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hfojvt

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2. unfortunately we got very little change

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 10:12 AM

Jan 2013

at that time we were hoping that Obama was the non-DLC alternative to Clinton.

it turns out that we were wrong.

I wish Teddy was still alive to thunder his disapproval in the Senate.

Instead he died on 25 August 2009 and there is seemingly no liberal leadership to stop the rightward slide of the Democratic Party.

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5 years ago today... [View all] Playinghardball Jan 2013 OP

k&r for the late, great Ted Kennedy. Laelth Jan 2013 #1

unfortunately we got very little change hfojvt Jan 2013 #2

+1 n/t Laelth Jan 2013 #3