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In reply to the discussion: The Dems have only themselves to blame for the proliferation of Republicanoid zombies [View all]DLevine
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The Dems have only themselves to blame for the proliferation of Republicanoid zombies [View all]
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
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Frankly, I don't feel that enthusiastic about supporting a party that has betrayed almost all of its
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#90
The party has been embracing the right and spurning the left since 1992.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2012
#4
They certainly are not going to bite the hand that feeds them, just to make life easier for the
SammyWinstonJack
Jun 2012
#88
Real democrats are easy to recognize. They do not support Republican policies.
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#51
Exactly my point. Supporting Bush policies, eg is a good sign you are not talking to a
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#79
Most of the people who would be good at getting something done have been
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#47
plus the past 3 years of appeasing and placating repubs...ooops, being bipartisan nt
msongs
Jun 2012
#12
The party is only as strong as its grassroots. I remember when I finally realized why Reagan won:
struggle4progress
Jun 2012
#14
Something happened between the time Democrats were willing to take Nixon to task
Art_from_Ark
Jun 2012
#52
Yes, I noticed that in 1981, the Dems suddenly lost their taste for fighting back, with
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#54
But the ones who did fight, like Henry Gonzalez of Texas, got no respect
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#71
Of course the ACA needs to be strengthened but the DLC and the POTUS aka Current party leader
KatChatter
Jun 2012
#81
Most of The List is trivial or exaggerated, and the few biggies that are on it
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#49
Why are the Republicans gaining strength even though they haven't done anything?
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#32
+1 re: You say "voters are not rational," but you're making the case for why they shouldn't be. n/t
clang1
Jun 2012
#41
re: it's more like firing them for incompetence and finding somebody that will do the job.
clang1
Jun 2012
#30
Yay, more worrying about what Republicans might think over doing what is right. And that's
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#57
We've got to push our Democrats back to our core values and fight for them. Be the Dems' scary
Overseas
Jun 2012
#56
re: we should have co-opted the fucking party ourselves like the baggers and Paulites did to the puk
clang1
Jun 2012
#68
Well, I was mostly focusing on why there are so many right-wing zombies
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#93
And why was it a two-person race when there were six candidates? I'll tell you why
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#114
Having our representatives *stand for something* besides mild criticism of the Republicans
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#115
Except for the tens of thousands of people who marched in every major city in the country
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#124
I've hardly been at DU in the past couple of months, for various reasons, and I came back to find
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#130
"The Dems have abandoned the working class" is "conservative propaganda"?
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#109
yup--for the most part, Democrats in Congress for the last few decades have no moral compass
librechik
Jun 2012
#104
I've seen countless Establishment-oriented DUers excuse appalling Congressional votes
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#122
A bunch of imbeciles who voted for Republicans like Reagan, Bush 1 and Bush The Idiot are to blame
NNN0LHI
Jun 2012
#126
Yes, but that happened because the Republicanites were out in front with the propaganda
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#131
Yes, there are plenty of excuses for voting for the three scum suckers I listed above
NNN0LHI
Jun 2012
#132