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In reply to the discussion: Why is DU's popularity waning? (Title edited, explanation within.) [View all]MFrohike
(1,980 posts)I know it's popular to claim that there was some mythical golden age of DU where everyone marched in lockstep and universally supported everybody with a D next to their name, but it just ain't true. When I started reading this board almost 10 years ago, there were plenty of Democrats regularly ripped up one side and down the other. Zell Miller (he earned it), Joe Lieberman (had yet to actually campaign for a GOP nominee), Howard Dean, every last Blue Dog, John Kerry, John Edwards, the Clintons, Robert Rubin, Russ Feingold, etc. Hell, the only change I've really seen in that regard is that occasionally there's a kind word for LBJ these days.
The only really major change I've seen in DU is the myopia of some long-time members, who like to claim that things were somehow once different.* The problem is that if you bother to do the google searches, you find it just ain't true.
*Well, and Swamp Rat doesn't seem to be around. I did enjoy his pics.