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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]
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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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