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lapucelle

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51. I agree that we should remain a big tent party,
Sun Aug 6, 2017, 08:36 PM
Aug 2017

but I also think that there are core values that define what our party stands for.

Funny how the two issues that always come up as bargaining chips are "the freedom of women to make health care decisions" (!) and gun control. I wonder why that is.

I think it's because people like attention, and HeartachesNhangovers Aug 2017 #1
Everybody else is doing it? lapucelle Aug 2017 #3
You think that "progressives" (whatever the OP HeartachesNhangovers Aug 2017 #10
No need for anyone to get testy about it. lapucelle Aug 2017 #21
I don't consider these people Skidmore Aug 2017 #2
Hence the quotation marks. For some, it's a label of cultural cool. lapucelle Aug 2017 #24
You are right on the money, Lapucelle. Nitram Aug 2017 #28
Ha perfect picture for someone attacking Harris, Booker and Patrick doncha think???? lunasun Aug 2017 #30
They ARE RW trolls. And Russian bots and other assorted nogoodniks, more likely than not. calimary Aug 2017 #29
same dark energy used to give trump the whitehouse..... beachbum bob Aug 2017 #4
Other than party, what's the main identifying difference between them? LonePirate Aug 2017 #5
Do you know what is also a mystery? GaryCnf Aug 2017 #11
It's false to say that Harris, Booker, and Patrick are centrists. pnwmom Aug 2017 #23
It, however, is not false in the least GaryCnf Aug 2017 #25
"a vile falsehood" pnwmom Aug 2017 #31
Some have been known to spread the vile falsehood lapucelle Aug 2017 #32
Maybe you should explain GaryCnf Aug 2017 #39
As my grandma used to say, "That dog won't hunt, dear." lapucelle Aug 2017 #43
Did you try here? GaryCnf Aug 2017 #48
There's an awful lot of spin and dissembling going on there. lapucelle Aug 2017 #50
Not my article GaryCnf Aug 2017 #52
I wasn't talking about the article. lapucelle Aug 2017 #55
No it's exactly right GaryCnf Aug 2017 #37
Where did I suggest that? Which post? pnwmom Aug 2017 #38
Great news GaryCnf Aug 2017 #40
Look back at my posts and tell me which one you are referring to. You can't because there isn't one. pnwmom Aug 2017 #41
Actually, most are asking what entitles this guy to claim that he speaks for the left? lapucelle Aug 2017 #44
Now that's funny GaryCnf Aug 2017 #47
Standard first response from the "Explain, Please Poster's Handbook". lapucelle Aug 2017 #49
Just cuz someone says they are progressives.. doesn't mean they are. LakeArenal Aug 2017 #6
No, it's important to examine their actual voting records. pnwmom Aug 2017 #34
I would speculate that H2O Man Aug 2017 #7
That's not how it worked in 2016. lapucelle Aug 2017 #13
I'm not. H2O Man Aug 2017 #15
Good point. Let me pull out my quotation marks again..."WE". lapucelle Aug 2017 #27
I agree. H2O Man Aug 2017 #36
Succesful Democrats are an obstacle to their Progressive dog Aug 2017 #8
Because that would actually require some effort. nycbos Aug 2017 #9
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2017 #12
Because they are too busy praising Rand Paul BainsBane Aug 2017 #14
Pence and Kasich are white men. George II Aug 2017 #16
I am tired of these so called democrats carrying water for republicans AgadorSparticus Aug 2017 #17
Why aren't the Democrats going after Tulsi Gabbard going after Republicans? David__77 Aug 2017 #18
I'm not hearing a whole lot of chatter about Tulsi Gabbard here lapucelle Aug 2017 #35
Good question. I'm getting mighty sick of these people. n/t CousinIT Aug 2017 #19
Because they're "Progessive" in name only. WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2017 #20
Because they enjoy destroying Democrats more than Republicans. hrmjustin Aug 2017 #22
I know why. Only, it's probably best if I don't say... for obvious reasons. NurseJackie Aug 2017 #26
While some people carry a pocket edition of the Constitution, lapucelle Aug 2017 #33
No amount of progressive outrage is going to convince GOP voters. guillaumeb Aug 2017 #42
"No amount of progressive outrage is going to convince GOP voters"; however lapucelle Aug 2017 #45
In my view, the modern GOP is a very parliamentary type party. guillaumeb Aug 2017 #46
I agree that we should remain a big tent party, lapucelle Aug 2017 #51
My view, one that I have read here is that the abortion issue can be mainly seen as men wishing to guillaumeb Aug 2017 #53
They're like the affluenza kid Gman Aug 2017 #54
Since Booker, Harris and Pelosi all support ending federal cannabis prohibition, maybe their critics Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #56
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