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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The problem is the Worldview of the Democratic Establishment and its members [View all]Demsrule86
(68,703 posts)98. They think they are so clever.
They can post 'articles of interest' ...but the mods and Skinner will see right through it.
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Armstead
Jun 2016
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Posts like this are not going to disappear, unless Skinner clamps down more than usual
Armstead
Jun 2016
#2
He will clamp down on them as this is Democratic underground in an election year. nt
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#65
This is an article about a mind set that is very popular in the Democratic Party.
guillaumeb
Jun 2016
#111
You miss the point. None of that could happen when Dems couldn't sniff the White House.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#8
Before him, the only Dem to win in six elections was Carter over someone never elected.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#20
Yes, times change. Going the Clinton/Obama way has won five of the last six popular votes.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#25
People were not clamoring for shit like NAFTA..Clinton enthusiastically pushed it
Armstead
Jun 2016
#59
I'm saying if the country wanted it, someone you find progressive would have run and won.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#95
I don't agree. Among many other things, Democratic voters have bought the mythology
merrily
Jun 2016
#99
1. Bernie didn't win. 2. You say indies are the biggest group now, and they aren't that far left.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#100
There were so many other factors with Bernie. Um, I didn't say a thing about Indies, but
merrily
Jun 2016
#110
You said America is a liberal nation. If it is, the liberal should have won.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#113
What's false about it? The liberal in a liberal party in a liberal nation didn't win.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#115
When all you do is complain about everything Dems do, it sounds a lot like a Republican.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#135
This is a simplistic and wrongheaded worldview that should be rejected out of hand.
Chan790
Jun 2016
#62
Not ignoring problems. The GOP are the worst problem. But the Democrats have not been the solution.
Armstead
Jun 2016
#16
Politics abhors a gadfly. (Which, btw, is why Sanders has made so little progress.)
randome
Jun 2016
#19
Reagan was a major gadfly, and he won and won again and pushed the country in his direction
Armstead
Jun 2016
#24
Reagan took the role of gadfly....and to some Republicans he was. Clinton was too.
Armstead
Jun 2016
#61
Reagan was much more of a political force in California in the '60s.......
socialist_n_TN
Jun 2016
#74
I have never seen a more damningly-accurate summation of the post-WJC Democratic party. n/t
Chan790
Jun 2016
#64
More equitable world view compared to what? The Republicans? that's like trying to hurdle
Exilednight
Jun 2016
#112
It could be that that particular worldview threatens the middle class and the health of the planet.
Melissa G
Jun 2016
#49
Do members of ACORN now make up the powerful and leadership or is that a strawman you are erecting?
TheKentuckian
Jun 2016
#116
When there is no election it gets ignored. We have to "keep our powder dry" endlessly.
Armstead
Jun 2016
#97
If you put as much effort into attacking Republicans as you do attacking Democrats..
DCBob
Jun 2016
#69
This is similar to what Thomas Frank discusses in his recent book "Listen, Liberal"
m-lekktor
Jun 2016
#75