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11. OR the media is pulling those two subsets around by the nose.

Reply to LanternWaste (Reply #8)

Mon Jan 14, 2019, 06:55 PM

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Ocasio-Cortez Pushes Democrats to the Left, Whether They Like It or Not [View all] BluesRunTheGame Jan 2019 OP

Keep pushing - we need to change the world!!! walkingman Jan 2019 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Jan 2019 #5

Yes!! Winning an election with a progressive agenda will do that... you better believe!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #9

Winning a safe Congressional seat in a liberal district in NYC is hardly saving the world EffieBlack Jan 2019 #15

My response was referring to the upcoming 2020 presidential election, not AOC's. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #40

The personal n she unseated is a progressive... WeekiWater Jan 2019 #37

See #40. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #41

40 defies the known fact that politics is local... WeekiWater Jan 2019 #43

+1000 Power 2 the People Jan 2019 #29

Keep COMING, Walking. We need more numbers just as much as last time. Hortensis Jan 2019 #61

She is trying to do that, guillaumeb Jan 2019 #2

Yes, but, sometimes it takes a leader to get the "team" to work together in the right direction. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #10

A leader has to know the field, the rules and the players and earn their respect and trust EffieBlack Jan 2019 #13

Ahhh...Speaker Pelosi is doing just that. brush Jan 2019 #19

Post removed Post removed Jan 2019 #22

Pls tell me you left off the sarcasm gif because you knew I'd get your drift. brush Jan 2019 #25

Lol, right? Tipperary Jan 2019 #28

I agree, Pelosi had been doing a fine job... but, that's not to say, others can't also contribute InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #23

Agreed. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #32

Right TheFarseer Jan 2019 #35

I love how the press portrays this negatively manor321 Jan 2019 #3

No shit. Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #7

THIS x 1,000,000,000!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #12

Yeah, I don't recall any "so and so pushes Democrats to the right, like it or not" spin... JHB Jan 2019 #27

+10,000. The huge 2015 response to Elizabeth Warren proved that. Hortensis Jan 2019 #62

I like it fine shanny Jan 2019 #4

+1 Well said! nt earthshine Jan 2019 #16

Bingo!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #24

Oh, FFS. I had taken her name off my trash list, but I'm putting her back on. I like her, Squinch Jan 2019 #6

Bingo. LanternWaste Jan 2019 #8

OR the media is pulling those two subsets around by the nose. Squinch Jan 2019 #11

This! mcar Jan 2019 #17

A view from another EX-Politico reporter that the NY Times hired to try to push bullshit still_one Jan 2019 #14

I don't like what you have done here. WeekiWater Jan 2019 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author still_one Jan 2019 #49

I didn't think the sarcasm tag was necessary. WeekiWater Jan 2019 #51

sorry, I will self-delete my initial response. Sometimes it is difficult to tell sarcasm still_one Jan 2019 #52

All good! WeekiWater Jan 2019 #53

Everythings good, its me not you. You have a good day too still_one Jan 2019 #54

"the actual conservative Democrats in the party have been in the minority." betsuni Jan 2019 #47

Absolutely betsumi. They have been in the minority after LBJ passed the Civil Rights Act, still_one Jan 2019 #50

It's not that they are the minority... disillusioned73 Jan 2019 #57

Lieberman had power because 60 votes. betsuni Jan 2019 #60

There were many Democrats elected this cycle mcar Jan 2019 #18

I like it! ananda Jan 2019 #20

WHY is my word trash not working? ismnotwasm Jan 2019 #21

Same here /nt LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #26

It only works within a forum, not on the DU home page. NurseJackie Jan 2019 #34

"sharply to the left'' please define. YOHABLO Jan 2019 #30

Judgemental language zipplewrath Jan 2019 #31

One could've PDittie Jan 2019 #56

No she doesn't. NurseJackie Jan 2019 #33

if anything it is corporate media that is afraid of her AlexSFCA Jan 2019 #36

Starting to see a pattern here. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #42

Bullshit nini Jan 2019 #39

No, what AOC hasn't learned is how to take "no" for an answer... thankfully!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #44

Exactly right, nini. Cha Jan 2019 #45

+1 betsuni Jan 2019 #48

Two years ago they told us Bernie Sanders Pushes Democrats to the Left, Whether They Like It or Not betsuni Jan 2019 #46

That thought has crossed my mind too nini Jan 2019 #58

I like her and her idea's for change duforsure Jan 2019 #55

She doesn't have enough power yet to push anybody... Wounded Bear Jan 2019 #59