2016 Postmortem

slipslidingaway

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3. "...we have become complacent ... and play off of each other while little changes ..."

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 11:19 PM

Dec 2015

for most people anyway.

Some lives are improved, while most lives are not, and the teams play games and throw a few bones to the spectators.

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I support Bernie because the Democratic Party leadership is long overdue for a shakeup [View all] Bjorn Against Dec 2015 OP

In constant "resist the Repubs" mode, we have become complacent. Bonobo Dec 2015 #1

"...we have become complacent ... and play off of each other while little changes ..." slipslidingaway Dec 2015 #3

+1 aidbo Dec 2015 #14

...and "resist" in this context means "hem and haw for a bit, then give in." [n/t] Maedhros Dec 2015 #35

Yup, absolutely. HerbChestnut Dec 2015 #2

For me, that's one reason. Triana Dec 2015 #4

I'm too old to wait around and hope for change. Paka Dec 2015 #5

+1000! marym625 Dec 2015 #23

I'm old enough to see how far down this country has sunk newfie11 Dec 2015 #27

K&R Segami Dec 2015 #6

Dump Debbie would Be Likely First Move... CorporatistNation Dec 2015 #7

it's the old sweatshop model, applied to a party: put in your labor, work for little, MisterP Dec 2015 #8

Great post--every word of it! bvf Dec 2015 #9

Echo. Hear, hear! And it's not just DWS and the top-dem brass. Make the party new/fresh! erronis Dec 2015 #44

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #10

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Dec 2015 #11

Me too...positively and negatively DissidentVoice Dec 2015 #12

This post has been Cynical Sam Dec 2015 #13

Perhaps he should have joined our Democratic Party decades ago......... George II Dec 2015 #15

Naw....The partry leaders don't like "radicals" Armstead Dec 2015 #36

I get it is about the chaos and destruction if Democratic Party. Teabaggers did the same with repug seabeyond Dec 2015 #16

No, a change in leadership is not chaos and destruction. Bjorn Against Dec 2015 #17

The sky is falling, the sky is falling artislife Dec 2015 #24

Aww...no. We have never been extreme. We are about holding on to what we once had. rusty quoin Dec 2015 #19

... Scootaloo Dec 2015 #26

What did you think of Bill Clinton, Al From, and the DLC when they radically changed what the stillwaiting Dec 2015 #31

The Democratic Party is part of the reason why politics has moved rightward in America AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #18

That's true rusty quoin Dec 2015 #20

K&R! marym625 Dec 2015 #21

This Citizen Wishes That This OP Could Truly Receive A Billion Recommendations cantbeserious Dec 2015 #22

It's one more reason to support him, agreed. n/t Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #25

K and effing R Scuba Dec 2015 #28

Good but not the best anamnua Dec 2015 #29

Hmmm...does anyone think this is new? Sancho Dec 2015 #30

True. wildeyed Dec 2015 #33

Reagan ran as a "reformer" who would eliminate the massive bureaucracy,.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #48

Trying to get the gumption to read an actual biography of the man. wildeyed Dec 2015 #49

Dubya reminded me that I spent a lot of the Reagan Era yelling at my TV. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #50

I yelled a bunch at TV GWB too. wildeyed Dec 2015 #51

Especially after she bought those damn dishes. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #52

It's cyclical...The old order gets too stale and entrenched, and there's a clamor for reform Armstead Dec 2015 #39

You are not alone. nt LWolf Dec 2015 #32

Big-ass 40 megaton K&R mindwalker_i Dec 2015 #34

That's an excellent post. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #38

Thank you mindwalker_i Dec 2015 #41

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #37

Yep hit the nail on the head....as did many of the replies Armstead Dec 2015 #40

Amen ! kacekwl Dec 2015 #42

kick artislife Dec 2015 #43

K&R! in_cog_ni_to Dec 2015 #45

Bernie Sanders will never lead the Democratic Party, period.... Historic NY Dec 2015 #46

"...do not particularly like the Democratic Party establishment..." Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #47

K/R UglyGreed Dec 2015 #53