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In reply to the discussion: Yup...the schism on DU is deepening [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)53. Kudos for the acid response
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UNTIL THE GOP IS ELIMINATED AS A POLITICAL FORCE BEING ANTI DLC IS USELESS
coldmountain
Aug 2013
#146
A Hillary supporter, making excuses for the DLC, and blaming liberals for the election of 2000
loudsue
Aug 2013
#355
Who were all those people responding to Nadir saying there was no difference?
coldmountain
Aug 2013
#386
There is no difference between republican office holders and democratic office holders.
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#191
There has never been one decent republican politician in political office in the last 70 years!!
busterbrown
Aug 2013
#294
I'd guess for the most part because republicans are behaving like republicans
rpannier
Aug 2013
#321
A-fucking-men. They're not true Democrats. We shouldn't tolerate them diluting our core values. n/t
backscatter712
Aug 2013
#36
The people that were behind Nader despite the clear warning signs won't take responsibly
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#206
or the dead Afghanis, Iraqis, Pakistanis or the deaths from global warming
coldmountain
Aug 2013
#240
Keep your personal attacks to yourself. Is your definition of stupid anyone who disagees with you??
marble falls
Aug 2013
#357
Precisely. That is why I do not want Hillary Clinton to be our candidate in 2016.
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#83
If only the party returned to the days of losing elections by 300+ electoral votes,
geek tragedy
Aug 2013
#108
When i contemplate the odious prospect of a contest between Hillary and a Santorum, Palin or Cruz,
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#203
Amen to that. Put up the crazies and drop one beacon of hope filled propaganda.
WCLinolVir
Aug 2013
#279
Oh yes, the crude stuff is pretty vile, but it often shows the true nature of some.
Kennah
Aug 2013
#29
It's upside down logic. But it makes sense to some DU members. I prefer being part of the
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#212
I had already seperated myself from the party over education but I read a thread the other day that
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#14
Many people I talk to are fed up with both the R's and the D's, be it right or wrong, they, often
RKP5637
Aug 2013
#90
Yes, the dems throw us a few more social justice crumbs, but economically, they serve the 1%, too.
CrispyQ
Aug 2013
#345
Who represents you? Regardless of whether you approve or not, Democrats or republicans
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#224
People of the ilk that you are mentioning live in a fantasy world where if things get bad
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#237
The growing schism on DU has a whole lot to do with the Left Wing of the Republican Party passing
RC
Aug 2013
#141
Absolutely it is. And the "fuck pragmatic people" comment at the top of the thread
Number23
Aug 2013
#275
I feel much the same, and I'm a fair bit older than you, this is nothing like the
RKP5637
Aug 2013
#124
That sums up my feelings. I am to the left of Obama, but I support him. I am part
RKP5637
Aug 2013
#106
I'm also part of the 80% self-identified liberal Democrats who approve of Obama
Hekate
Aug 2013
#319
Whatever. Why are you trying to pick fights? It's not helpful. Instead of trying to divide us,
OregonBlue
Aug 2013
#68
And you know what? I actually don't mind it, one bit. The fissures were there all along.
OregonBlue
Aug 2013
#79
We stop buying the lies being told to us. We keep being told that there aren't enough of us or that
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#78
One problem is that candidates are compared and contrasted on the left/right scale
demwing
Aug 2013
#208
then maybe I need to change my name to socialist_at_heart because there are many liberals on
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#100
Well, actually, there is a lot of movement on the individual liberty front.
BlueStreak
Aug 2013
#269
SInce 911, there are lots of totalitarians in COngress. That's how we got the Patriot Act after all
BlueStreak
Aug 2013
#337
CEOs are making around 400 times more than average workers. Oh, I think $50,000 is MORE than
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#135
not true at all. Our problem is that the richest people in the country have conentrated the wealth
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#140
and GDP might be even higher if we invested in education, jobs, and technology her in the US instead
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#161
I certainly will have a purity test for the politicians that want my vote that is for sure.
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#132
Wise, and it is part of it. This is the part that is unlike any other period in HUMAN
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2013
#246
genetic bottleneck you say? THAT must be why I have noticed all these mutants- on the street....
bettyellen
Aug 2013
#265
I enjoy hearing from people who have voted democrat for decades like myself
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#175
"The country is not conservative. The elites are." That's what we call a BINGO. nt
broadcaster75201
Aug 2013
#159
Interesting how history repeats itself. The business unions and the government(s) sided with
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#165
history always repeats itself. Right now the rich have hoarded all the money, but eventually the
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#171
The first labor movement did it. Corporations will keep driving down wages, and eventually it will
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#181
The "first" labor movement got it's ass handed to it by business unions (like Gompers AFof L)
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#186
people earned enough to buy houses and send their children to college for a long time.
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#189
They got tokens and no power or control. On a somewhat larger scale than blacks in a plantation
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#193
I agree they could have gotten more. Truth be told my values line up more with socialism which is
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#198
The first labor movement didn't agree with socialism. Business and government tried to
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#202
well of course they didn't. Back then people were programmed to think that socialism=communism and
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#207
My band will name their next album: "For this have you been under a rock in this forum?"
FSogol
Aug 2013
#387
Seriously...this is the first time you and I have agreed on anything in months...nt
msanthrope
Aug 2013
#278
Just wait until we have a Republican in the WH again, and all of these lickspittles do a 180
Marr
Aug 2013
#188
They are sort of like the crazy cousin that creates a mess, then promise undying loyalty when
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#251
Well they say one day this nation will break up, but I hope it is not in my lifetime.
hrmjustin
Aug 2013
#244
Jesus Q. Christ on a Segway, you went from "divide" in Democratic party to Civil WAR!
snooper2
Aug 2013
#347
The schism was pretty clear after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting as well.
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#233
I was wondering about local labor.... I get the impression they have done all the heavy lifting....
midnight
Aug 2013
#257
I think that we will see that come to fruition, as it were, when elections come
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2013
#258
And unfortunately the party is talking voter revolts, as a potential end result of this
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2013
#264
you'd think all the little chickens that have used the 2010 example around here
stupidicus
Aug 2013
#295
in '11 they were blaming gay voters for '10, but the backdraft put an end to that
MisterP
Aug 2013
#296
Teacher's notes: "does not play well with others". Sounds like you WANT a split. You should
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#307
Both parties are for the elites! They pretend to fight each other, and many do it for real but,
Dustlawyer
Aug 2013
#344
Which is why Harry "take-a-dive" will never enact comprehensive filibuster reform,
GoneFishin
Aug 2013
#373