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babylonsister

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1. First off, welcome to DU! I

Reply to Butch McQueen (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 08:48 PM

Dec 2013

love your post, and you're right, but only if you choose to be optimistic, as I do.

It's nice to read a post that doesn't proclaim the sky is falling, an all too frequent occurrence here.

I think once Americans actually tune in to how damaging the rethugs are, they'll look around and hopefully think that the liberal ideas have merit.

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This Isn't 1972 - This Is A Good Time To Be A Liberal! [View all] Butch McQueen Dec 2013 OP

First off, welcome to DU! I babylonsister Dec 2013 #1

K & R! Good post & welcome! JaneyVee Dec 2013 #2

Hell, a Liberal won the Presidency as recently as 2008! MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #3

Welcome to DU! Keep posting. 7wo7rees Dec 2013 #4

You're correct, of course Warpy Dec 2013 #5

Not "delusional".. Full of Facts. Thanks Butch McQueen.. and Cha Dec 2013 #6

The stage is set for a new wave of liberalism - but both parties will fight it... polichick Dec 2013 #7

K&R Scuba Dec 2013 #8

It depends on whether there are politicians deutsey Dec 2013 #9

very rational, k/r bonzotex Dec 2013 #10

Excellent post and observations. Le Taz Hot Dec 2013 #11

It looks alot more like 1932 because TBF Dec 2013 #12

Well, a dialectic view would say that oppression creates it's own reaction....... socialist_n_TN Dec 2013 #17

... TBF Dec 2013 #18

k&r HappyMe Dec 2013 #13

The tide is turning. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #14

"Why the Democrats as a whole are fighting against it is baffling" FiveGoodMen Dec 2013 #15

I agree. One thing that's always been the case.... socialist_n_TN Dec 2013 #16