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In reply to the discussion: There's something happening to the Democratic Party... [View all]backscatter712
(26,355 posts)35. Occupy also happened.
"We are the 99%!" Occupy made it OK to talk about wealth disparity, exploitation by the rich, and got the Democratic Party to put standing up for the middle class into their platform.
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The Democrats have finally discovered their spine are now framing the debate. Simple, no?
Brother Buzz
Sep 2012
#1
CBS just hired Luntz - can you believe that? They are definitely no longer the network of Rather.
jillan
Sep 2012
#16
I've been watching FOX sense last night, dems are WHOOPING ASS! This morning FOX tried to go back
uponit7771
Sep 2012
#6
Twelve years of nutbaggery has finally come to a head & there's nowhere to go but up.
pacalo
Sep 2012
#9
The wars will continue, the police state will grow, and the banks will be protected.
woo me with science
Sep 2012
#49
I agree with you when you say "there is nothing any president can do to stop them"
raouldukelives
Sep 2012
#74
Third Way blase. This seems to be the new approach on discussion boards,
woo me with science
Sep 2012
#71
Credit also goes to those who refused to be silent about the direction the party
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#38
Rhetoric is one thing action another. Wait until after the election and if we start hearing the
Citizen Worker
Sep 2012
#28
I feel like we're finally being heard. Definitely more energized after this convention.
NotThisTime
Sep 2012
#41
Maybe they realized that with all the money coming in from the RW PACS they have to go back to
kimbutgar
Sep 2012
#45
I have never called myself a progressive. I've always been a liberal. But I
southernyankeebelle
Sep 2012
#50
I agree, there seems to be a shift in the dialog and it definitely was NOT "centrist"
Autumn
Sep 2012
#55
It's no so much that the party has gotten more liberal as much as we're all pissed at the
craigmatic
Sep 2012
#57
Whatever it is, I'm sure it's completely unrelated to any elections that may or may not
Edweird
Sep 2012
#81
What about the bit where the Dems put GOD back in the platform because the Reps bitched about it?
kath
Sep 2012
#100
At some point, when you walk outside and the weather is different you have to say.
rufus dog
Sep 2012
#112