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In reply to the discussion: Why are our Democratic office-holders such shrinking violets? [View all]Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)35. Some aren't democrats.
That is to say they run where they can win, they are the career pols, they pick a side, like a role in a film then play that role. Because they lack the conviction of those that really care, they are easy to spot, they do not feel compelled to fight for much. Once they have been in that role for a while they begin to feel like they do not even have to act the part anymore, they have a (D) by their name and you will vote for them.
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How about connecting SS to the Deficit, when every Dem knows that is not even
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#10
If not for the money, then why do the pols "do their [corporate] bidding"? nt
99th_Monkey
Oct 2014
#6
Other: Because they're perpetually afraid of losing the election that happened 10 years ago.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2014
#7
I don't know what ever gave you the impression that Obama was a "progressive"
Spider Jerusalem
Oct 2014
#9
That's nice, did he have a Congress that would vote for all of those things?
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2014
#41
"Center right moderate".. I call bullshite. You don't call this Progress.. as in it's Progressive?
Cha
Nov 2014
#42
Because they're, first and foremost, politicians whose goal is to get at retain power.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2014
#14
I voted "Other" because I think it was the smashing of Socialists and Communists in the 40s and 50s
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#16
Yeah, the thought of McChinless at the Senate's helm for two years makes
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#28
Other. Office holder behavior is multi-factorial, if you can label major axes
HereSince1628
Nov 2014
#47