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watoos

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6. This thread is useless to me unless people realize,
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 10:52 AM
Apr 2019

that issues that people call the far left are in reality the center of America.

We didn't win a blue tsunami by moving to the right, we won by being old fashioned FDR Democrats.

Also, maybe I'm wrong, but is this another Bernie bashing thread?

I get a pension because of my union. Private sector union membership is down to 6%. Why is that? It's because Democrats moved away from the left.
I get Social Security and Medicare because of far left Democrats.

I will be damned if I am told that Democrats need to move right, like say offering up chained CPI to hurt Social Security.
I will be damned if I am told that Democrats need to raise the retirement age, when I retired at 63.
I will be damned if I am told that Democrats need to raise the eligibility age for Medicare, I was able to retire at 63 because my union provided me with health insurance until I hit 65.

We need to move back to the FDR center of America and if Democrats don't like it they can always switch parties.

There is a reason that AOC is the most popular and charismatic Democrat in Congress, she represents the wishes of the majority of the working class. AOC is a shining star who gives me hope about our party and people who bash her because she is friends with Bernie need to get on board it's where the center of America is.

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you had to attack Milennials DonCoquixote Apr 2019 #1
Actually I was being kind. Stare Decisis Apr 2019 #3
way to help the people that got Pelosi and Obama in office DonCoquixote Apr 2019 #4
I won't. Stare Decisis Apr 2019 #5
I am an old woman and I work in an office full of millennials Horse with no Name Apr 2019 #14
You dont hqve to go hmmm, there is an agenda, at work, by a group Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #2
This thread is useless to me unless people realize, watoos Apr 2019 #6
Did you read my OP? Stare Decisis Apr 2019 #7
AOC are her initials. They're not an anagram of anything Demit Apr 2019 #8
Sorry meant to say Stare Decisis Apr 2019 #10
We won a blue tsunami by running moderate candidates in red and purple districts and Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #12
K&R Gothmog Apr 2019 #9
K&R nt B Stieg Apr 2019 #11
K&R Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #13
After a review by forum hosts...locking. Omaha Steve Apr 2019 #15
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