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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Thom Hartman Just Had A Man Named Sam Smith On [View all]CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)65. Hillarrious! So WHAT DID The DLC WIN For US?
Why, "The MONEY PARTY" of Course... The Corporatist Nation!
And WE should want more of THAT?
The DLC Served it's anointed Pols on the Democratic side well... FINANCIALLY! Billy Boy being the FIRST in what has been a LONgggg Line...
Now with Wife Hillary ready to "Carry the Mantle" For the Koch Brothers et al the DLC has come... FULL FUCKING CIRCLE!
Time to STOP this "Train Wreck" before it has a chance to roll into the "Station" i.e., The Oval office... AGAIN!
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The DLC board of trustees is an elite body whose membership is reserved for major donors
passiveporcupine
Dec 2015
#70
There's a lot of info on the DLC in the archives. Zorrah dug up a ton of it here.
hedda_foil
Dec 2015
#82
I've long been appalled and dismayed that this hasn't been common knowledge since
stupidicus
Dec 2015
#10
It's clear that the Koch Brothers and Jamie Dimon and the Waltons and the rest of the
Doctor_J
Dec 2015
#12
Just did a crosspost in GD. It deserves it's own thread so please K&R to the greatest!
ViseGrip
Dec 2015
#14
Your remark about Al Gore reminded me of Gore Vidal stating that Al Gore is a closet conservative.
snagglepuss
Dec 2015
#95
I too was shocked how conservative Gore was (is?) Perhaps that is indeed why he picked
snagglepuss
Dec 2015
#98
The "far-left" = Social Security, Medicare, strong unions, a living wage...
Peace Patriot
Dec 2015
#84
Didn't see the whole thing, but did hear parts about DLC/From and Koch Brothers. I had
Duval
Dec 2015
#28
That's how the right works. They can't win hearts with their economic policies so they corrupt
GoneFishin
Dec 2015
#38
Its no wonder why the Democratic Party is so weak and seems to actually want to lose at times
AZ Progressive
Dec 2015
#42
I did also....the latest revelations verify something was very wrong with our Liberal Think Tank...
KoKo
Dec 2015
#57
On a campaign in 2002, a young staffer showed me his lapel pin 'DLC' and said THIS is the new party!
ViseGrip
Dec 2015
#69
I see there is the usual claim that the "DLC" does not exist anymore, as if we are so stupid we
djean111
Dec 2015
#88
A Koch brother was just on Fox News the other night with M. Kelly. It was an interview that was
rladdi
Dec 2015
#91
Sam Smith article: How the Koch brothers helped dismantle the Democratic Party
no_hypocrisy
Dec 2015
#104