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Showing Original Post only (View all)What are your true feelings about supporting the Democratic Party of today? [View all]
58 votes, 4 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
It is a party that deserves and needs our full and enthusiastic support | |
13 (22%) |
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There is little difference between the two parties, so I'm not that inclined to advocate supporting either major party. | |
3 (5%) |
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I wish there was a viable progressive alternative to the Democratic Party, but there is not and it is not likely that there will be in the foreseeable future. And unfortunately the only viable alternative party is so extreme and so dangerous - there is no choice for now but to support the Democratic Party at least the vast majority of times. | |
38 (66%) |
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I'm a ratfucking right-wing troll pretending to be a progressive. But, I'm really just here to cause dissension - divide and conquer - so that the Republicans will have a better chance at winning elections. | |
2 (3%) |
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I prefer French Toast with either a custard or ricotta based filling. | |
2 (3%) |
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4 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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What are your true feelings about supporting the Democratic Party of today? [View all]
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
OP
Are you saying reporters cannot post here, or are you saying that reporters should be biased?
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#35
'Americans More Likely to Identify as Independents Than D or R' -Gallup Jan. 2014
cprise
Mar 2014
#48
Lol! So you want lip service instead of the truth. And we wonder why the Democratic party is in bad
Katashi_itto
Mar 2014
#49
Lol! Again its this idea that I arrived at this simply because of some nonsense posted online
Katashi_itto
Mar 2014
#72
Amazing, how you spin, but it still boils down to Waffle time in the near future
Katashi_itto
Mar 2014
#136
I imagine she will be back to tell me what I meant to say, then tear it apart...
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#91
Pretty much feel the same. A huge group here will support and defend ANYTHING...
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#86
But, again, you have stated that you have no intention of supporting the Democrats in the midterms,
Squinch
Mar 2014
#113
I like waffles. Isn't enough? You ought to go visit the cooking and baking forum.
Katashi_itto
Mar 2014
#133
What gives me the right is your announcement that you won't be voting in the upcoming
Squinch
Mar 2014
#145
I'm trying to figure out the same thing! People are mean to him here so instead of voting for Dems
Number23
Mar 2014
#178
Supporting, regardless of how tainted the democratic process has become = what?
MrMickeysMom
Mar 2014
#69
Given the choice between midterm voting and Belgium waffles. I now know what
Katashi_itto
Mar 2014
#50
If you go unaffiliated, you will get slammed with junk mail & phone calls & front door solicitors
CrispyQ
Mar 2014
#130
I noticed a lot of the repub candidates didn't have the word Republican on their mailers,
CrispyQ
Mar 2014
#163
between 2 and 3. There really is not much effective difference, but our managers frighten us
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2014
#5
Anyone that thinks there little difference between the two parties has not been paying attention...
Tx4obama
Mar 2014
#6
I'm a straight white male. There's little difference between the parties for me.
Recursion
Mar 2014
#8
So there is a vast difference with respect to the nature of the world you get to live in, even as
Squinch
Mar 2014
#98
why? because I'm trying to sniff out the lukewarm and the unfaithful to try get them purged
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#15
Today's alternative is the batshit-crazy Republican coalition of assorted one-issue ideologues,
struggle4progress
Mar 2014
#14
Any party is merely a vehicle for certain principles and policies. I support it if I agree with them
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2014
#18
I support Bernie Sanders and very much hope he runs for President in 2016 in the primaries
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#23
I guess you have invented in your mind the political equivalent of the "Christian" who goes to
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#31
fighting against something whole-heartedly can sustain enthusiasm in the short run - but in the long
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#150
Both parties are corrupt and venal, and I cannot support either one, as a party.
bemildred
Mar 2014
#75
I voted 3, but I think there is a possibility of near term viable 3rd party. eom
PowerToThePeople
Mar 2014
#90
The party leadership are multi-millionaires, elites, out of touch with everyday people.
closeupready
Mar 2014
#124
how one earth is this a push poll when the poll simply states the most commonly reflected opinions
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#180