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In reply to the discussion: Let’s abandon the Democrats: Stop blaming Fox News and stop hoping Elizabeth Warren will save us [View all]Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)105. The dc dems already abandoned many of their voters
The dc repukes actually give their voters what they want. That's why the republican voters show up. The dc dems give us TPP, corporate healthcare, corporate schools, wheeler, Weiss, bank-friendly budget "compromises", etc. The only use the current party has for liberals is as scapegoats when their incompetence results in electoral disaster.
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Let’s abandon the Democrats: Stop blaming Fox News and stop hoping Elizabeth Warren will save us [View all]
Autumn
Dec 2014
OP
If the Democrats don't run Liberal candidates, then Liberals won't vote Democratic.
Maedhros
Dec 2014
#30
and still not one...if he is such a perfect hero why does he need our party at all?j
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2014
#217
Think harder then. It's not a very complex thing to understand...for most.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jan 2015
#248
Like I wrote. Try to think harder. It'll come to you if you have an open mind.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jan 2015
#250
what is wrong with you? "where are they going to come from?" wtf? the party could find
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#142
Of course it will affect me. I can't even find out where the local Democratic party MEETS, let
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#162
the victim mentality is with the party. "if they (the voters) don't give us what we want we'll just
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#144
The real world is one in which we vote for democrats & things will get worse. Good to know.
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#207
It's also how Democrats run and what they deliver or fail to deliver if elected.
merrily
Dec 2014
#168
I have watched this happen since I voted for JFK. Why do we always have to learn the
jwirr
Dec 2014
#186
Fine I hear you but do you hear me? There are people who need the protection of those safety net
jwirr
Dec 2014
#219
Then maybe Duers who are saying they will not vote should find a way to assure the people who
jwirr
Jan 2015
#234
Hell no I am not the only one and I am damned glad of that but you just watch what happens
jwirr
Jan 2015
#243
You are right. If our current Democrats were winning elections and protecting the safety
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#258
When we won in 2006 and 2008, it was with Liberal and non-Liberal candidates...
brooklynite
Dec 2014
#70
The democratic party could have put up anyone and would still have won. Democrats and a lot
Autumn
Dec 2014
#80
and I happen to know Republican women who WILL vote for Hillary Clinton. ....yet you still oppose he
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2014
#113
The fact that republicans will vote for Clinton is part of the democrats problem.
CrispyQ
Dec 2014
#127
Those who would be likely to vote for Hillary because she is a woman will be even more likely
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#259
not Bingo because that is NOT what I said.....I didn't once say they support her politics...
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2014
#132
then they are no longer Democrats....just like those R women will no longer be Republicans
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2014
#137
Voting for a democrat doesn't make one a democrat, nor does voting for a republican make one a
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#221
How about let's figure out finally why voters will no longer accept Republican Lite candidates
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#59
You are so right... People voted FOR many liberal candidates and issues they believed in...
cascadiance
Dec 2014
#75
What candidate are you planning to run which has not or will not accept corporate
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#81
I do not see this happening in tge coming few years. DNC is in the minority on Congress
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#90
It won't happen as long as we continue to elect compromised candidates that do "pay to play"...
cascadiance
Dec 2014
#93
Did you realize the Democrats are in the minority in both the House and Senate?
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#94
I do! And do you realize that this is why money needs to be taken out of politics?
cascadiance
Dec 2014
#98
Warren also took campaign funds from corporations, she understands campaigns needs big bucks
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#101
I think I've said multiple times I GET that just about all politicians take money...
cascadiance
Dec 2014
#102
I think it is more than corporate sympathic Democrats, the votes are not there, we have to change
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#103
Are you calling Warren a liar? She admitted she had donors from Wall Street.
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#176
Go back and add up the amounts opensecrets.com listed, does it add up to
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#180
Maybe you could find out from opensecrets.com, they apparently missed lots
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#182
Then believe what she says, she said she has Wall Street donors and she spent
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#199
The information opensecrets.com perhaps gave correct information but they did
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#204
Autumn, she and the rest of her fellow Clintonites are pulling their own purity test
davidpdx
Dec 2014
#228
Well there's plenty of time for you to cool off and change it back to help us
RiverLover
Jan 2015
#241
I think by early summer we'll have a good idea how the field is going to shape
davidpdx
Jan 2015
#253
If you read - or understood - the entire article, this is about why the Democrats lost
djean111
Dec 2014
#12
Well, then, you disagree with the article. Noted! But - others of us will be reading it
djean111
Dec 2014
#18
VR, they don't get it, they'll never get it, and there's not a sliver of difference between
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2014
#67
because the main reason the republicans have power today is that the democrats have been just
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#152
I'm no left leaning independent but a 3rd gen Dem. I think the post has a lot of value.
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#84
If HRC is the nominee I will vote for her absolutely. No no way for Jeb, Rand Paul et al.
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#89
gee that's really nice she was delightful. Because that is what we want in a president. nt
ellenrr
Dec 2014
#114
I described her behavior at social event that's all. Voting is a different matter, when the brain
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#124
baloney.....we lost because WE DON'T show up in the midterms....this is nothing new
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2014
#115
Maybe YOU did not show up, but I did. At least, this time, you did not blame the "LLI"s.......
djean111
Dec 2014
#125
Yes I did.....but this is a collective not just about you....we are called a "Party" for a reason...
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2014
#128
its not about THEM.....its about supporting US.....we are a collective...we elect candidates....
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2014
#134
Any party that loses the ability to process constructive criticism...
Man from Pickens
Jan 2015
#260
Yeah, because ceding the field to the Repubs would be good for the country? Really?
riqster
Dec 2014
#10
Supporting "Party" over "Policy" is how the Corporatists seized control of OUR party.
Vincardog
Dec 2014
#76
Bullshit it is about holding elected officials accountable to the people who voted for the.
Vincardog
Dec 2014
#79
Please inform me, if we elect someone and they act against our interests Why should
Vincardog
Jan 2015
#229
I think it is time for you to elaborate why it is better to support Party over Policy.
Vincardog
Jan 2015
#245
There is that snark. Give me a reason to support "democrats" who voted to guarantee all the
Vincardog
Jan 2015
#262
Ok you aren't willing to offer anything except DS Talking points and refuse every request
Vincardog
Jan 2015
#264
my fellow democrats don't support me; and as you concede, they select whom they like, without
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#154
you are 100% correct, but I do not expect the stoners in this thread to ever see that. nt
ellenrr
Dec 2014
#116
They may 'support' her in a poll, but they didn't pick her as a candidate. That was rigged, as it
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#222
Totally agree. I moved to Ohio just after the last Primary. Chris Redfern was so bad
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#27
That bastard fucker of syphillitic, scrofulus ocelots totally screwed the state.
riqster
Dec 2014
#35
The Kochs conceived and funded the teabaggers. The teabaggers were not out there
merrily
Dec 2014
#179
10 years? Tea Party managed to do it in less then an election cycle...
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2014
#157
To put it another way and bluntly, this makes me think of what Redskins John Riggins used to say:
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#87
Hilarious, memorable and only he could pull it off. Friends saw him at Nathan's twice on
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#91
That is why voters stay home. People who lean Democratic are not stupid and they know
Autumn
Dec 2014
#51
"Not as bad" is a piss poor way of campaigning and a piss poor way of governing.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2014
#60
I have little hope of that seeing as how candidates are determined by
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2014
#65
Not sure what to make out of a former Bill Clinton counselor writing this piece. It goes counter
still_one
Dec 2014
#64
As a lifelong Democratic voter, I will NEVER EVER vote for another corporate dem as long as I live.
onecaliberal
Dec 2014
#196
1978. My first vote ever, for whoever was running against Jim Thompson. Don't even
Doctor_J
Dec 2014
#206
That Would Be Like Abandoning Your Child Bcuz They Made Mistakes Or Didn't Live Up 2 All expectation
Corey_Baker08
Dec 2014
#223
the gnewz media is STILL in thrall of reaganism + the GOP. democrats need to stop being afraid.
pansypoo53219
Dec 2014
#227