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In reply to the discussion: Some Progressives say President Biden is a moderate.... [View all]Budi
(15,325 posts)21. Rofl... well ain't that a twist & a half.
"It's not really fair to label all progressives with your broad brush."
Never said I was. In fact I cited example(s) of great progressives like Paul Wellstone, who not only talked the progressive talk but had a heck of a congressional ranking to prove he lived the title.
In fact, recalling Sierra Blanca, it was Sen Wellstone who stood up for the poorest Tx community against toxic nuke dumping on their community. When they had no voice at all, it was Wellstone who stood in the Senate & gave them one. He succeeded & thanks to the embodiment of all his progressive beliefs it was one Senator against the mighty corporate nuke dumping in the State of Tx.
Wellstone stood up for the poorest Latino people, right there on the Senate floor, against Senator Bernie Sanders who fought him so his State of VT could dump thir nuke waste on that Latino community, by the poweres of corporate friendly Texas.
Right.
So as far as broadbrushing goes, its odd how some can claim to be something they aren't always, or just sometimes, or maybe it depends on the beneficiary.
To say Biden is not progressive is a flat out lie.
Thing is. Biden has decades of proof where he was moderate, centrist, left leaning or progressive. He'll be the 1st to state the fact that he is all the above. But more than anything he is a Democrat.
The one thing he is not, other than a republican ideologue, is a populist for populist sake.
He has no problem seperating the difference between the two.
His policies are progressive, but he's certainly way beyond being just a trendy populist.
Never said I was. In fact I cited example(s) of great progressives like Paul Wellstone, who not only talked the progressive talk but had a heck of a congressional ranking to prove he lived the title.
In fact, recalling Sierra Blanca, it was Sen Wellstone who stood up for the poorest Tx community against toxic nuke dumping on their community. When they had no voice at all, it was Wellstone who stood in the Senate & gave them one. He succeeded & thanks to the embodiment of all his progressive beliefs it was one Senator against the mighty corporate nuke dumping in the State of Tx.
Wellstone stood up for the poorest Latino people, right there on the Senate floor, against Senator Bernie Sanders who fought him so his State of VT could dump thir nuke waste on that Latino community, by the poweres of corporate friendly Texas.
Right.
So as far as broadbrushing goes, its odd how some can claim to be something they aren't always, or just sometimes, or maybe it depends on the beneficiary.
To say Biden is not progressive is a flat out lie.
Thing is. Biden has decades of proof where he was moderate, centrist, left leaning or progressive. He'll be the 1st to state the fact that he is all the above. But more than anything he is a Democrat.
The one thing he is not, other than a republican ideologue, is a populist for populist sake.
He has no problem seperating the difference between the two.
His policies are progressive, but he's certainly way beyond being just a trendy populist.
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Dear "Progressives". Knock it off with the divisive useless high school group labels. 🙄
Budi
Aug 2021
#2
And not everyone in that tent is alway one or the other every day, every policy need.
Budi
Aug 2021
#6
When your identity is reduced to a social media hastag & a millon+ $$ book deal....
Budi
Aug 2021
#8
Carter was so moderate that the progressives primaried him when he was up forr reelotion.
cinematicdiversions
Aug 2021
#41
Your claim to fame is a BFD!! When you know the history of Scranton people, you know Joe.
Budi
Aug 2021
#22
That is such a cool lifestory. Of all the people to be old family neighbors with. The Bidens!!!
Budi
Aug 2021
#25
Maybe the Progressive "gatekeepers" can clear something up for me. Has the term "Progressive" been
Progressive Jones
Aug 2021
#35
So now there's been a jump from Forward Moving to "radical leftists" ? nt
Progressive Jones
Aug 2021
#45
It's been redefined, means "anti-establishment": the moral, pure vs corrupt immoral establishment.
betsuni
Aug 2021
#44
There is no such thing as "moral purity", in politics, governance, or anything else. nt
Progressive Jones
Aug 2021
#47