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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: FDR, Truman, Kennedy, LBJ,Carter, Clinton, Obama ... all Establishment Democrats [View all]Magoo48
(4,720 posts)27. If we don't distinguish one Democrat from another during primaries,
why the hell even have primaries? There is a major DIVIDE right now between corporate Dems and progressive Dems, or call them what you will, and now is the correct time to look into that DIVIDE so we can each choose.
In the general, we all vote democratic, nevertheless, neither we or our candidates are all cut from the same cloth.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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FDR, Truman, Kennedy, LBJ,Carter, Clinton, Obama ... all Establishment Democrats [View all]
Peacetrain
Dec 2019
OP
"The Estasblisment" of the Democratic Party has accomplished far more for people like me...
W_HAMILTON
Dec 2019
#41
Yes, He was an outsider like Bernie or Elizabeth once. Embrace evolution, not establishment stasis
DemocracyMouse
Dec 2019
#110
For that matter, how do we know who pays your bills? You could be a Russian plant for all we...
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2019
#65
Your laud FDR but call bullshit on the candidates who press for Rooseveltian policies.
hedda_foil
Dec 2019
#85
Okay. Perhaps you and have a different understanding of the word "establishment."
hedda_foil
Dec 2019
#89
That's funny, just this morning in a response to me in a different thread, someone was....
George II
Dec 2019
#43
OF COURSE Warren is an establishment Democrat. And yet look how progressive this woman is,
pnwmom
Dec 2019
#59
I would LOVE for that kind of "establishment" to be the actual "status quo" in this country.
ehrnst
Dec 2019
#12
Are you really comparing where Biden stands with the progressive accomplishments of FDR?
Magoo48
Dec 2019
#19
And if we want to win we need a progressive candidate, not status quo Joe.
brutus smith
Dec 2019
#98
Not to worry, Joe is NOT going to be the Democratic nominee. Bernie's got this!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#101
They all had to deal with inherited situations and entrenched interests too
bucolic_frolic
Dec 2019
#51
In "The Way We Were," Streisand's character, when she's in college, hates FDR: she's anti-war.
betsuni
Dec 2019
#96
It's funny and sad to me to see people immediately jump to a defensive posture at this post
Docreed2003
Dec 2019
#76
Bernie's only real jobs have been elected positions. He IS the "establishment".
LongtimeAZDem
Dec 2019
#82
...you mean one of those "establishment" Democrats who gets things accomplished?...
ehrnst
Dec 2019
#119