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Demsrule86

(68,355 posts)
54. way to vague...what votes and what laws were passed and when.
Thu Mar 22, 2018, 03:22 PM
Mar 2018

And now we have the GOP wanting to execute Drug dealers...and of course this mean black and brown folks. You really think the party or racism is better for POC. This article is a hit job on Democrats and the party.

You forgot to quote Shitlers what do you have to lose bullshit. denbot Mar 2018 #1
Bringing yet another Democrat hit piece to Democratic Underground Wwcd Mar 2018 #2
Pointing out policy failures is hardly a 'hit piece' n/t leftstreet Mar 2018 #5
No, it's a hit piece with smidge of something added here & there to make the point of the article Wwcd Mar 2018 #7
Clinton himself acknowledges some of those failures leftstreet Mar 2018 #8
link... Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #13
Let's not pretend all motives are equal or equivalent. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #68
Wake up. This is a two-year-old article, clearly designed to divide, being posted here in an... brush Mar 2018 #92
it is not a policy failure. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #15
Perhaps the author could tell us about the "Southern Strategy" Wwcd Mar 2018 #28
Belmont (author) write exclusively on race he has an agenda for sure. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #53
Belmont may very well have an agenda, but writing exclusively about race isn't proof of it EffieBlack Mar 2018 #81
Up until the Johnson administration, the segregationist Southern Democrats held power in the South FarCenter Mar 2018 #60
All of that has been well known for years. The dixiecrats left after major civil right legislation.. brush Mar 2018 #93
Punitive welfare and penal 'reforms' were policy failures n/t leftstreet Mar 2018 #50
way to vague...what votes and what laws were passed and when. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #54
Far more (and worse) than merely "policy failures". This is yet another bashing of Democrats. George II Mar 2018 #87
bullshit edhopper Mar 2018 #3
Correct, the bottom line. Title & tone of the article is clearly, hit piece to divide. appalachiablue Mar 2018 #17
Interesting article. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #4
+1, the title alone is full of red herrings uponit7771 Mar 2018 #12
Most of it unsupported if you read it. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #25
DURec leftstreet Mar 2018 #6
Really? I would unrec if I could...but then winning elections is my number one priority. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #23
Your agenda and others are NOT the same, but yours and mine are. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #95
yes they are Exotica Mar 2018 #114
Oh, this is a winning tact. Hopeless. -nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #9
You have to be clear about the options. qwlauren35 Mar 2018 #10
You resurrected this from 16? Really an old hit piece. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #11
All things old are new again. herding cats Mar 2018 #18
One has to wonder why so much effort to hit Democrats in an election year. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #19
I get why it happens OUT THERE, but...well, you know Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #96
Absolutely. Election year? Stock up on ammo and shoot IN. Hortensis Mar 2018 #116
When someone talks about the plight of a minority but is not themselves that minority, Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #121
Disgusting article and it is blatantly obvious why it was posted. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #26
Oh, I agree. herding cats Mar 2018 #29
It came out in in 16. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #42
Yes, which was particularly divisive herding cats Mar 2018 #80
Garbage. Who else is going to speak for them? Racist shithead Republicans? Bullshit blake2012 Mar 2018 #14
Timely piece! Scurrilous Mar 2018 #16
Sure hit Democrats in an election year...that worked out so well the year this article first came tw Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #21
I have some great articles from 1948 to put out here, too DFW Mar 2018 #20
Nah...a 16 style hit piece to discourage Democrats from voting was needed... After all 16 was so Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #22
There WAS a lot of this going around two years ago, that's true. DFW Mar 2018 #27
Indeed...we know the drill. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #43
Sure there is. This is from the same author in April of 2016. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #32
1963...and entire decade and a half (early 70's too)...and this is it? Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #45
OMFG.. Of course it is. Cha Mar 2018 #115
Well that's a hoot. ehrnst Mar 2018 #123
This 2 year old article was designed to elect Trump by dividing us on the left IronLionZion Mar 2018 #24
Of course it was, and it worked. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #97
As an African American, I understand both whiteness and white people. underthematrix Mar 2018 #30
Thank you. Wwcd Mar 2018 #31
+1 pnwmom Mar 2018 #83
Thank you. voice of reason Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #98
Thank you! This brown American agrees IronLionZion Mar 2018 #104
+ ∞ . nt ecstatic Mar 2018 #110
Hmmmm? What's the agenda here with this post? Division? brush Mar 2018 #33
No. I just wanna make it clear there's nothing more urgent or important than turning the Congress underthematrix Mar 2018 #38
My response was to the OP. A two-year-old article on division in an election year? brush Mar 2018 #41
hahahaha...none of those important issues can be accomplished without turning the Congress Blue. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #55
Speaking "REALITY" because this OP post is a divisive intending hit piece Civic Justice Mar 2018 #34
I agree with this assessment loyalsister Mar 2018 #35
Bullshit. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #36
It's a complicated topic but it's an important one. I'm not sure why it always gets so much WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #37
The Hits just keep on comin. Another total load of bs. Wwcd Mar 2018 #39
Not sure what you think I'm implying, but I'll say what I mean straight out. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #40
agree Civic Justice Mar 2018 #46
That assumes that poc are not the democratic party. Egnever Mar 2018 #48
"There is nothing preventing POC from running and steering the democrats any way they want." WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #63
The Democratic Party very much appreciates our Cha Mar 2018 #108
What more proof do you need to know how endeared POC are to the Dem Party, Wwcd Mar 2018 #111
Trayvon Martin's Mom, Sybrina, had it exactly Cha Mar 2018 #112
Yes Cha. Wwcd Mar 2018 #113
I think part has to do with the accepted but confused understanding of white supremacy loyalsister Mar 2018 #47
Very, very well said. Thank you. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #49
If any Administration Put Black Concerns to the Top of Priority.... Civic Justice Mar 2018 #44
That college cheerleader stuff doesn't fly where I'm from in Houston GaryCnf Mar 2018 #66
"THEY'VE" played for the "Back door to Slavery" embedded in the 13th Amendment. Civic Justice Mar 2018 #79
Speak Speak GaryCnf Mar 2018 #101
With all of the gains which have suggested equality, EQUITY persists loyalsister Mar 2018 #69
Well said!** misanthrope Mar 2018 #103
It is a RW mantra and it really means Black lives don't matter. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #57
I have heard Democrats say that loyalsister Mar 2018 #88
I would explain what is going on here but I would get in tr ... ... Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #99
A very good post. MicaelS Mar 2018 #59
Bottom line is Black people are the base of the Democratic party ismnotwasm Mar 2018 #51
nearly 2 year old opinion piece based on little or no facts..... beachbum bob Mar 2018 #52
I see it was written pre-Trump Blue_Tires Mar 2018 #56
To put it bluntly..who else are they going to vote for? MicaelS Mar 2018 #58
Is that the best question that can be asked when Democrats hear how the party is perceived by WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #61
Of course not. MicaelS Mar 2018 #62
And as long as white people are thinking it, change will not happen. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #64
Was Barack Obama white? NO. What Party stalled every good thing he tried to do to lift people of Wwcd Mar 2018 #67
"Republicans have done everything possible to stop the forward push for equality & human rights." WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #72
Wow. Sorry but this attack on the Dem Party is a whole lot of bs. Wwcd Mar 2018 #74
What do you gain by insisting that white racism and privilege, *upon which this nation is built,* WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #76
You didn't answer my question. Wwcd Mar 2018 #77
Oh, because I think it's a shitty question. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #78
Don't Be Sorry Me. Mar 2018 #106
This is offensive. betsuni Mar 2018 #109
Bullshit hit piece and end with a racist tag... GulfCoast66 Mar 2018 #65
Blacks switched from the GOP to the Democratic party in 1936 and voted 93% for Wallace in his last braddy Mar 2018 #73
This message was self-deleted by its author LanternWaste Mar 2018 #70
Looks like the progressive "puritans" are bring out the anti-Dem John Fante Mar 2018 #71
Flat out calling the Democratic Party white liberal racists Wwcd Mar 2018 #75
Post removed Post removed Mar 2018 #82
People who throw shit have shitty hands. n/t MicaelS Mar 2018 #85
To quote "When Harry Met Sally", who is the dog here? George II Mar 2018 #89
People who hit dogs generally suck. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #90
Yet still prominently posted on Democratic Underground....wow Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #102
It is and you can find these EXACT comments elsewhere, not just here. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #100
What did this accomplish. A hit job on Democrats and you say "it's all good". George II Mar 2018 #84
LET'S GET TO THE TRUTH Civic Justice Mar 2018 #86
Well, that's it. I'm totally not going to vote for Hillary this November. betsuni Mar 2018 #91
Lol. And I'm leaving the Democratic Racist Party for good! Hortensis Mar 2018 #117
Whoops. Just realized--I'm one of the Dem segregationists. Hortensis Mar 2018 #118
Wow, locked out of your own thread. MicaelS Mar 2018 #94
All ya can do is peer in the window from the outside. Wwcd Mar 2018 #107
I come here to vent about fcking Bolton on this Democratic site mcar Mar 2018 #105
i guess with the Doug Jones , Conor Lamb and other wins something needs to be done JI7 Mar 2018 #119
This article is two years old oberliner Mar 2018 #120
The biggest issue for African Americans outside Blue_true Mar 2018 #122
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