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bravenak

(34,648 posts)
29. I'm 33.
Thu Apr 3, 2014, 09:10 PM
Apr 2014

The democratic party hates itself so much that i cannot call myself exactly loyal. We apparently hate president Obama and he is the reason i call myself a dem. Like many millinials i have not voted in many cycles and 2 out of three i have voted for obama. I can't stay loyal to a party that hates my favorite president, but i also can never vote republican.

I remind myself daily that DU is not representative of the average democrat and that keeps me in the Party. Once my generation takes over the reins things will improve and the country will shift left at a more rapid pace. Younger democrats are not conservative, so there will be no blue dogs to appease. And the repulicans will be mostly dead or in nursing facilities. One can only hope they haven't spread the sickness.

We have a choice right now between moving toward a handmaids tale dystopia or a star trek future.
And we have already decided, the right knows it and it scares the shit out of them. The left knows it too they are just so beat down from years of 'reaganing' that they lack the confidence to fight. Of course the republicans fight harder and scream louder. They are cornered rats trying to protect their nests. You can call us the exterminators. The revolution is already won. Our numbers grow daily while they die off. And my kids will be far more liberal then i am.

So conservatives, enjoy the end of your second gilded age. When your rich asses are old we will make you pay and mock you at the same time. Looking at the koch boy on tee vee today let me know the mocking has begun. And it shall never end.

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Poll is too "black and white' either/or 2banon Apr 2014 #1
I understand BainsBane Apr 2014 #2
true, that.. ;) n/t 2banon Apr 2014 #15
I could change the upper age brackets BainsBane Apr 2014 #7
What actually comes with age is cynicism dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #3
Possibly, .... Whiskeytide Apr 2014 #12
I'm between 36-55 Broken_Hero Apr 2014 #4
I have never identified as Democrat. ZombieHorde Apr 2014 #5
but do you vote for Democrats? BainsBane Apr 2014 #6
I do for local elections. ZombieHorde Apr 2014 #8
And coincidentally collecting names for the great purist purge of 2014 Fumesucker Apr 2014 #9
I think there's a mentor. /nt pintobean Apr 2014 #10
She's making a new list Capt. Obvious Apr 2014 #18
If DU reflected society at large in its distribution of ages ... frazzled Apr 2014 #11
36 and disillusioned with political parties (nt) bigwillq Apr 2014 #13
I would say I "settle" for the Democratic Party. I never had any "illusions" about it. reformist2 Apr 2014 #14
That works BainsBane Apr 2014 #16
Kick BainsBane Apr 2014 #17
I'm proudillusioned. Or disallowed. Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #19
I answered BainsBane Apr 2014 #21
I get that. People are constantly shocked to find out I'm not simultaneously 12, and 90. Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #22
Here's a tip BainsBane Apr 2014 #23
I bet it was a hoot, seriously. Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #25
I'm over 55 and support the Democratic Party almost always - but I never had an illusion Douglas Carpenter Apr 2014 #20
While I like the fact that you posted this poll Aerows Apr 2014 #24
'Pride' has little to do with it, elleng Apr 2014 #26
LONG TIME Dem doxydad Apr 2014 #27
How about "kinda proud" and "kinda disillusioned" etherealtruth Apr 2014 #28
Same YoungDemCA Apr 2014 #41
I'm 33. bravenak Apr 2014 #29
I don't believe the Democratic Party hates the president BainsBane Apr 2014 #30
If i only read DU i would not know that the majority of dems support the president. bravenak Apr 2014 #31
Like someone else said... pipi_k Apr 2014 #32
Disllusioned/Proud seems like an odd dichotomy to me. scarletwoman Apr 2014 #33
I should have left out proud BainsBane Apr 2014 #34
The thing is, I don't much care for the concept of "party loyalty". scarletwoman Apr 2014 #38
I am 35 and a strong supporter of the democratic party. hrmjustin Apr 2014 #35
This doesn't feel right. Like you're trying to get people on record or something. Skip Intro Apr 2014 #36
36-55 TBF Apr 2014 #37
I'm over 55, I support the Democratic Party, Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #39
36-55 disillusioned. PeteSelman Apr 2014 #40
one can support while being disillusioned fyi justabob Apr 2014 #42
I admit they weren't written in the best way BainsBane Apr 2014 #43
i am 18-35 (barely) and i am occasionally proud and occasionally disillusioned by the democrats La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2014 #44
35-55 and tolerant of the Democratic Party politicat Apr 2014 #45
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