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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If the Democratic Party continues to go [View all]mythology
(9,527 posts)82. And yet by objective measures
The parties are more polarized than ever before. You keep repeating the claim that they are too similar but it simply isn't the case.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/12/7-things-to-know-about-polarization-in-america/
Objective measures matter. It helps keep one's view properly orientated rather than letting what somebody wants to believe prevent them from seeing the truth.
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As Soon As You Saw Podesta Pull Up In The Limo In Front Of The WH 1/20/07, You Knew WE Were FUCKED
CorporatistNation
Dec 2015
#129
So, where are the FDR's of today taking on the economic royalists the way he did?
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#28
I study history of spoken word!!! A clown? I think one that's a clown denies SPOKEN WORDS!!!
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#30
You don't like social security, public education or other SOCIALISM in our country?
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#107
Then why do they vote for Koch supported candidates that made their money from COMMUNIST money...
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#117
"no US politician has ever been as far left as Sanders"? What clown taught you history?
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#32
Was Eisenhower too "extremist" for you? He's more "socialist" than just about anyone but Bernie...
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#108
No, as I noted Bernie says Eisenhower was MORE SOCIALIST than Bernie in his tax policies...
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#111
Polls showed Clinton also heavily ahead of Obama too! How'd that turn out?
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#115
Sorry but this article has polls that show Bernie beats Republicans MORE than Clinton does...
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#119
No, you said "No US politician has been as far left as Bernie Sanders"
HoneychildMooseMoss
Dec 2015
#131
What passes for the Democratic Party today is unrecognizable from the Party I joined in the 60s.
bvar22
Dec 2015
#77
I've been saying this for years. We want Democrats, not Republican-Lite
Feeling the Bern
Dec 2015
#31
and yet they claim it is the left of center progressives that hurt the party.
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2015
#35
The base has been left of the party leadership since the Kochs and Bill Clinton founded the DLC.
Scuba
Dec 2015
#44
What does it mean when someone can't tell the difference between a noun and an adjective?
baldguy
Dec 2015
#43
For many of us, it was never about party, it was about polcies and principles. I don't cheer ....
Scuba
Dec 2015
#45
And that's happened because progressives have been led to believe that both parties are the same...
baldguy
Dec 2015
#54
You're trying to make a distinction without a difference, yet allowing the damage to be done.
baldguy
Dec 2015
#66
Which party leadership wants to rein in Wall Street? Neither. Which party leadership ...
Scuba
Dec 2015
#84
If there is a massive turn out that gets Bernie elected. That will be the mandate, and with
Snotcicles
Dec 2015
#74
Bernie is helping MORE Democrats PROPERLY standing against the TPP get elected far more than Obama!
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#109
I heard a remark on some show last night that America is a "center right" country.
Vinca
Dec 2015
#48
Remind me who won in 2012, with the same alleged pro-corpoate policies being implemented
brooklynite
Dec 2015
#58
OR... maybe the more moderates joing the Democrats and shift it's balance
HereSince1628
Dec 2015
#71
Mandatory Voting. People will be required to vote for a candidate from either corporate based party.
raindaddy
Dec 2015
#85
The DNC DWS DLC Third Way Establishment Is Apoplectic About A Bernie Presidency, The Panic Is Theirs
cantbeserious
Dec 2015
#101