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In reply to the discussion: The Liberal Left is the Base of the Party [View all]RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)47. Gawd
You are blaming me and the Liberal Left for the republicans controlling the house?
As for nixon and junior the country reacted to us Liberal Left who were anti-war, pro civil rights, etc. We Liberal Left were hated by the conservatives and they did everything they could to make sure our message was distorted and demeaned. But guess what? The Dirty Fucking Hippies were right.
And there you go, blaming all the bad on the Liberal Left. Makes me puke. Thanks a lot.
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I am member of the Democratic Party. Labels are useless as they are not easy to define and
lumpy
Mar 2014
#129
Because you are making it like a McCarthyite witch hunt. I've been here a long time
CJCRANE
Mar 2014
#72
You started the namecalling and you know it. This whole OP is just a big call out.
CJCRANE
Mar 2014
#83
funny thing, a lot of these "trolls" held the same views they did on 1/19/2009 as they do today..
frylock
Mar 2014
#86
Interesting. Did you know that many of those groups formed a coalition before the last election
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#128
Haven't you already determined that you get to decide who the "liberal base" refers to?
JoePhilly
Mar 2014
#70
That only works when you self-appoint yourself as a liberal monitor and then call out others
CJCRANE
Mar 2014
#31
you don't have the credibility to categorize DUers in these little boxes you feel they belong it.
dionysus
Mar 2014
#49
you have no clue what people here think.there's so much 24/7 criticism coming from every conceivable
dionysus
Mar 2014
#120
I think the TOS are a mere suggestion rather than a mandate these days. But I don't own the joint.
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2014
#135
Says who? This is the flip side of saying that the bible thumpers are the base
question everything
Mar 2014
#35
"Without an active Liberal left, the party would be all republican." QOTD
nationalize the fed
Mar 2014
#42
I don't know if they're the "base" of the party or not, if we're looking at sheer numbers.
Common Sense Party
Mar 2014
#53
Without moderate and conservative Democrats as well as a good number of Independent voters ...
spin
Mar 2014
#57
Take your poison money to the TeaPubliKlans, that sounds more up your alley
TheKentuckian
Mar 2014
#123
liberal leftist, in my compass chart with a splash of anarchism on my own, who knew?
juxtaposed
Mar 2014
#105
True. But the Greens and other far-left progressives aren't part of the base of the party,
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#110
Depends on what you mean by "base". Compare DU candidate support to the primaries
Recursion
Mar 2014
#119
Oh please, everyone knows it's Reagan Democrats who are the base of the party
Fumesucker
Mar 2014
#134