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TheNewNumberTwo

(70 posts)
22. #f***TheGOPs
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 02:01 AM
Jun 2020

there is a big difference between taking oil company money and effectively being a 50s R (rather than a crazy RWR like now) and being an actual D - see Frackenlooper.

There is a big difference between giving away our civil rights and protecting them. talk to Feinstein and Pelosi.

We may need every D vote to get rid of Trump but we don't need internal sellouts anymore than we need Rom-Nuts hypocrisy about Dump (pretending to hate Dump for political convenience while he still votes for everything put out and leading the charge to disembowel Social Security and the rest of the New Deal).

FDR, Truman, LBJ (barring Vietnam) and many others then and since proved you *can* have principles, be progressive and get elected and get things DONE. Howard Dean also proved it with the 50-state-strategy. Sanders and EW have also proved it. Katie Porter, AOC and the rest of The Squad prove it every day. Merkley, Wyden, Feingold, Durbin and Markey prove it all the time.

[bleep] DINO corporate sellouts and stick by our principles - we don't have to be ashamed or afraid of anything!

Republican allies of convenience [View all] WonderGrunion Jun 2020 OP
I agree I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #1
#firetheliars2020 TheNewNumberTwo Jun 2020 #2
You are so wrong DownriverDem Jun 2020 #9
#f***TheGOPs TheNewNumberTwo Jun 2020 #22
Mostly I agree, but I believe there may be exceptions. soldierant Jun 2020 #20
they are welcome to grab and oar. they wont be allowed to steer the ship. mopinko Jun 2020 #3
like this analogy very much! Solomon Jun 2020 #29
feel free to repeat it. mopinko Jun 2020 #30
Not quite. Yes many of them remain "small government conservatives" but groups like the OnDoutside Jun 2020 #4
Rec x 1,000 denbot Jun 2020 #5
Ditto that...a little background PandoraAwakened Jun 2020 #6
It's always surprisng to me that even WITHOUT the wink and nod, 40% of Americans... Beartracks Jun 2020 #16
i love her because she laughs at him, and when she tries to read his tweets, mopinko Jun 2020 #31
Yes, they are needed Skidmore Jun 2020 #7
Fine, but we should do less looking a gift horse in the mouth. NNadir Jun 2020 #8
#f***TheGOPs TheNewNumberTwo Jun 2020 #23
So let me guess what your spin on history is. NNadir Jun 2020 #24
#DumptheTurdNov3 TheNewNumberTwo Jun 2020 #34
Roosevelt was no dummy; neither was Churchill. NNadir Jun 2020 #35
#f**theGOPs TheNewNumberTwo Jun 2020 #36
I'm good with that because flotsam Jun 2020 #10
Yes and no . . . evilhime Jun 2020 #11
Totally agree, if you listen closely they are posturing between the lines already bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #12
I want them to take back the GOP zipplewrath Jun 2020 #13
They all still think conservatism can work. However, the main problem preventing it... Beartracks Jun 2020 #14
add to the list mnmoderatedem Jun 2020 #15
They're hitting him from the other side. That's all I care about. Iggo Jun 2020 #17
Absolutely true. I very much remember lots of Republican naysayers before Trump was selected. live love laugh Jun 2020 #18
Great point seta1950 Jun 2020 #19
The enemy of my enemy is a friend. For now. GulfCoast66 Jun 2020 #21
Purity is a wonderful thing but octoberlib Jun 2020 #25
+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #26
I dont care Cosmocat Jun 2020 #27
Adversaries but not enemies? kentuck Jun 2020 #28
I welcome all ammunition against the criminal regime. dalton99a Jun 2020 #32
I have come to believe that we need responsible adversaries Tom Rinaldo Jun 2020 #33
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