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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders is attempting a nothing less than a hostile takeover of Democratic Party [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)218. I understood INdem's post just fine.
While you are at it...Check out Ronald Reagan and the William J Clinton and compare their actions and what they did for the rich bastards on Wall St,Big Banks,Insurance Companies and how Clinton destroyed the middle class manufacturing jobs in the US then get back with us OK?
What's more, I agree with it. NAFTA - Lost us millions of manufacturing jobs, which was predicted by many economists. And that came to pass. Repealing Glass Steagle - opened up the way for too big to fail and the crashes that came along with it.
Those are facts.
Furthermore, Clinton signed on to harsher penalties which put several hundred thousand people in jail for longer periods of time. This paved the way for private prisons. Hillary receives generous donations from the private prison industry.
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Sanders is attempting a nothing less than a hostile takeover of Democratic Party [View all]
kennetha
Feb 2016
OP
It's pretty hard to tell the difference between the Hillarians and ditto heads.
HooptieWagon
Feb 2016
#8
you sound like a BS promoter.....lol! did you notice the magazine the article is from The Atlantic
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#99
Actually, he's trying to return the Democratic Party back to FDR and Truman era economics, but
Fawke Em
Feb 2016
#35
SOme of my neighbors has a 56 mustang convertible ... light blue and white and perfect.
hedda_foil
Feb 2016
#202
Only misogynistic bernierbos oppose corporate-friendly chicanery in poor third world countries.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#205
Uh huh. Now you're just Red Baitin'. Didn't think I'd notice the color?
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2016
#71
or, my fave version of that expression - "don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya"
kath
Feb 2016
#191
Sanders political values are those of mainstreet America in the early 1900's.
Gregorian
Feb 2016
#29
I guess you would have preferred a third party run which would have guaranteed a Democratic loss.
Vinca
Feb 2016
#78
Jackson also ran as a Democrat because the Democratic Party is the more progressive
guillaumeb
Feb 2016
#70
That's a naive or ingenuous wondering...they liked it when he voted with them, and caucused with
libdem4life
Feb 2016
#91
Yep, the minority the DLC represented in its HOSTILE takeover of OUR party...
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#69
But the target isn't "the Democratic Party", but the hostile leadership in charge of it now...
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#74
Students in Iowa City, where about half of them are from out of state, where overwhelmingly Sanders
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#89
Kennetha, did you get lost in your migration between Red State and Freep? You poor, lost birdie.
leveymg
Feb 2016
#64
Somehow, the screaming eagle on Colbert's old show comes to mind. More Farce than fierce. ;-)
leveymg
Feb 2016
#111
If "the democratic party has no fixed nature" how can your OP be remotely tenable?
Matariki
Feb 2016
#118
It was more then when FDR spoke publicly AGAINST the economic royalists heavily...
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#96
Wrong Wrong Wrong First off Bernie Sanders says he is a Democratic Socialist...
fourcents
Feb 2016
#107
Hardly - The Hostility Is That Shown By The Establishment - DNC, DLC, Third-Way - And Their Cronies
cantbeserious
Feb 2016
#126
Man the gates. The Militant Socialists are trying to Destroy the Democratic Party
Armstead
Feb 2016
#153
He's a democratic socialist of European style.. not a communist or a stalinist.
kennetha
Feb 2016
#165
There is plenty of fodder for intelligent discussion about the nuances but....
Armstead
Feb 2016
#167
Unlike Nader, Sanders is running against the Left's other major candidate
Bad Thoughts
Feb 2016
#148
No, I think he represents a strand of Democratic politics that has existed since the 60s
Bad Thoughts
Feb 2016
#156
Run 3rd party, get chastised as a spoiler. Run in the Dem primary, get called an intruder.
Cheese Sandwich
Feb 2016
#149
Bernie is the best! The 'party' has shown itself for all to see this time around.
ViseGrip
Feb 2016
#151
Yes, but by the same token that I don't think that Trump will be the Republican nominee,
Beacool
Feb 2016
#212
I'm not hostile to his efforts. It's way overdue to make the party leftist rather than
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2016
#177
Bernie is coming in from the outside to rescue the Democratic Party from the Wall St. Devils.
Cheese Sandwich
Feb 2016
#186
The thing about the Democratic Party is that , if it has a future, it rests with those
wilsonbooks
Feb 2016
#201