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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: For those who don't yet get it, r.e. Bernie Supporters. [View all]Trajan
(19,089 posts)26. Well said ...
I am totally committed to this ... More power to 'us NOT me'
The Democratic Party has destroyed their legitimacy as a party for regular people and working families ....
This, thanks to the leadership of the DLC ....
It's not OUR fault ... The fault lies ONLY in the choices made by MY party leadership to become the party for bankers and hedge fund managers ...
We will take our party back ...
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Bernie and Elizabeth are the leaders of this movement. They are for honesty and integrity in
Cal33
Apr 2016
#95
Psst: the so called "tea party" was fake from the beginning, a creation of a paid PR sock puppet
Baobab
Apr 2016
#129
The Tea Party 'controls' nothing. They're loud, but a minority, even of R's.
CrowCityDem
Apr 2016
#22
Try again. The Tea Party only shaped and drove republican politics for the last seven years. lol
leeroysphitz
Apr 2016
#28
All they've done is obstruct. They've yet to DO anything, because they lack the votes.
CrowCityDem
Apr 2016
#34
I wish our side had obstructed Bush's war, the banker bailouts, tax cuts for the wealthiest ...
Scuba
Apr 2016
#138
The Tea Party has directly and indirectly determined the GOP's two most likely Pres candidates
Armstead
Apr 2016
#36
Yep. And that benefits the Democratic Party. Do we need to have the same on our side in order to
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2016
#128
Or not. I mean if avoiding purity tests means cowtowing to the politicians who helped
leeroysphitz
Apr 2016
#23
I'm against the idea of 'purity'. I'm against thinking there's only one solution.
CrowCityDem
Apr 2016
#58
Clinton supporters have been calling for Democratic purity for a year now
AgingAmerican
Apr 2016
#104
A poor analogy...But there is also truth in terms of a rebellion against the status quo
Armstead
Apr 2016
#37
I don't know, given that they've gotten a lock on congress and most statehouses for the foreesable
nemo137
Apr 2016
#13
That's a fair point, but also seems to me to contradict the R's being "destroyed" by said teafucks.
nemo137
Apr 2016
#18
Last time I checked the GOP is CRUSHING the Dems in state legislatures and governorships.
Admiral Loinpresser
Apr 2016
#35
Yep! Given its current trend, the D party will eventually totally fracture like the R party.
RKP5637
Apr 2016
#42
It's a race between state legislative irrelevancy and progressive abandonment. n/t
Admiral Loinpresser
Apr 2016
#60
It really is, like a race to the bottom. There was a time when we worked together in the US to try
RKP5637
Apr 2016
#91
A "progressive tea party" with similar demographics as the tea party will fail and is failing. nt
LexVegas
Apr 2016
#8
The anti-war, anti-corruption movement was just forming in 2008 and embraced Obama over HRC
aikoaiko
Apr 2016
#14
It's "Democratic voters." Please don't use the Rush Limbaugh terminology. nt
SunSeeker
Apr 2016
#105
I used that term deliberately, because so many here sound like Rush these days
Armstead
Apr 2016
#106
Your disagreement with some Dems is no reason to perpetuate that ugly terminology. nt
SunSeeker
Apr 2016
#109
Someone calling you a name you dislike does not justify resorting to Limbaugh terminology. nt
SunSeeker
Apr 2016
#130
"Democrat voters" isn't just "language" of another "tribe." It is a Right Wing put down.
SunSeeker
Apr 2016
#133
There is never a season when it is OK to insult the entire Democratic Party on DU. nt
SunSeeker
Apr 2016
#143
I see. So you admit you were insulting the Democratic Party using RW terminology. nt
SunSeeker
Apr 2016
#145
Wow, we can't even agree on reality. I did not find any post where I used that term. n/t
Admiral Loinpresser
Apr 2016
#152
No problemo. I've done similar things. Thanks for having the moxie to be honest. n/t
Admiral Loinpresser
Apr 2016
#160
Hmmmm, thank you for that McCarthyism (JOSEPH, not Eugene!) - "Democrat voters". Ooops.
George II
Apr 2016
#161
A Tea Party is a brainless, astroturfed thing promoting fake issues to the detriment of all.
Orsino
Apr 2016
#20
Reading the comments above, the Tea Party just got a ride ON the bus. It's being praised roundly
Maru Kitteh
Apr 2016
#71
Brings to mind that old saw about "politics" and "bedfellows"...some people apparently aren't
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#82
The biggest non-ideological difference is that the TP has huge institutional adavantages.
Admiral Loinpresser
Apr 2016
#147
Getting more people to be committed to participating in the political process is a good thing
Fresh_Start
Apr 2016
#40
I'm getting tired of seeing "oldsters" promoting "young people" as if it brings them absolution.
randome
Apr 2016
#65
Bernie didn't invent anything new, most recently the occupy movement made a pitch for all that and
The_Casual_Observer
Apr 2016
#88
being thwarted only makes us angrier, makes us more and more aware of the constant rigging
MisterP
Apr 2016
#103
The DNC had better fucking NEVER shove a corrupt Third Way Republican Lite candidate
Arugula Latte
Apr 2016
#107
The majority of African American, Latino and LGBT voters have rejected your candidate.
Metric System
Apr 2016
#159