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CrispyQ

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56. It's time to think outside the two party box.

Sat Mar 15, 2014, 09:31 AM

Mar 2014

I will vote dem when they deserve it & I'm lucky to have mostly decent dem representation. I look forward to working for a better candidate than Bennet in 2016.

The dems used to be the party of the people, not the corporations, but most of them are on the gravy train, now, too. They throw a few more crumbs to us than the repubs do, but they are on the same train going in the same direction.

In this cartoon, Obama is an icon for the democratic party.

And this is what's been going on for over 30 years.

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Alex Sink said we should "dust off the Simpson-Bowles." No strong stand on Social Security. [View all] madfloridian Mar 2014 OP

No Wonder She Lost, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2014 #1

Damn right! newfie11 Mar 2014 #17

I'm not going to turn out for someone who supports "Entitlement Reform". bvar22 Mar 2014 #31

Hi Magistrate... madfloridian Mar 2014 #37

Ahh, now Paul Begala's call to not pass blame around makes more sense. pa28 Mar 2014 #2

Brilliant strategy. bemildred Mar 2014 #3

a 2 time loser they want to foist on the voters again -- WTF are dems thinking? nt xchrom Mar 2014 #4

Exactly. She takes up space IMO, get another candidate..n/t monmouth3 Mar 2014 #11

I can't BELIEVE this person lost..... socialist_n_TN Mar 2014 #5

"They'd rather lose elections than back down from that" FiveGoodMen Mar 2014 #9

Very much so Five..... socialist_n_TN Mar 2014 #58

It's about integrity. JoeyT Mar 2014 #33

Not a bad characterization there Joey...... socialist_n_TN Mar 2014 #57

That would explain some of the threads I saw immediatly after the vote outcome. Rex Mar 2014 #6

How many times can this Blue Dog lose, & still be considered a "viable" candidate? Viable, for whom? blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #7

Viable for anyone who... FiveGoodMen Mar 2014 #10

. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2014 #8

ah, fresh lettuce seedlings. I still have 4 ft snow banks riversedge Mar 2014 #13

I understand that the area had older white folks compared to riversedge Mar 2014 #12

Not as many retirees as Naples, Sarasota, etc. HooptieWagon Mar 2014 #32

A squishy moderate won't beat a solid right-winger thesquanderer Mar 2014 #14

Thank you. I posted asking that question myself on Wednesday. Autumn Mar 2014 #15

Don't mind at all. madfloridian Mar 2014 #18

She needs to stop running for things. As a Democrat, anyway. n/t DirkGently Mar 2014 #16

What do you call a Democratic candidate who runs on the Third Way platform? Jack Rabbit Mar 2014 #19

a losing candidate. n/t NRaleighLiberal Mar 2014 #20

..... madfloridian Mar 2014 #21

A Sink-er Fumesucker Mar 2014 #42

Sink lost because she is a light Repug ... nt MindMover Mar 2014 #22

She suggests that Social Security is one of the causes of an increasing deficit? RVN VET Mar 2014 #23

"She represents the Left's craven genuflection to the Right"....... socialist_n_TN Mar 2014 #59

well then no wonder she lost. nt silvershadow Mar 2014 #24

Are we better off now that she lost?? JoePhilly Mar 2014 #25

Better off if she won. madfloridian Mar 2014 #26

she didn't win. adopting the turd way "social security must be cut" meme Doctor_J Mar 2014 #45

Gee. Running a weak Republican against a strong Republican in a Republican district... Scootaloo Mar 2014 #27

It is not a Republican district. former9thward Mar 2014 #40

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2014 #46

"Running a weak Republican against a strong Republican..." CrispyQ Mar 2014 #55

Fear mongering and not a drop of truth. airplaneman Mar 2014 #28

This is my district. secondvariety Mar 2014 #29

Young was a tradition. madfloridian Mar 2014 #61

And the reason to be bipartisan is????? I see not one positive thing. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #30

We need to be partisan, need two party system. madfloridian Mar 2014 #53

I think we could use more than 2 parties, but you're right about one thing - Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #62

Right on point blackspade Mar 2014 #34

NO, we just have to polish our turds harder and never admit their flaws! MisterP Mar 2014 #35

Wrong direction 3rd way. Deserved to lose on point Mar 2014 #36

See how the downward spiral goes? djean111 Mar 2014 #38

Yep. And this is what happens when the "lesser of two evils"....... socialist_n_TN Mar 2014 #60

well, she wasn;t quite as bad as the repook candidate... KG Mar 2014 #39

Sink needs to go DonCoquixote Mar 2014 #41

guaranteed loser - pretend to be a republican Doctor_J Mar 2014 #43

Yes! And smoke them! Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #44

I know some love Debbie Wasserman Schulz DonCoquixote Mar 2014 #47

Good riddance. jsr Mar 2014 #48

Kick & Rec n/t FloriTexan Mar 2014 #49

Thanks. madfloridian Mar 2014 #50

You mean the Cat Food Commission isn't popular??? neverforget Mar 2014 #51

And they keep doing it over and over again... madfloridian Mar 2014 #52

Fake Democrat vs Real Republican.. sendero Mar 2014 #54

It's time to think outside the two party box. CrispyQ Mar 2014 #56