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John Fante

(3,479 posts)
71. Looks like the progressive "puritans" are bring out the anti-Dem
Thu Mar 22, 2018, 04:07 PM
Mar 2018

artillery early this year.

The internal polling must be awful for the GOP.

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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