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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Let’s Call Establishment Dems What They Are: CORPORATISTS [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,023 posts)64. Sure, but blindly depending on that you have one of those exceptions
Particularly when the we're a huge part of spearheading embracing the very forces buying influence doesn't make sense because it scarcely matters, Clinton is so aligned with the folks buying that the question of what lever drives the influence is irrelevant.
When there is no shortage of chickens nor eggs, which came first might be an interesting question but it is not a relevant one to the situation at hand.
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I totally agree with your observations in this post. I just think it's time to flip the paradigm
2banon
May 2016
#67
FDR, even in his own time, was not typical. However, it's clear the OP is referring to now, not
merrily
May 2016
#66
Yep. If the Republican Party hadn't gone coocoo for Cocoa Puffs 2/3 of Hillary supporters would
GoneFishin
May 2016
#4
It's more like third way dems crowded the coocoos by going right, and they had to
wendylaroux
May 2016
#78
But they want a hell of a lot of the average Americans to continue to suffer with their
bkkyosemite
May 2016
#9
They just want to give our tax dollars to the wealthy and the MIC, that's all!
Dustlawyer
May 2016
#13
NO ONE is actually going to do those things. That's primary red meat, full stop.
merrily
May 2016
#72
It would be expensive for me, unless I could hook up a ride with local Bernie peeps
2banon
May 2016
#71
Granted. But lumping them in with Repubs generally is not far-fetched by any means.
KPN
May 2016
#38
Any Dem that doesn't support Sanders is "establishment" ergo corporatist. Nice insult of Democrats.
seabeyond
May 2016
#22
American Revolution happened so that the elite wouldn't own the rest of us
felix_numinous
May 2016
#24
Umm... OK... do you actually have any familiarity with the history of that term?
Recursion
May 2016
#26
If you don't like the party join with Sanders' movement after the conventions . . .
brush
May 2016
#44
I'm following Thom Hartmann's suggestion on taking over the party from the bottom up.
LongTomH
May 2016
#49
This Revolt Has Been Building For Years - The DWS, DNC, DLC, Third-Way Has Only Themselves To Blame
cantbeserious
May 2016
#57