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Cha

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79. Just as I thought.. Frickin Crickets.

Thu Jul 29, 2021, 07:38 PM

Jul 2021

The Democratic Party is on the Front Lines Fighting Against Fascism.. and we have to put up with someone trying to smear them with ".. shills for wall street.."

jalan48 (11,957 posts)

20. As long as they don't start shilling for Wall St I'm good with the rebranding.

lapucelle (12,266 posts)

38. What's funny, that Democrats don't shill for Wall Street or that OR is a dark money group?

jalan48 (11,957 posts)

48. I'll go with yes and no.

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Pro-Sanders group rebranding into 'pragmatic progressives' [View all] lapucelle Jul 2021 OP

Wonder where Nina Turner will fit in with this wryter2000 Jul 2021 #1

Biden moved them to the middle? Budi Jul 2021 #2

I guess some of them finally accepted the fact that pragmatism helps accomplish long term goals. lapucelle Jul 2021 #3

Biden moved toward the left and they toward the center Tom Rinaldo Jul 2021 #5

Naaah. Biden was there long before 2020 arrived. Budi Jul 2021 #28

Nice research. Yep, Joe Biden has always been center left, and a good man Tom Rinaldo Jul 2021 #72

Pres Biden Appointed Sanders to Cha Jul 2021 #61

Bit the hand that reached out to him, did he? Budi Jul 2021 #84

Exactly.. some "working relationship.." Cha Jul 2021 #88

Word... Kahuna Jul 2021 #108

So basically they are not trying to own what many other Dems have already promoted because LizBeth Jul 2021 #4

They are dropping their push for medicaid for all and a green new deal. lapucelle Jul 2021 #8

Totally hear you. All the damage they caused. I shake my head. LizBeth Jul 2021 #9

I'll never forget or forgive them for 2016. Paladin Jul 2021 #15

TY.. well said. Cha Jul 2021 #18

I don't enjoy being that vengeful to a bunch of liberals. Paladin Jul 2021 #19

I hear ya.. I don't like it either. Cha Jul 2021 #22

+1. And our opportunity for a first woman president not to mention the SC. LizBeth Jul 2021 #37

And the creation of a trump-worshipping cult... Paladin Jul 2021 #39

Yes. LizBeth Jul 2021 #50

I'm a long time DUer. Almost 20 years. I totally sat out 2016 on DU... Kahuna Jul 2021 #109

You were wiser than I was. (nt) Paladin Jul 2021 #110

Welcome the establishment Our Revolution! LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #80

Brilliant... lapucelle Jul 2021 #86

Don't they know that Biden already cancelled federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry lapucelle Jul 2021 #87

They're too busy telling elected officials what to do to actually see what they've already done. George II Jul 2021 #91

Of course not. It's assumed Democrats do nothing progressive and have bad intentions. betsuni Jul 2021 #93

Amen! "Pragmatic progressives"...AKA DEMOCRATS. Nixie Jul 2021 #100

Thank you, lapucelle! This is and has always been the point with the brand builders. Nixie Jul 2021 #99

They managed to erase Al Gore from history, erase the history of the Democratic Party betsuni Jul 2021 #107

So....Our Revolution Is Turning INto Me. Jul 2021 #6

Our Revolution needs to do a lot more than just pay lip service comradebillyboy Jul 2021 #7

Agreed... lapucelle Jul 2021 #11

I share that sentiment but I doubt it will ever happen. comradebillyboy Jul 2021 #12

Glad they didn't do the Third Way thing. jalan48 Jul 2021 #10

Are you glad that Our Revolution is attempting to rebrand as a group of pragmaticists? lapucelle Jul 2021 #13

Absolutely! jalan48 Jul 2021 #14

Hopefully they'll update their website so folks won't be misled when they're making donations. lapucelle Jul 2021 #16

As long as they don't start shilling for Wall St I'm good with the rebranding. jalan48 Jul 2021 #20

Democrats don't shill for Wall Street. As for Our Revolution, it's a dark money organization. lapucelle Jul 2021 #29

K & R Thank You, lapucelle Budi Jul 2021 #31

LOL jalan48 Jul 2021 #36

What's funny, that Democrats don't shill for Wall Street or that OR is a dark money group? lapucelle Jul 2021 #38

I'll go with yes and no. jalan48 Jul 2021 #48

Ummm... OR's rebranded that old 2016 meme. Keep up! Budi Jul 2021 #51

So you're saying that Democrats shill for Wall Street and Our Revolution is not a Super PAC? George II Jul 2021 #56

Prove your Accusation of Slurring the Democratic Cha Jul 2021 #59

Mighty quiet, dear. George II Jul 2021 #75

Just as I thought.. Frickin Crickets. Cha Jul 2021 #79

... lapucelle Jul 2021 #90

Which statement caused the "LOL"? George II Jul 2021 #46

Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #78

+1 betsuni Jul 2021 #83

What's this "shilling for Wall Street" BS? George II Jul 2021 #44

Apparently he thinks it's ROLF funny to say "Democrats don't shill for Wall Street". lapucelle Jul 2021 #58

It means that Democrats accept that the U.S. is a capitalist country and always will be. betsuni Jul 2021 #60

They're skirting around the edge of FEC regulations... George II Jul 2021 #89

We're already there for a long time Cha Jul 2021 #17

Now Our Revolution is denying its a "rebranding". lapucelle Jul 2021 #21

Of course they are.. We were "into Cha Jul 2021 #25

Our Revolution denies its a rebranding, but twitter is having none of it. lapucelle Jul 2021 #26

I hope they would know it... it's Cha Jul 2021 #27

"We didn't rebrand. We are just trying to change the way we are seen by the public." lapucelle Jul 2021 #30

Oh great.. they got a clue. Now Cha Jul 2021 #32

In other words they're rebranding. George II Jul 2021 #57

In other words, they're rebranding, AND they don't understand what the word "rebranding" means. ShazzieB Jul 2021 #65

Many words were given new and wrong definitions. betsuni Jul 2021 #76

Do they just make this shit up as they type ?? Budi Jul 2021 #33

Parts of it were in the 2016 platform as well. lapucelle Jul 2021 #34

So now they're "expanding Medicare" instead of insisting on the nebulous "Medicare for All".... George II Jul 2021 #47

Expanding Medicare was in both the 2016 and 2020 Democratic platforms. lapucelle Jul 2021 #85

I believe Hillary Clinton proposed that years ago, even before running in 2016. George II Jul 2021 #92

To little to late. sheshe2 Jul 2021 #23

It's always good to finally understand what can get done and to... brush Jul 2021 #24

Bernie handed the OR operations over to Nina Turner. Budi Jul 2021 #35

Too bad for Turner. When she was a state rep. she showed promise. brush Jul 2021 #40

Profound statement there, brush Budi Jul 2021 #42

Thank you. brush Jul 2021 #94

She hasn't been in office for more than 7 years. George II Jul 2021 #49

well said, brush. TY. sheshe2 Jul 2021 #73

Yup. James Clyburn is a very SMART man. Budi Jul 2021 #41

You're right to suggest that they listen to seasoned leaders who know how get things done, but lapucelle Jul 2021 #70

AOC can be a pain at times. True enough. It should be all about negotiating. brush Jul 2021 #71

But I thought Hillary Clinton was a..oh never mind. ismnotwasm Jul 2021 #43

So the group that is now a Super PAC and was once headed by Nina Turner has decided to become... George II Jul 2021 #45

Well the odds of greater fundraiser hauls would increase by sounding like Biden Budi Jul 2021 #54

Fundraising by promising a revolution is bound to dry up after a few years. betsuni Jul 2021 #64

New name: "HILLARY's REVOLUTION " Budi Jul 2021 #66

She's the one who said, "I'm a progressive who likes to get things done" so yes. betsuni Jul 2021 #68

Yup. They may as well call it Hillary's Rev since they're now using her policy platform Budi Jul 2021 #69

We would have been stronger together. If more of the folks who support Our Revolution had adopted lapucelle Jul 2021 #96

Populism and conspiracy theories were popular for some stupid reason. betsuni Jul 2021 #97

Oh, did someone finally read the Democratic Party platform and realize their fictional neoliberal- betsuni Jul 2021 #52

We still need far left progressives to move the Overton Window to the left Poiuyt Jul 2021 #53

Another step Left of Joe Biden & you're over the cliff. Budi Jul 2021 #67

Agreed mvd Jul 2021 #98

What one thing have they done to get their "big ideas" enacted into law? mcar Jul 2021 #111

We've tried, and we've begun to get more support mvd Aug 2021 #112

Well, they've soiled our Democrats' proud identity as "progressive" Hortensis Jul 2021 #55

They've used those slogans as a purity test for so long, I image it's going to take awhile betsuni Jul 2021 #62

Easy because they won't even try to live up to them. Hortensis Jul 2021 #63

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Skittles Jul 2021 #74

This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #77

Yeah, President is the Leader.. they're following Cha Jul 2021 #81

After the Wall fell in Berlin DFW Jul 2021 #82

To me that all looks like a reflection of some Democratic leadership unity building. nt ShazamIam Jul 2021 #95

If so DFW Jul 2021 #101

I should have added, I think it's great, but I have a lot of reservations. ShazamIam Jul 2021 #103

And I have at least as many. DFW Jul 2021 #104

In the U.S. the only certainity in politics has been a strong steady movement to authortarianism. ShazamIam Jul 2021 #105

Europe has a lot of "been there done that, hate that" from first-hand experience DFW Jul 2021 #106

No. It's theft Budi Jul 2021 #102