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In reply to the discussion: Ya Know... For Every Person Accusing Some Of Us Of Being "Purists", I Would Love To Know... [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)106. I've noticed that the Third Way apologists don't know an ounce of history.
They pretend to, but are clueless. That is why it is hard to believe a word they say.
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Ya Know... For Every Person Accusing Some Of Us Of Being "Purists", I Would Love To Know... [View all]
WillyT
Nov 2014
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You And Yor Husband Built The Schools, The Roads To The Schools, The Busses That Use The Roads To...
WillyT
Nov 2014
#5
See... The 2K Per Year You And Your Husband Spent Each Year Mght Have Gotten You 100' Of Road...
WillyT
Nov 2014
#9
WillyT - what do you suppose that idiot was really saying with, "Well said. Well spoken."?....
marble falls
Nov 2014
#57
ANd by paying it forward you mean voting in the way you would prefer them to vote?
el_bryanto
Nov 2014
#8
If you were a mother in Iraq whose baby was blown to bits by our humanitarian bombs, you might see
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#33
You said nothing related to the tragedies I posted about. You chose to turn those
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#64
Me Too... Voted Straight D Every Time Since 1974... Sometimes Holding My Nose, Sometimes Not...
WillyT
Nov 2014
#116
Agreed... The Rebublican Party Has Fallen A Loooong Way From Abe Lincoln And Teddy Roosevelt...
WillyT
Nov 2014
#119
So you would have supported the Iraq War Crime if Dems were the ones to start it? I'm trying to
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#133
That is exactly what you are witnessing. I have to say that I was very naive in 2003. I really
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#129
Resorting now to condescension rather than explanation. I believe that when people believe they have
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#147
The answer to your question was in almost every sentence of the comment you responded to. Your
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#127
Dead babies, yes, it is something lots of people prefer not to talk about anymore, isn't it?
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#141
WHY did you ask? Why are you always so angry when people don't agree with you?
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#145
That bullying you are experiencing is not helping Democrats get elected either.
Jamastiene
Nov 2014
#156
Yes, it is a perfect example of the sense of entitlement to votes regardless of what people are
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#176
I think my comment was pretty clear. I will never support her. And I hope more Democrats make that
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#132
Excuse me? 'Courage'? To tell the truth? Is that how you view politics? That one has to be some
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#178
Yep... And That Some Here Have Bought Into It... Is Sad... And Yet Explains A Lot...
WillyT
Nov 2014
#53
You did do it on the backs of others. We all did. You just don't get that you did.
merrily
Nov 2014
#155
Yeah... Those Of Us That Grew Up Under The FDR Era... And Have Had It Corrupted Are The Malcontents
WillyT
Nov 2014
#23
Please explain 'malcontents', I have seen that epithet, mainly aimed at Democrats during the
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#134
"I have seen that epithet, mainly aimed at Democrats during the Bush/Cheney disastrous era"
FSogol
Nov 2014
#164
Rush Limbaugh probably started it. He dedicate a whole show to letting 'Liberal Malcontents'
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#194
Ohh, Rush used an English word to insult liberals, that means the word is a liberal insult?
FSogol
Nov 2014
#197
"Kids are so creative these days." But for some of them, not for very long!
marble falls
Nov 2014
#54
This really isn't very complicated. You either side with the 1% or the 99%.
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#28
That's how it works when good people are forced to stop a monstrous, destructive evil,
Zorra
Nov 2014
#74
'Purist' is a Third Way Think Tank Talking point invented around 2003 aimed at 'the Left' which the
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#52
Authoritarians do purges. Purists do litmus tests. Neither are in the Democratic Party tradition.
baldguy
Nov 2014
#93
Both of those OPs are about keeping Republicans out of the Democratic Party, including moderate
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#99
So prove me wrong...explain HOW Bernie Sanders (or equivalent) wins a national election...
brooklynite
Nov 2014
#86
The same way anyone generally wins an election. By getting enough votes for them counted
Zorra
Nov 2014
#170
We don't know. It's never been tried. We actually even elected a black man who ran for President
Zorra
Nov 2014
#181
I believe that I can safely say that a large majority of Americans had no clue who Barack Obama
Zorra
Nov 2014
#184
If it makes you feel better to pretend to be David and Goliath, knock yourself out...
brooklynite
Nov 2014
#185
Yeppers. The RW even went so far as to gerrymander Rep. Kucinich out of office, so
Zorra
Nov 2014
#186
Are you too young to remember that Kucinich led Iraq War opposition in Congress?
Zorra
Nov 2014
#188
Yes, all wealthy people are conservative, just like all working class people are liberal.....
brooklynite
Nov 2014
#198
How can you rationally argue the purges & litmus tests aren't a campaign for purity?
baldguy
Nov 2014
#89
And none of of those downtrodden masses would be able to pass all of your purity tests.
baldguy
Nov 2014
#92
You Don't Seem Fine... And The Benefits YOU Have... Started With THESE People...
WillyT
Nov 2014
#114
Well that scenerio would sure wake people up to the realities of the T crazies! I like it.
RiverLover
Nov 2014
#123
I know that on today's DU the Democrats get TS'd and the Democrat haters get kudos.
baldguy
Nov 2014
#167
Thanks. I was admiring your responses on this thread, including to name removed.
merrily
Nov 2014
#182