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In reply to the discussion: Message to the Left-Wing [View all]L0oniX
(31,493 posts)20. Nothing really matters. The 1% have already won. You all just don't know it yet or won't believe it.
The fact that they are putting Hillary up in our faces is all the evidence I need.
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Just want to say that I agree with you regarding the Left building a power base within the Party.
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#76
'Sticks and stones' but names, well I've been called just about everything since I first began
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#82
Lol! I don't know where this saying came from, but I think it was Dionne 'there is nothing so
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#90
All I can say is you are lucky he wasn't the 'shoot first ask questions later' type.
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#100
In this post and the one following it you both express my beliefs but what you are suggesting takes
jwirr
Apr 2015
#49
Thank you. I am located in MN and on the local level we are still pretty union and FDR Dems. So
jwirr
Apr 2015
#60
Nothing really matters. The 1% have already won. You all just don't know it yet or won't believe it.
L0oniX
Apr 2015
#20
Oh, I believe it. I have no doubt that a 1% candidate will win the Presidency, but they will do it
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#21
from your lips to god's ears. i'm increasingly discouraged; i hope you're right.
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#35
+100. Speaking for myself alone, anything but vapid cheerleaderism seems often met
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#34
In 2008, I had to remind myself, off and on, that candidates are not nevessarily a reflection of
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#127
I did a lot of volunteer work when my kids were still minors, mostly with the schools
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#61
Americans like to think they are egalitarian when they are almost anything but that
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#84
The point I'm making is that the thoughts and concerns of the lower class were never even heard...
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#111
my experience mirrors yours. the schmoozers put in a minimal amount of actual work &
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#119
And that is what many on the Left are doing now, across the country. It is exciting actually
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#91
Based on your own definition of what "the left" is as well, & your own perceptions.
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#115
With all due respect, you are not "the Left". You said in a post to me days ago that the left
cui bono
Apr 2015
#123
Okay, sorry for the delay. As I mentioned, back at work. Also recovering from strep throat!
cui bono
Apr 2015
#141
Think you ... but you do not get to define whatis or is not left "enough."
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2015
#142
And she is not a liberal nor a progressive based on the actions of other Dems in history. n/t
cui bono
Apr 2015
#146
You are absolutely right about it being a life long task. The Labor Movement did not happen
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#86
One of my first thoughts after Citozens United was passed in the SC, the GOP probably thought
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#54
I have to admit, I am pretty much done with the whole thing. I am no longer a Democrat. That does
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#99
See, why the insults? I just don't get it. Did the Labor Movement want unicorns and rainbows?
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#107
Define "far left". I hear this phrase used so often here; it seems to me a way of dismissing
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#121
Your mindset is that 'all the world is like a boxing match' so of course you see and thrive on
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#59
You will never start off by yourself to build up enough support to overturn gerrymandering
Rex
Apr 2015
#63
We live in a county of very ignorant people. A country where people will not vote.
YOHABLO
Apr 2015
#87
The last thing I want to do is venture into politics in real life, I've had more than enough of that
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#114