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In reply to the discussion: My wife and I were triply-screwed by health care insurance . . . [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)These are NOT stupid people, and have proved that they KNOW how to use the Media too.
Their "Marketeers" are just as smart as the Republican's Marketeers.
These are not stupid people.
Every single one of them WON at least one election.
The country is NOT "equally divided".
When polled On-the-Issues a solid MAJORITY agree with Dennis Kucinich and Bernie Sanders.
It is EASY to seel something that most people already want,
so WHY aren't the Democrats hard selling Liberalism, or at the very least, Economic Populism a la Huey Long?
The answer is not pretty.
[font color=firebrick][center]"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will STAND UP for Working Americans."
---Paul Wellstone [/font][/center] [center] [/font]
[font size=1]photo by bvar22
Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed[/center][/font]