So some do not consider us real Democrats? Want us to leave the party?

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13. Mad you have been sharing about the formation

and foundation of the Third Way by Al Fromm.

This is pure projection.

The neoliberals didn't want to do the heavy lifting of forming their own party, rather, they pirated the Democratic Party instead.

The party of the New Deal. The party of the Civil Rights Act. That party is one of Democratic Socialism. That is the party of progressive like most here at DU. That is the party that Sanders is running for the presidential nomination of.

These neoliberals took over the party power positions. They are a minority that has duped a majority. They are the equivalent of the religious right or the Tea Party in the GOP. It is still happening. This little DU splinter group acts the same way. What? There is maybe 30 of them over there expressing this garbage. It looks like Conservative Cave or Free Republic over that with all of the snark and vitriol.

The only way they do not win again is when Sanders is elected. They will win if progressives continue to vote for the lesser of two corporate evils.

This is not a fight for the heart and soul of DU. Fuck, DU is just another internet forum. They come and they go. I have been on hundreds from the BBS days to Usenet to newsgroups to other forums. No, this is a fight for the heart and soul of the Democratic Party. I am confident in saying that if Clinton wins, then the rightward lurch of the political spectrum in the United States will be complete. Progressives will be relegated to the fringes and dismissed completely.

At some point, there must be a revolution. It should have started in 2008. Many were snookered so it did not. It must start now. Sanders is not some messiah or 'hope & change' agent. He is just a decent progressive man willing to be a leader while we the people wake the fuck up and take back this country of ours. I want the civil rights advances we have made over the last 50 years to continue and expand further at the same time the we return to economic models that provide justice for all. A new New Deal.

Thank you for posting. If you take a hide, well I will risk one with you.