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89. These are your exact words in this thread:
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 11:13 PM
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Nanjeanne
36. They aren't trying to put forth any new ideas. They merely want to imply that these damn progressive
4:33 PM
Democrats aren’t sufficiently pro American to be members of the party. The implication is dear since they specify

Capitalism (they want to confuse the public by implying that things like universal healthcare and tuition free college would dismantle capitalism - shades the typical scare over anything that is for the betterment of citizens and not corporations)

Strong borders whatever that means (these progressives must be against border control which is insane. Being for a real immigration policy and a compassion for people is not the same as let’s open all borders and have a big party)

Confident Patriotism and National Renewal We are proud, not ashamed of America. Again an implication that what? Ds that want America to be better are not patriotic?

Every point in their “promise” is an implication that the other Ds who are in the party that they don’t like are somehow not interested in good government, being fiscally responsible, etc.


Are you telling the few progressive voters in the districts of these candidates not to support them in the GE? The elections could hinge on one vote in each district. Control of Congress is at stake. Democracy is at stake.

The time for this kind of criticism is before the primaries.

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My Dog.... NewHendoLib Friday #1
We are definitetly going to need to take the house by more than 13. LuvLoogie Friday #2
We definitely have a centrist problem. Emile Friday #41
Without centrists Boo1 Friday #44
We have a centrist problem!! Emile Friday #45
Seriously. What a bunch of drivel from these CivicGrief Friday #55
You get to define what Boo1 Friday #67
See post 36 Emile Friday #71
we know what it ISN'T Skittles Friday #95
Yes Cirsium 11 hrs ago #117
Actually you don't Boo1 9 hrs ago #122
But you do? Cirsium 9 hrs ago #124
When did I? Boo1 7 hrs ago #142
Technically, we all get that say, in the privacy of the voting booth. 😁 -nt CrispyQ 8 hrs ago #138
Indeed Boo1 7 hrs ago #143
If you re-read H2O Man 8 hrs ago #130
All I see is 'let's fix the economy & get along.' CrispyQ 8 hrs ago #136
Damn I am tired of people like me being attacked at this website RandomNumbers 8 hrs ago #137
There's an unshakeable belief that the Democratic Party is the main obstacle to political revolution betsuni 7 hrs ago #144
Not to mention centrists are terrible negotiators. They only ask GPV 13 hrs ago #107
I agree PatSeg 13 hrs ago #108
And "Centrists" are just Bettie Friday #58
Bullshit Boo1 Friday #69
Did you read it? Cirsium 11 hrs ago #118
Yes Boo1 9 hrs ago #123
OK Cirsium 9 hrs ago #126
I strongly disagree LetMyPeopleVote 12 hrs ago #111
Recommended. H2O Man 8 hrs ago #131
Bullshit. So much for not trashing Democrats. RandomNumbers 8 hrs ago #132
Moderates is a better description demosincebirth 12 hrs ago #109
"Centrist" is replacing "establishment" as the fashionable meaningless insult to label Democrats as not progressive, betsuni 8 hrs ago #139
Post removed Post removed Friday #3
"Contract on America" orthoclad Friday #5
Right? AStern Friday #16
This "promise" is an agreement to orthoclad Friday #19
Exactly Blue Full Moon Friday #76
Shades of Newt Gingrich orthoclad Friday #77
I'm good with most of that stuff. What are they against? mymomwasright Friday #4
Y'know, all those things that "socialist" countries have. orthoclad Friday #6
Did they say they were against it? I looked up one signatory - Janelle Bynum RandomNumbers 8 hrs ago #129
It's bad enough that the R's are trying to divide us Deuxcents Friday #7
They seem to believe that everything happening today is fine and is mainstream and normal Quiet Em Friday #8
They don't believe everything is fine. yardwork Friday #10
They aren't offering anything Quiet Em Friday #11
I agree mvd 14 hrs ago #100
Tom Suozzi is in NY Quiet Em Friday #13
Then they should have some respect for the Dems who won in their districts. Why put out this Nanjeanne Friday #25
What? I don't understand what you're saying. yardwork Friday #49
How about you just read the free link to the Wash Post or maybe even Suozzi's own statement Nanjeanne Friday #83
Are you suggesting that people should vote against them? yardwork Friday #84
What are you talking about? Where did I say that? Voters get to choose. Im flummoxed. Nanjeanne Friday #86
North Carolina's primaries are over. yardwork Friday #87
My OP made no comment at all. I posted a Wash Post article and the actual Promise To America. Nanjeanne Friday #88
These are your exact words in this thread: yardwork Friday #89
Read my lips. I NEVER SUGGESTED ANYTHING ABOUT HOW SOMEONE SHOULD VOTE. Nanjeanne Friday #91
Bashing Democratic candidates depresses the vote for them. yardwork Friday #92
All of us at DU want to take back the House and we want all of our Democratic nominees to win Quiet Em Friday #94
You seem to be either misunderstanding, misreading, or misinterpreting the poster's message. msfiddlestix 9 hrs ago #125
Very red district here Cirsium 10 hrs ago #120
No arguments from me on that strategy. yardwork 8 hrs ago #127
I see Cirsium 8 hrs ago #128
I'm not surprised to see the two from North Carolina. yardwork Friday #9
I am mixed on this issue. Matthew28 Friday #12
My goal is to get a Democratic majority in Congress. yardwork Friday #18
But they are attacking other Democrats in a not so subtle way. CivicGrief Friday #59
How are they attacking other Democrats? yardwork Friday #60
They said it was. Read the articles. Nanjeanne Friday #65
We're all aware how civics works. CivicGrief Friday #90
"Yes, but who wants a majority if we must sacrifice being pure to get there?" ... or something 😂🤣🙄 QueerDuck 12 hrs ago #110
It seems laughable but here we are. yardwork 12 hrs ago #112
And are the progressives who have won their primaries against "strong" borders and against some level Nanjeanne Friday #23
We aren't in a big tent, I guess. aocommunalpunch Friday #26
I personally think the Dems MustLoveBeagles Friday #33
Which 'socialist' policies do they disagree with? NeoTrajan Friday #14
I suspect they're appeasing their corporate donors LearnedHand Friday #30
Here is my first stab at a list. yellow dahlia Friday #53
They probably disagree with the DSA's call to defund the police, abolish prisons, and release all convicts. lapucelle 12 hrs ago #114
Post removed Post removed Friday #15
Me too politics doesn't work MustLoveBeagles Friday #34
they all need to be primaried hookaleft Friday #17
Many of them should be on the top of the primary list for 2028 Renew Deal Friday #20
Yeah, Europe is so extreme. However, I agree that "Socialist" is a loser in the .... ColoringFool Friday #21
Socialism is the bogeyman pushed by the pukes LearnedHand Friday #31
And they still will be labeled as Socialists from the right. CivicGrief Friday #57
If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, Emile Friday #22
What a completely pointless clump of words. Oneironaut Friday #24
Post removed Post removed Friday #27
So corruption and neoliberalism are totally okay LearnedHand Friday #28
First of all Karma13612 Friday #29
They aren't trying to put forth any new ideas. They merely want to imply that these damn progressive Nanjeanne Friday #36
What this usually means is Bettie Friday #63
You got it. Nanjeanne Friday #64
They're really Eisenhower Republicans. The GOP doesn't want them. haele Friday #32
Eisenhower doesn't want them either. Nanjeanne Friday #37
Not one F***ng word in the Promise to America about (for profit) HMO HealthCare. Ars Longa Friday #35
That would impact the bottom line of Bettie Friday #72
One could argue that this line does address that: RandomNumbers 8 hrs ago #135
13 out of 200? SocialDemocrat61 Friday #38
Rule: If even one Democrat can be used to suppress support for the whole party, we're off to the races. betsuni Friday #93
What's the point of this.... Etherealoc1 Friday #39
More Fettermans. Emile Friday #40
Democratic Socialism is now mainstream AZProgressive Friday #42
Oh alright ...OK, from now on.... you get TWO bread crusts a day-- instead of ONE. Ars Longa Friday #43
Post removed Post removed Friday #46
My thoughts too! Emile Friday #47
Every one of these candidates is the Democratic candidate in their district. yardwork Friday #61
This is likely going to be a theme durablend Friday #48
I'm for socialism, taxing the billionaires into nonexistence, labor's freedom of movement equals capital's Prairie Gates Friday #50
What's wrong with socialism? Violet_Crumble Friday #51
As MLK Jr said Nanjeanne 13 hrs ago #103
Thank you! H2O Man 8 hrs ago #133
... Nanjeanne 8 hrs ago #134
"We disagree with socialists," Suozzi said". yellow dahlia Friday #52
Democratic Socialists aren't socialists. They are the real centrists. pat_k Friday #54
Please corect tthe headline. These people are not at the "center" of anything. Bluetus Friday #56
It was the Wash Post description. Nanjeanne Friday #73
I suggest putting it in quotes then, because it is an opinion of theirs, certainly not a fact. Bluetus Friday #75
Got any details to go with that rhetoric? Raven123 Friday #62
Oh goodie. mr715 Friday #66
Not just tepid dishwater - sour sink water that's been sitting there for three days with grease and soap in it . . . hatrack Friday #68
PTA is Vague Classic "No Labels" stuff : Zero mention of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid-- Ars Longa Friday #70
"Fiscal discipline?" ... TAX THE RICH, and ... Martin Eden Friday #74
A good start for the creation of a new Republican Deminpenn Friday #78
The question is what are we going to do make difference in peoples lives. everyonematters Friday #79
I'm glad my rep didn't sign that. 50 Shades Of Blue Friday #80
Lol, gab13by13 Friday #81
I was almost convinced to vote for candidate Marlene Galn-Woods in Arizona but her decision to sign on to this in2herbs Friday #82
Post removed Post removed Friday #85
Aw, hell... duckworth969 Yesterday #96
Flipping a red district that Donald Trump won is an actual Nixie 22 hrs ago #97
I'm proud to say that we flipped two Nassau county districts blue in 2024, lapucelle 14 hrs ago #98
That is a true accomplishment. Thank you for your service Nixie 1 hr ago #146
President Harry S Truman knew the type and warned us. Kid Berwyn 14 hrs ago #99
What a piece of shit document JBTaurus83 13 hrs ago #101
Al politics is local. - Tip O'Neill mzmolly 13 hrs ago #102
Putting lipstick on capitalism with colonial era values bucolic_frolic 13 hrs ago #104
You can NOT have "fair" capialism without some johnnyfins 13 hrs ago #105
Exactly JBTaurus83 12 hrs ago #113
The "Carville Fetterman axis" trying to look relevant n/t Munu 13 hrs ago #106
James Carville supported Conor Lamb in 2022. N/T lapucelle 12 hrs ago #115
Even a broken clock.... JBTaurus83 11 hrs ago #116
So the "Carville-Fetterman axis" doesn't actually exist lapucelle 10 hrs ago #119
I wasn't the one that posted that JBTaurus83 10 hrs ago #121
Well, mainstream is socialist. I really wish they would use the label communist instead of socialist KPN 8 hrs ago #140
"Full-time work should make it possible to ... afford healthcare...." area51 7 hrs ago #141
Enough with the labels; snot 7 hrs ago #145
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