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Showing Original Post only (View all)If Democratic candidates ran on progressive ideas on a consistent basis... [View all]
they would win more elections over time than lose. Yes, in individual elections or cycles, they would lose here and there, but over time, they would win more because their ideas would resonate with the people.
For example, if Grimes actually ran against big coal and laid out a vision for a new future for KY free of depending on coal jobs, that would resonate with that 18-22 year old who wants a future other than working in a coal mine.
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Yavin4
Dec 2014
OP
Exactly! Far too many democratic politicians are gutless and try to be more rightward than the
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#1
+1!!! We have to change our tactics! We have to focus solely on the root problem instead of
Dustlawyer
Dec 2014
#28
I totally agree that it's a systemic problem, and that we need publicly funded elections
RufusTFirefly
Dec 2014
#30
Don't get me wrong, I am not dismissing OWS, I just believe that we need a singleminded purpose
Dustlawyer
Dec 2014
#37
Yep, so right about who writes their checks. And, we have citizens united! It's a cruel joke on
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#33
Unfortunately, you will never hear this from mainstream sources. Ergo, it isn't true.
RufusTFirefly
Dec 2014
#36
Much like the good Germans were during WWII who ignored what was going on in their country until
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#41
Yep, the 'boiling frog' syndrome and it's been going on in this country for some time now, just
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#50
It is, in fact, not much of a democracy exists today. We go through the motions of a democracy, but
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#34
"I think most Americans don't believe that the Dems are any different from the Repubs...
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2014
#7
She boxed herself into a place where she managed to be less genuine than McTurtle and
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#9
Those states weren't "red" in the seventies. Red states are controlled by the GOP.
MADem
Dec 2014
#29
That's the second time, at least, in this thread where you've mischaracterized my
MADem
Dec 2014
#87
I'm not saying that at all. Stop putting words in my mouth -- you ALWAYS get it wrong.
MADem
Dec 2014
#120
I do nothing of the sort. If you can't respond to debate with anything besides personal
MADem
Dec 2014
#116
Never said it should be a nationwide strategy. I advocated a state by state strategy
joeglow3
Dec 2014
#102
You seriously think that's a winning strategy? To diss the industry that puts food on
MADem
Dec 2014
#11
You're citing the American Coal Council as a legitimate source??? Bwahahaha!!!! n/t
RufusTFirefly
Dec 2014
#24
You're not bothering to read what I wrote, OR even following the thread? Bwahahahahaha!!!!!!!
MADem
Dec 2014
#31
You clearly didn't comprehend them too well if you didn't take the obvious point I was making.
MADem
Dec 2014
#38
No, no, no--that's not how it rolls. It's not my job to peck through the shit looking for corn.
MADem
Dec 2014
#47
Why don't you try reading a conversation in FULL context, instead of jumping in with a
MADem
Dec 2014
#109
Opportunist my ass. And what a mischaracterization of my views, too. I live in the real world.
MADem
Dec 2014
#86
Neither am I--but you persist in characterizing me in that fashion to be rude and disruptive.
MADem
Dec 2014
#117
No one is "telling" you anything--you just can't hold up your side in debate, so instead of arguing
MADem
Dec 2014
#128
No, I am not, but that sounded a bit like a put-down...I am a practical thinker who thinks that it
MADem
Dec 2014
#130
No, she ran away from Obama, and she was insincere. It had nothing to do with "Bill and Hillary and
MADem
Dec 2014
#52
Yeah, right--I'll provide those just as soon as you provide all of your links to back up the
MADem
Dec 2014
#63
You jumped in at post 25, and if you want links, you've got to provide yours first.
MADem
Dec 2014
#70
Well, come up with that link, why don't you? Did she use that Wall Street money to pay Warren's
MADem
Dec 2014
#68
That would make us a "four corners" regional party and lock us out of the White House
Recursion
Dec 2014
#39
not all 18-22 year olds want the same thing, if you go by state, voting patterns are not
JI7
Dec 2014
#42
did any Candidate win California running on Defense Cuts when that was a big part of the state
JI7
Dec 2014
#44
i don't view politics as a religion, it's why i can still say FDR was a good president even though
JI7
Dec 2014
#82
so do you think FDR should not be seen as a positive part of the democratic Party ?
JI7
Dec 2014
#85
Lots of folks here seem to confuse the way they wish things would be with how they are
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#92
Because the Clinton experiment in triangulation has worked out well for democrats?
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2014
#101
LOL. Only if you confuse buzzwords with arguments and forget several important facts
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#104
There have only been two good election cycles for democrats since Clinton got into office,
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2014
#107
Why would someone today in KY who works in the coal industry vote for someone who ran against big
still_one
Dec 2014
#105
I doubt running against coal would have helped Grimes but it would have been interesting to
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#126