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LiberalElite

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12. When I see posters refer to "our Party"
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 07:04 AM
Apr 2016

it reminds me of how I too feel alienated from it - and it started when the first Clinton was president.

This part of your OP stood out for me:

"Now I know that there are going to be people who accuse me of "holding my vote hostage" after that statement because many in the party like to act as if they own the votes of the left. My vote is my vote however and I will cast it for the candidate that best represents my values. "

THEY are the ones holding our votes hostage. We have to free our votes from them to vote for OUR candidate, not the one being pushed on us. How is it that THEY get to vote their "values" (whatever the hell they are) and WE have to go along regardless? In what fucking parallel universe is THAT democracy?



I see a lot of this sentiment all over Facebook...ALL OVER FB! bkkyosemite Apr 2016 #1
Agree, I keep getting passive aggressive comments... GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #2
I don't think "party loyalists" is an apt description. They are Ruling Class loyalists. rhett o rick Apr 2016 #3
I've been on DU since a couple of months after DU was born in 2001. I've never had a post hidden w4rma Apr 2016 #4
I got my only hidden post for posting a video from the Young Turks... GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #6
Thanks for reposting so we could all have a chance to read it. rgbecker Apr 2016 #5
Excellent post Scootaloo Apr 2016 #7
Thank you for re-posting this, Bjorn Against! Peace Patriot Apr 2016 #8
I'm only here since Oct. 2012 LiberalElite Apr 2016 #11
Thanks for posting beltanefauve Apr 2016 #9
If this post is hidden, I will be leaving in solidatrity with you....n/t pantsonfire Apr 2016 #10
When I see posters refer to "our Party" LiberalElite Apr 2016 #12
Great post, Bjorn! Since the so-called "Democratic" party has seen fit to expose their CORRUPT, in_cog_ni_to Apr 2016 #13
Thank you for the kind words everyone Bjorn Against Apr 2016 #14
I agree with much of what you said rosesaylavee Apr 2016 #15
The Party elite as talking heads on TV smugly announce that we have no choices. emsimon33 Apr 2016 #16
P.S. There is a second life on http://jackpineradicals.org/content.php emsimon33 Apr 2016 #17
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