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In reply to the discussion: "Both parties are the same." [View all]Cheese4TheRat
(107 posts)29. Ignoring for the moment that I made NO MENTION of President Obama,
the Democratic Party does not consist of the President alone. I am not going to get into a debate about the awesomeness of the most awesome president of forever.
I am simply stating the Democratic Party, as it operates today, is by no means a liberal party, and certainly not the Party of FDR.
But here is a link for you to peruse, straight from the horse's mouth. (And that is an actual phrase, just in case you feign horror and consider me racist as well as an Obama hater)
I apologize for the commercial that precedes the clip: http://fusion.net/leadership/story/obama-considered-moderate-republican-1980s-12240
And an 80s moderate Republican was a Reaganite, in case your history knowledge disappeared down the memory hole.
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It is a narrowly cast message for the DUers who have their black tennies laced too tight
Kolesar
Mar 2014
#1
There's nothing quite like wearing blinders and repeating the, "they're both the same" mantra...
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#8
+1. The closest to energy efficiency some will ever get. And then they miss the big picture. n/t
freshwest
Mar 2014
#49
Nailed it! Sad, isn't it. Listened nightly to Rather and others - when reporters were more working
freshwest
Mar 2014
#59
When so-called Journalists say it they are Drop Dead Lazy & Incompetent. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2014
#11
But let us not pretend that both parties being different implies one party is liberal.
Cheese4TheRat
Mar 2014
#13
Absolutely. And these days, voting is not enough. For some it may be all they can do, but for
okaawhatever
Mar 2014
#15
I've NEVER missed a national vote since I first voted in 1976 for James Earl Carter (great man).
AAO
Mar 2014
#18
There are a number of areas in which the Democratic party could improve.
Behind the Aegis
Mar 2014
#36