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In reply to the discussion: I'm not a NEW DEMOCRAT-are you? Some history about the NEW DEMOCRATS is needed. [View all]I've recently been getting angry pushback for using the term neoliberal - as if it were a slur rather than an actual term describing economic policy
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I'm not a NEW DEMOCRAT-are you? Some history about the NEW DEMOCRATS is needed. [View all]
bobthedrummer
May 2016
OP
If you ever need a blood transfusion, silvershadow, I'm one of your universal donors!
bobthedrummer
May 2016
#8
Rahm Emmanuel and Bruce N. Reed certainly are-they "wrote the book" on ending welfare before Tommy
bobthedrummer
May 2016
#10
You do know that nobody outside of DU gives a flying hootenanny about this b*******
Dem2
May 2016
#13
Your political indoctrination is marvelous Dem2-but wrong as can be to those of us that love the
bobthedrummer
May 2016
#16
It's incredibly telling telling how much that one post I made got under people's skins
Dem2
Jun 2016
#117
these "tags" were coined by the very people folks here are associating the with
tk2kewl
Jun 2016
#131
Here's something that really can educate people-btw I thought you were going away from this thread
bobthedrummer
May 2016
#36
The thread was on the 1st page. One article is from the Clinton Foundation itself.
suffragette
Jun 2016
#73
The truth in this thread is in english, not "gibberish" Dem2. See you on the streets.
bobthedrummer
Jun 2016
#74
that New Democrat Coalition website used to be a clone of the Americans For Prosperity
djean111
May 2016
#5
Ron Kind's La Crosse offices are about 40 miles from where I live djean111-he has a Democrat rival
bobthedrummer
May 2016
#18
I agree with all you said, except the Graham I was talking about is Gwen Graham, Bob Graham's
djean111
Jun 2016
#120
I'm not a new Democratic, they didn't mention all this conservatism to the Democrat voter.
Todays_Illusion
May 2016
#14
Never received the memo either, and the sly major 'change' makes me livid.
appalachiablue
May 2016
#41
I voted 2x for both President Obama and Bill Clinton in their general elections. Wisconsin has 72
bobthedrummer
May 2016
#32
For me, too. I had to face my neighbors after some got tossed from their homes by the banks.
Octafish
May 2016
#37
at times, the TTP for instance, Syria/Lybia another, both that it appears Hillary authored, so I
swhisper1
Jun 2016
#105
+10. Folks pls. read the posts here on Tommy Frank's new book, 'Listen Liberal!
appalachiablue
May 2016
#42
Not a New Democrat, I am a proud progressive and if the Democratic Party doesn't want me well then..
GeorgiaPeanuts
May 2016
#28
Straight PNAC style "policies/goals" in so many ways-I hear you vintx. n/t
bobthedrummer
May 2016
#46
Context is important after the disasters of 80,84, and 88 it was seen as a solution to win at the
JCMach1
May 2016
#40
New Democrats only exist because of Reagan's great success in destroying liberalism
andym
May 2016
#44
Why do some NEW DEMOCRATS trade agreements support the worst antilabor forces in the world?
bobthedrummer
May 2016
#49
I am not even close to a NEW DEMOCRAT, and can't believe so many people want one.
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#52
I grew up in Milwaukee during the administration of the City's third Socialist Mayor, Frank Zeidler
bobthedrummer
May 2016
#55
The two party system now consists of the wacky conservative and the conservative parties.
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#72
Ask your leader if you deserve a prize LLStarks-me, I prefer gifts because they are free.
bobthedrummer
Jun 2016
#88
In a democracy the "choices" should be ours, not party apparatchiks,shouldn't it???
bobthedrummer
Jun 2016
#92
Watched in dismay as we've triangulated ourselves into a stinking Third Way mess
riderinthestorm
Jun 2016
#93
I think the going message is that there is no New Democrat-and if you use such terms
azurnoir
Jun 2016
#99
Thankfully no, I have compassion for my fellow man and despise boot strap politics.
NorthCarolina
Jun 2016
#100
I'm an FDR Democrat. Third Way democrats tend to be much more centrist and oligarch friendly
EndElectoral
Jun 2016
#107
This old boomer joined the Democratic Party when it stood for justice and fairness.
senz
Jun 2016
#110
Nope! FDR Democrat through and through! Thanks for the info, bob!
Dont call me Shirley
Jun 2016
#111
I remember a time when only the neo-cons of Bush/Cheney et al derided FDR and DUers
bobthedrummer
Jun 2016
#112
My first Prez vote was for Mondale. All the ones in between and the last will be for
BootinUp
Jun 2016
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