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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 10:09 AM

MsLeopard (1,232 posts)

6. What you said

It's infuriating.....

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Bernie Sanders tells Ed Schultz: Southern Democrats are tired of being abandoned by the party [View all]	Galraedia	Oct 2013	OP
The last time we won both houses	hootinholler	Oct 2013	#1
+1	jsr	Oct 2013	#3
The "50 state strategy" is what I first thought of when I saw this too........	socialist_n_TN	Oct 2013	#4
That's absolutely right.	LuvNewcastle	Oct 2013	#9
Economic rights and the idea that the government shouldn't intrude	bigbrother05	Oct 2013	#19
I'm not suggesting that we abandon our positions on civil rights	LuvNewcastle	Oct 2013	#42
Totally support what you are saying.	truedelphi	Oct 2013	#53
This is one of the real kind of reasons the wealthy want to OWN all parties	nolabels	Oct 2013	#58
This is why even the petit bourgeoisie should not support capitalism.....	socialist_n_TN	Oct 2013	#92
down there	Chaco Dundee	Oct 2013	#24
Exactly! Many of my husband's high school friends are working class whites and they vote repub	anneboleyn	Oct 2013	#45
The Democratic Party became a Wall-Street Party for one reason:	Volaris	Oct 2013	#70
You assume that shoveling money creates victory for the shoveler but facts do	Bluenorthwest	Oct 2013	#85
It depends on the local electorate	Trekologer	Oct 2013	#90
but they are just another wall street party. nt	tomp	Oct 2013	#75
Yes, and we also might win some...	prairierose	Oct 2013	#32
Might win some in the West? The entire West Coast is Blue, all Senators, Governors	Bluenorthwest	Oct 2013	#86
Yes, the west coast is blue, but...	prairierose	Oct 2013	#95
We All Thought The Same Thing	DallasNE	Oct 2013	#41
I agree.	LuvNewcastle	Oct 2013	#43
+One Million	tsuki	Oct 2013	#5
What you said	MsLeopard	Oct 2013	#6
Absolutely!	Le Taz Hot	Oct 2013	#8
I started donating to DNC when Dean became chair.	eridani	Oct 2013	#61
This. ^^^	CrispyQ	Oct 2013	#11
Not exactly true--	Jackpine Radical	Oct 2013	#15
OMFG!	hootinholler	Oct 2013	#21
Exactly right. nt	Doremus	Oct 2013	#27
+1	leftstreet	Oct 2013	#38
+1	uponit7771	Oct 2013	#62
This still sticks in my craw	vi5	Oct 2013	#77
yup	justabob	Oct 2013	#2
The Democrats need to have a presence in EVERY state	Le Taz Hot	Oct 2013	#7
That's right, you have to enter the race in order to win it.	LuvNewcastle	Oct 2013	#10
I like how an Independent is the one trying to save the Democratic Party	ChangeUp106	Oct 2013	#12
Hell yeah, Senator Sanders!	Rebellious Republican	Oct 2013	#13
And you have a pretty good champion to rally around.	Jackpine Radical	Oct 2013	#16
Thanks JP!	Rebellious Republican	Oct 2013	#44
K & R	Thinkingabout	Oct 2013	#14
Not just Congressional seats, there is a need to focus on State Houses and state legislatures.	Fla Dem	Oct 2013	#17
NO shit! The ALEC brigade can subvert many federal programs	hootinholler	Oct 2013	#22
I agree	secondvariety	Oct 2013	#74
Bernie really, really gets this demographic and dynamic. here's why	cali	Oct 2013	#18
He doesn't get white Southerners. Different culture than Vermont Yankees. nt	geek tragedy	Oct 2013	#23
he gets the commonalities of rural, white folks.	cali	Oct 2013	#37
Attn Southern Dems: Elections Are Every Two Years	otohara	Oct 2013	#20
Well it wasn't our fault that the DLC got Obama elected..	ananda	Oct 2013	#25
Last time I looked, a 55M cross section of Americans got Obama elected!	George II	Oct 2013	#31
+100000	YoungDemCA	Oct 2013	#60
What Sanders doesn't get is that government isn't an economic issue	geek tragedy	Oct 2013	#26
Exactly	coldmountain	Oct 2013	#28
This message was self-deleted by its author	SunSeeker	Oct 2013	#56
you're wrong. that's exactly what he does get.	cali	Oct 2013	#39
Can you name a prominent liberal white Southerner	geek tragedy	Oct 2013	#46
The Dems in the south tend to be economic liberals	IronLionZion	Oct 2013	#49
Virginia barely qualifies as a southern state these days.	geek tragedy	Oct 2013	#50
Classic "no true Scotsman" response. n/t	Tanuki	Oct 2013	#78
You just made Sanders point n/t	leftstreet	Oct 2013	#66
Tim Kaine and Mark Warner	westerebus	Oct 2013	#67
Warner is not a liberal.	geek tragedy	Oct 2013	#81
Kaine is DLC as is Warner.	westerebus	Oct 2013	#93
sorry but I don't buy that...	Volaris	Oct 2013	#73
Well, Uncle Sam did go down there and end legal apartheid, post TVA.	geek tragedy	Oct 2013	#80
I think your description is of racists and homphobes and to extend that to all	Bluenorthwest	Oct 2013	#88
There are of course exceptions to every rule.	geek tragedy	Oct 2013	#91
I love Bernie Sanders, think he's a great Senator, but.........	George II	Oct 2013	#29
You know, thats a GREAT point!	7962	Oct 2013	#33
not a great point.	tomp	Oct 2013	#76
I just hope that since	dotymed	Oct 2013	#30
+1000	MissDeeds	Oct 2013	#36
+1 million	n2doc	Oct 2013	#34
Precisely it's like fighting with one arm tied behind your back or negotiating from a position	Uncle Joe	Oct 2013	#54
Bring back Howard Dean	Arugula Latte	Oct 2013	#35
We made progress under Howard Dean's 50 state strategy.	bvar22	Oct 2013	#40
Here's what we got	ProSense	Oct 2013	#48
Start with Kentucky	ProSense	Oct 2013	#47
Obama made an irrevocable mistake when he abandoned Dean's 50 state strategy.	last1standing	Oct 2013	#51
k and r	nashville_brook	Oct 2013	#52
If they're "hung up on gay marriage issues", fuck'em	MNBrewer	Oct 2013	#55
Im a southern democrat and I agree with you 100, no 1000, no 1000000%!	LostOne4Ever	Oct 2013	#65
Can we get those guys to vote Democratic without abandoning what they're "hung up on"?	Silent3	Oct 2013	#57
I think we need more Southern Democrats at the grassroots level...	YoungDemCA	Oct 2013	#59
Exactly as our Southern DUers keep trying to tell us here. They exist.	Hekate	Oct 2013	#63
As a southern democrat I just want to say:	LostOne4Ever	Oct 2013	#64
As a gay person I did not think Bernie meant any such thing.	Bluenorthwest	Oct 2013	#89
Well said, Bluenorthwest, well said.	westerebus	Oct 2013	#97
50 State Strategy! Howard Dean was right!	NuttyFluffers	Oct 2013	#68
Rs have enough money to buy top Ds to stop a 50-state strategy.	Festivito	Oct 2013	#69
One of the few in congress who really gets it	madokie	Oct 2013	#71
If it's MORE important to someone to keep their gay neighbor from getting married	Warren DeMontague	Oct 2013	#72
Social Issues	get the red out	Oct 2013	#79
Like it or not, the South is the hub of evangelical Christianity in America...	YoungDemCA	Oct 2013	#82
Very true	get the red out	Oct 2013	#84
The national Party comes to TX and sucks up millions in donations.	hobbit709	Oct 2013	#83
The top members of the Democratic Party cannot keep abandoning those who voted for them.	AnotherMcIntosh	Oct 2013	#87
Somebody Please Get This Link To Senator Bernie Sanders.........	global1	Oct 2013	#94
uggh. It's not that simple, Bernie	ecstatic	Oct 2013	#96

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