To people who work 60 hours/week and are still broke all the time... (Reply #79)

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Wed May 13, 2015, 10:21 AM

Marr (20,317 posts)

79. To people who work 60 hours/week and are still broke all the time...

...that 'Democratic Socialist' scare line really isn't very scary.

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89 replies	Author	Time	Post
I'm terrified about what could happen if the US elects an R President in 2016 [View all]	struggle4progress	May 2015	OP
The right-wing agenda has been moving forward since the 1960s.	guillaumeb	May 2015	#1
Yeah if only someone would have held Reagan responsible for Iran-Contra or	Rex	May 2015	#2
I am too, which is why we need to unite behind the Democratic nominee	Terra Alta	May 2015	#3
A Bush / Walker presidency? We might as well declare the next Great Depression now.	Initech	May 2015	#4
Jeb Bush & Scott Walker are RINO's	golfguru	May 2015	#25
Ted Cruz has no chance in hell, and neither does Mike Huckabee.	Initech	May 2015	#26
Don't forget Ben Carson , he's a religious extremist	SummerSnow	May 2015	#59
Ben Carson is this year's Herman Cain.	Initech	May 2015	#61
Kochs and Adelson will decide the primaries. If they think either can win, they will fix it	AlinPA	May 2015	#88
What scares me is that they SEEM to be not much different than Hillary Clinton	Flying Squirrel	May 2015	#32
Wow really?	workinclasszero	May 2015	#64
Really what?	Flying Squirrel	May 2015	#65
I hate the term...	Agschmid	May 2015	#70
Hmmm	Flying Squirrel	May 2015	#74
There are Fox 'news" voters and "other media" voters. Media influences it all.	AlinPA	May 2015	#89
What nonsense. They are polar opposites of Hillary.	JaneyVee	May 2015	#34
...	SidDithers	May 2015	#38
That is just nonsense	Godhumor	May 2015	#42
Incorrect. People said the same about w and Gore and look what happened	yardwork	May 2015	#83
Easy to get out of?	Agschmid	May 2015	#69
Last time the war ended the depression. This time the war is causing the depression.	Initech	May 2015	#73
Truman had it about right:	MannyGoldstein	May 2015	#5
I'm glad you brought up Truman...	MrMickeysMom	May 2015	#6
+1000	Katashi_itto	May 2015	#8
Too bad he rejects the label of FDR Democrat for his preferred label of "Democratic Socialist"	pnwmom	May 2015	#14
Good.	F4lconF16	May 2015	#16
Are you saying it's true that he is NOT an FDR Democrat? Then Manny must be wrong. n/t	pnwmom	May 2015	#17
No.	F4lconF16	May 2015	#21
Because labels are what most voters are concerned with	frylock	May 2015	#44
Why do you think corporations spend money on advertising? Branding is important.	pnwmom	May 2015	#56
To people who work 60 hours/week and are still broke all the time...	Marr	May 2015	#79
Most people aren't as smart as you, Marr. To them, the branding matters. n/t	pnwmom	May 2015	#86
Bernie is the closest thing to Harry Truman out there.	hifiguy	May 2015	#47
Hiroshima. Nagasaki.	okasha	May 2015	#58
Once The Bomb was developed its use was inevitable.	hifiguy	May 2015	#60
You're suggesting that anyone to the left of Hillary Clinton will... nuke Japan...?	Marr	May 2015	#80
No.	okasha	May 2015	#84
One of the things that concerns me the most is that the economy is improving & is getting	okaawhatever	May 2015	#7
What is nerve wracking is that voters	yeoman6987	May 2015	#10
I think we will have a bright future if the Republicans take back the White House.	Quackers	May 2015	#9
In retrospect, Nixon was a pretty progressive president	CentralMass	May 2015	#11
No, Nixon was never a progressive. He was, however, talented at pushing himself	struggle4progress	May 2015	#31
Its sad that someone could think the author of these statements was "progressive"	onenote	May 2015	#36
Nixon was anti health care 'reform'	hootinholler	May 2015	#41
You are wrong. Ted Kennedy help defeat Nixons universal healthcare plan and later regretted it.	CentralMass	May 2015	#45
If I'm wrong I'm not far off the mark:	hootinholler	May 2015	#49
Nixon was center-right, generally speaking, but no ideologue	hifiguy	May 2015	#48
What is happening is that the Oligarchs are dumbing down the population and, as	ChisolmTrailDem	May 2015	#12
That...	IthinkThereforeIAM	May 2015	#40
Thread winner.	hifiguy	May 2015	#50
A big step towards a de facto theocracy.	longship	May 2015	#13
The plutocrats may pay off the religulous loons in some way	hifiguy	May 2015	#51
Frankly, I don't believe there will be a 'next time.' They'll bury the USA for good if they win.	freshwest	May 2015	#15
We have to stop the fear mongering.	JayhawkSD	May 2015	#18
We barely survived the last one. The economy almost disintegrated. The Middle East is	stevenleser	May 2015	#33
Hyperbole or not, fear is not a valid motivator.	JayhawkSD	May 2015	#63
Fear is absolutely a valid motivator and should not be discounted	stevenleser	May 2015	#71
You must really admire George Bush, then.	JayhawkSD	May 2015	#75
Nope. Like most other things in life, there is good fear and bad	stevenleser	May 2015	#76
Well, you have not given me a reason to vote for a Democrat.	JayhawkSD	May 2015	#77
Fine with me. I never signed up for that responsibility. nt	stevenleser	May 2015	#78
every time we "survive" repukes America goes further downhill	Skittles	May 2015	#66
Then vote for Bernie!	sabrina 1	May 2015	#19
Sell you radio & TV, cancel the paper, and spend the next four years fishing in Alaska.	Binkie The Clown	May 2015	#20
Yes. And the conservative elements of the Democratic Party	Maedhros	May 2015	#22
GOP wins SCOTUS becomes 6-3 or 7-2 for next 30 years	lobodons	May 2015	#23
I doubt we'll elect a Republican President. One could still take office, though	DFW	May 2015	#24
Especially when there's a Bush in the mix.	John Poet	May 2015	#57
History indicates that a Republican president is more likely than not.	Kablooie	May 2015	#27
I don't think you're "fearmongering", struggle.. I think you're talking REALITY. It's true. Damn	Cha	May 2015	#28
Eventually a Republican will win the White House.	gordianot	May 2015	#29
You and me both!	calimary	May 2015	#30
That's exactly what they want... for you to be terrified.	The_Commonist	May 2015	#35
Especially since all they have to do is nothing	treestar	May 2015	#37
We should all be scared of that.	MineralMan	May 2015	#39
There could be upside.	lostnfound	May 2015	#43
Hell, Tricky Dick created the EPA	KamaAina	May 2015	#46
Things have changed.	DCBob	May 2015	#54
With the GOP holding Congress	edhopper	May 2015	#52
No doubt it will be worse, much worse.	DCBob	May 2015	#53
Nominate Bernie Sanders, problem solved.	99Forever	May 2015	#55
I don't think we'll retain our Democracy if they win.	octoberlib	May 2015	#62
The Democrats would fight for us!	RandiFan1290	May 2015	#67
Then work hard to elect whoever we nominate-even if it's Bernie.	Ken Burch	May 2015	#68
I certainly will. But I think Hillary has the best shot, so I'm working for her. n/t	Adrahil	May 2015	#72
Sorry, you can't have it both ways.	Marr	May 2015	#81
I have no idea what you're talking about and suspect you have no idea either	struggle4progress	May 2015	#85
Sure, you don't.	Marr	May 2015	#87
We should all be terrified at that prospect.	MineralMan	May 2015	#82

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