The DNC's new plan to Pledge and Initiate all "Real" Democratic voters and candidates

[Armstead]

It has been decided that there can be no more interlopers such as Bernie Sanders participating in primaries, or voting in Democratic primaries...or participating in General Elections as Democrats.

So, inspired by the film Animal House, there is a plan to require that all who would claim to be Democrats undergo a rigorous pledging period in which they will learn the Book of Centrism, and undergo a super secret initiation ceremony.

This will weed out all those undesirables.

[VulgarPoet]

1. Don't mind me... Scooping up my fallen ribs...

[yourpaljoey]

2. Yesh... this will work nicely

This has been a Public Service Announcement from DWS and I approve! this method

[Fumesucker]

3. I was laughing before I clicked...

I think they want a bit of Oliver Twist too, "Please sir, can we have some more?".

[Armstead]

9. More centrist gruel sir

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. Do you get a secret decoder ring? If not, forget it.

After all, the other guys (republicans) give all their inductees free monogrammed dog whistles.

Oh, and they can forget about the tattoo on the butt, too. Ain't gonna happen.

[Armstead]

8. No ring. But a nifty pledge pin for your lapels

You will need to show it six months in advance of all primaries though

[Kip Humphrey]

5. I object: There is nothing centrist about the 3rd Way DWS-DNC. It is conservative.

[beedle]

6. Hurmph ...

... it's people like you, and your radical hippy insistence that 'Democracy' is spelled with a 'little d' that is destroying our proud 'centrist' tradition of corporate "sponsorship'.

Jesus man/woman, don't you understand? The 1st amendment only applies to government, and the Democratic Party has absolutely no relationship at all to the government ... and even if it did, haven't they proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that just as soon as it gets into government it is more than capable of flip-flopping from a closed off, undemocratic, members only, money laundering, dirty trick playing, private organization, into a completely incorruptible, totally accountable, peace loving, representative for all the people?

Have a little faith ... have they ever let you down before? --- don't answer that.

[Armstead]

7. Then you are banished to this....