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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIf Republicans saw our platform, they would faint.
Despite fake outrage about this and that, there is scarcely a single item Republicans can tolerate, much less adopt themselves. Repealing the Hyde Amendment, raising the minimum wage to $15, steeply progressive taxation, expanded publicly-funded healthcare, etc. It's a nightmare for them.
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If Republicans saw our platform, they would faint. (Original Post)
Zynx
Jul 2016
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Squinch
(50,949 posts)1. Its a good platform. I hope we follow it. DOWNTICKET HO!
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)2. Good.
Time to put on the cards on the table.
mcar
(42,331 posts)3. An excellent platform!
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)4. I'm 5 for 5 in my predictions.
ismnotwasm
(41,983 posts)5. +1000
treestar
(82,383 posts)6. Agreed, lack of realism
Republicans would never want any of that.
BainsBane
(53,032 posts)7. How is it a nightmare?
It is entirely non-binding. It effects nothing. And they can see it as soon as it's made public, same as everyone else.