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grantcart

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11. Three things have changed

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 11:14 AM

Mar 2013

For the first time since Mondale we had a candidate that ran on increasing taxes.

For the first time in modern history a candidate advocating increased taxes won.

We have a President that is not going to do any budget deal that does not

a) Bring in further revenue increases

b) Cut defense

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Democrats Have Been On The Defensive Since Ronald Reagan - Nothing Has Changed [View all] TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 OP

Exactly. However... 99Forever Mar 2013 #1

I Fear You May Be Right. Then Kiss The US Good Bye TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #3

I honestly beleive this Nation... 99Forever Mar 2013 #5

I Am Thinking The Same Thing TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #7

We fix it with our own spending habits Livluvgrow Mar 2013 #30

Good luck with that, bud. 99Forever Mar 2013 #32

Well if people cant wake Livluvgrow Mar 2013 #33

Be sure to let me know... 99Forever Mar 2013 #35

He who has Livluvgrow Mar 2013 #37

Do you comprehend the difference... 99Forever Mar 2013 #40

Goodbye Livluvgrow Mar 2013 #48

A lot has changed malaise Mar 2013 #2

The GOP Should Be Politically Bleeding Out Right Now And Not Just On The Defensive. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #4

Worse, Democratic power brokers like Tip O'Neill and Ted Kennedy forced reagan's destruction Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #6

Because Reagan deregulated the banks, destroyed the Fairness Doctrine, and loudsue Mar 2013 #8

Your Post Reveals Why We Have No Effective Enforcement Of Our Labor And Environmental Laws. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #9

Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, bvar22 Mar 2013 #36

I totally understand Bill Clinton's culpability in our shift to the right. loudsue Mar 2013 #53

One might consider an analogy sulphurdunn Mar 2013 #10

I Grew Up Right In The MIddle Of The Cold War - Vietnam Was An Outgrowth Of That TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #44

Three things have changed grantcart Mar 2013 #11

No, both corporate parties are on the offensive. woo me with science Mar 2013 #12

Too true.... /nt think Mar 2013 #46

I'm old enough to remember Tip O'Neill... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #13

Someone up thread called him and Ted Kennedy Republicans. Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #28

Someone likes to use beer for bong water. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #34

Dems are afraid of their own shadows but rethugs are just plain greedy, racist, sexist & selfish judesedit Mar 2013 #14

Isn't That The Truth TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #18

That is it in a nutshell Cosmocat Mar 2013 #25

I think we got the message after they shot JFK and Bobby. bluedigger Mar 2013 #15

It Is More Than A Coincidence That Leaders Who Pushed For Economic & Social Justice Were TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #43

I believe nineteen50 Mar 2013 #16

Sure, but today (actually since '06 or so) there's ....... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #17

It Is Hard To Admit How Correct You Are Because That Reality Leaves One Almost Nowhere To Go TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #21

That leaving one almost nowhere to go is the reason I'm a Trotskyist. socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #39

the Democratic leadership The Wizard Mar 2013 #19

Remember ProSense Mar 2013 #20

I Certainly Hope Your Assessment Is Correct - I Am Less Confident Because Of The Media And Dems TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #22

There's the problem ProSense Mar 2013 #23

My Comment About The Democrats Has More To Do With The Fact That They Cave TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #29

The Democrats know how to fight just as well as Republicans obxhead Mar 2013 #24

In Many Ways What You Said Really Seems To Be True. It Leaves You No Where To Go. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #31

Nailed It! bvar22 Mar 2013 #38

The media is a part of it... obxhead Mar 2013 #52

Let's not forget Trickie Dick, Lee Atwater and Watergate . orpupilofnature57 Mar 2013 #26

Democratic party should have voted for Jimmy Carter. Has nothing to do with Reagan graham4anything Mar 2013 #27

I guess I've gotten use to drinking "Repug Lite" think Mar 2013 #41

The "Dimes worth of difference" has been sequestered. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #42

It started when Reagan demonized the word liberal. CrispyQ Mar 2013 #45

that pretty much is the case. Although the retreat had already started before the election of Reagan Douglas Carpenter Mar 2013 #47

Maniacal Patriotica has convinced us that our guideline (the constitution) SoCalDem Mar 2013 #49

Reagan sold out, Repubs sold out, Dems sold out, we type on keyboards, Festivito Mar 2013 #50

what's astonishing is that in this economic climate, the democrats could win big by defending HiPointDem Mar 2013 #51