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In reply to the discussion: We need a new Democratic Party, that much is clear [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)When was the last time we saw Dems put up a real fight? When in recent years, have seen the Dem Leadership get their own party members who continually cave to the Right, to get the message 'you vote WITH your party on this issue OR YOU GET NO COMMITTEE Chairs, you get NO SUPPORT from this party in your next election'. Like LBJ or FDR were able to do? I can't think of one time on an important issue seeing that kind of 'You are a Dem, you either vote WITH Dems or you get nothing from this party'. Not once.
THIS is what I hear: 'Look, the Dems couldn't have succeeded because the Blue Dogs/Third Way/DLCers would not go along'. So when voters took that message to heart and threw out the Blue Dogs, the message changed to 'WE NEEDED THEM'. BS, that's all we get, and Wall St wins, every time because we do not have FIGHTERS on our team.