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In reply to the discussion: But Bernie is Not a Democrat... [View all]Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)Why isn't he allowed to have an opinion? Bernie is a US Senator and knows these people much more than any of the habitual Bernie bashers on this board. If he feels the Democratic Party caters too much to the 1% and not enough to working people he has the right as an American to say that. He is basing his opinion on what he is seeing from the inside of the process. All of you Bernie bashers have no idea what goes on behind closed doors in Washington. He does!
If his actions push the party more to the left then God bless him. That's what we need! Our party moved too far to the right in the 90's and we need to get back to being the party of the people not only in words but in ACTION!
At the beginning of 2009, Democrats controlled 59 percent of state legislatures, while now they control only 31 percent, the lowest percentage for the party since the turn of the 20th century. They held 29 governors offices and now have only 16, the partys lowest number since 1920. It's because the working class stopped believing us!!
If we are going to take back this country we've got to go all in on what it really means to be a Democrat. A FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT DEMOCRAT!! Playing the middle got us TRUMP!
So tired of people on DU making believe some Democratic officeholders don't put Wall Street over working people. Grow up! Those office holders need to start acting like Democrats or declare as a Republican and get the hell out of the party of FDR.
And stop re-fighting the goddamn 2016 primaries. We lost for a number of reasons;some nefarious and some by poor campaign strategy. THAT'S A FACT!
We need to move to the left (which is really the pre-1980 center) to WIN!!