrists" elected. Deal with it. nt
Romulox
Sep 2013
#174