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athena

(4,187 posts)
18. Some people want to make the Democratic party an all-male party.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 07:58 AM
Jun 2017

They couldn't care less about throwing the Republicans out. They just want to throw the women out of the Democratic Party.

We Democrats need to start confronting the sexism in our own ranks. Sexism gave us Donald Trump. We will continue to ignore it at our peril.

Why wouldn't it be better to get a new Dem to run against her in 2018? I'm not saying napi21 Jun 2017 #1
Or maybe leave it to the Democratic voters in her district GulfCoast66 Jun 2017 #9
Some people want to make the Democratic party an all-male party. athena Jun 2017 #18
I'm not aware of anyone who wants to make the Democratic Party all-male. David__77 Jun 2017 #22
Because her constutuents love her obamanut2012 Jun 2017 #14
DWS because she is a strong incumbent, not becasue Canova was a weak opponent Jose Garcia Jun 2017 #27
From the O.P. ... left-of-center2012 Jun 2017 #2
He has been pushing the Seth Rich conspiracy theory: Jose Garcia Jun 2017 #4
Wow, just wow! hrmjustin Jun 2017 #5
He also thinks DWS fried his surge protector Bradical79 Jun 2017 #20
He is a wingnut and goes on wingnut radio down here obamanut2012 Jun 2017 #15
Actually, the Democrats might benefit from a few kooks. David__77 Jun 2017 #23
I doubt DWS is going to lose her district anyway. hrmjustin Jun 2017 #3
K & R, good for her Thinkingabout Jun 2017 #6
Canova is a stealth right-wing conspiracy theorist? delisen Jun 2017 #7
He is a stealth wingnut, period, like Gabbard obamanut2012 Jun 2017 #16
good for him. he actually didn't campaign for him last year either JI7 Jun 2017 #8
Then why did he endorse him? GulfCoast66 Jun 2017 #10
Politics--Canova supported him. geek tragedy Jun 2017 #11
Team Bernie are only pleased with 2 types of people GulfCoast66 Jun 2017 #30
DWS was awful, and was unfair to the Sanders campaign nt geek tragedy Jun 2017 #31
Cry me a river GulfCoast66 Jun 2017 #33
Revenge Jose Garcia Jun 2017 #17
From the link JustAnotherGen Jun 2017 #12
Good -- he is a terrible candidate obamanut2012 Jun 2017 #13
THAT ... is a correct analysis. NurseJackie Jun 2017 #19
Good, Canova was a nutter. joshcryer Jun 2017 #21
It seems to me like I'd support someone other than either Schultz or Canova. David__77 Jun 2017 #24
"Canova is becoming toxic...from the Alex Jones wing of the party"? Grins Jun 2017 #25
He has been pushing the Seth Rich conspiracy theory: Jose Garcia Jun 2017 #26
Canova is a douchebag snooper2 Jun 2017 #28
The Seth Rich conspiracy and DWS frying his computer? Bradical79 Jun 2017 #29
this is often the problem with outsiders. They don't have the same political life vetting. That may JCanete Jun 2017 #32
I LOL'd when Bernie acted like he'd never heard the name before... Blue_Tires Jun 2017 #34
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