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Salon: A left-wing Tea Party may be closer than you think [View all] pampango Jun 2014 OP

If there was a viable Socialist option, I'd be gone. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #1

Agreed...I wouldnt vote socialist until it was truly viable, Democratic Socialism is what the randys1 Jun 2014 #29

The problem with that... Chan790 Jun 2014 #71

Agree Marrah_G Jun 2014 #35

Me, too. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #79

Demands of ideological purity are often a little rigid for my taste DFW Jun 2014 #2

Most of the demand for "uncompromising rigidity" seem to come from those who have put party djean111 Jun 2014 #6

Most of the ones that jump out to me DFW Jun 2014 #9

There's a difference between compromise and leading the enemy's charge MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #44

Yup! djean111 Jun 2014 #45

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #50

:/ Phlem Jun 2014 #107

The importance of 'social issues' (civil rights?) should not be minimized. pampango Jun 2014 #10

I do not minimize social issues at all. I am saying that social issues should not be used as cover djean111 Jun 2014 #30

+ another Scuba Jun 2014 #34

While Democrats push forward on some social issues (e.g. LGBTQ rights), Maedhros Jun 2014 #67

+1 840high Jun 2014 #104

+1 Scuba Jun 2014 #33

It has become all too painfully obvious. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #52

I agree with you but want to point out that it's not the left that rhett o rick Jun 2014 #16

Not only radical, but traitorous Doctor_J Jun 2014 #18

Got proof? Andy823 Jun 2014 #99

That is what I am saying - it is not the Left, but the rigid party faithful who do not look at djean111 Jun 2014 #25

"I don't think the rigid lockstep people understand, as yet, that it is what Warren stands for winter is coming Jun 2014 #100

+1 a whole fucking bunch. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #54

In Texas, the Warren wing is difficult to locate. DFW Jun 2014 #58

As of this date, the Democratic Party is much more versatile Iliyah Jun 2014 #19

I agree DFW Jun 2014 #59

Long term progressive goals cannot be realized if the people we elect Maedhros Jun 2014 #68

Bingo. Chan790 Jun 2014 #73

No argument there. That is a given DFW Jun 2014 #81

The problem is that we elect candidates with a "D" next to their name Maedhros Jun 2014 #83

Oh, it's delivered results all right. Just not for us. n/t winter is coming Jun 2014 #102

I'm of the opinion that Liberals and Progressives must demand actual results, Maedhros Jun 2014 #105

+1 DCBob Jun 2014 #24

How much bend is allowed before you should stop calling yourself a Dem? Doctor_J Jun 2014 #31

Stupidest post I've read today. tabasco Jun 2014 #37

Which is a far-right plan MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #46

with all dues respect DonCoquixote Jun 2014 #56

the GOP did hold their ground Doctor_J Jun 2014 #88

and you think that would have worked DonCoquixote Jun 2014 #91

The Massachusetts Plan was so changed by the 85% Democratic legistature that Romney vetoed it and pampango Jun 2014 #101

Romney vetoed a few bits of it, but said himself that these bits were not a big deal. MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #103

Health *INSURANCE* is a for-profit product. We're trying to give people Health *CARE*. Romulox Jun 2014 #47

#2 agree, #1 not necessarily DFW Jun 2014 #60

The saddest example I have seen of this is a a liberal justifiably angry that a loved one died Dragonfli Jun 2014 #64

That was really a sad post Doctor_J Jun 2014 #82

I remember when Sicko came out, everyone here but a few trolls agreed the ICs were horrible Dragonfli Jun 2014 #86

I agree with your post and I am so sorry for your loss. nt Romulox Jun 2014 #116

The ACA is, for the most part, a political football. Maedhros Jun 2014 #72

Well, it's early Doctor_J Jun 2014 #49

We should be careful not to conflate COVERAGE with CARE. Maedhros Jun 2014 #69

Agreed, geez support for the ACA is to mean we aren't Democrats? treestar Jun 2014 #80

It depends... Jeff In Milwaukee Jun 2014 #38

I'd say the polarization at DU is a direct reflectance of that of the nation. Maedhros Jun 2014 #74

Sort of... Jeff In Milwaukee Jun 2014 #85

There is no "Far Left" in American politics. Maedhros Jun 2014 #106

+1 million, 1 minor adjustment. Phlem Jun 2014 #108

I was speaking of here on DU. Maedhros Jun 2014 #114

I was thinking of here on DU Jeff In Milwaukee Jun 2014 #115

Yes, but there are only a few of us here. Maedhros Jun 2014 #117

It's all about who proposes and enacts them. alarimer Jun 2014 #42

That's putting out some wild assumptions and some faux history DFW Jun 2014 #63

but the president is for all of those things, plus the Heritage Foundation insurance windfall Doctor_J Jun 2014 #87

President Obama is for death panels? mcar Jun 2014 #93

Clue on line 1 Doctor_J Jun 2014 #95

Still absurd mcar Jun 2014 #98

It is not paradoxical at all. Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #3

I agree with what you say but need clarification on your definition of "revolution". rhett o rick Jun 2014 #22

A revolution is an overturning of the existing order. Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #39

I agree. IMO we need to find sympathetic people with power. nm rhett o rick Jun 2014 #61

Yes, equating the Left with the Tea Party is a quite predictable slur and smear used in djean111 Jun 2014 #4

Used here at DU Doctor_J Jun 2014 #17

Yes, "stupid Lefties", right in this thread. djean111 Jun 2014 #23

Cui bono is precisely what should be asked when the ACA is characterized as msanthrope Jun 2014 #84

It was concocted by the Heritage Foundation (right wing), first pitched by Newt Gingrinch Doctor_J Jun 2014 #89

Oh my....I'll remember that as I pay my super cheap silver plan that is 90 msanthrope Jun 2014 #90

I have noticed that the Fan Club are rather myopic in their view Doctor_J Jun 2014 #94

I think I've posted in the BOG about 3 times. Maybe 4. Proceed, Doctor. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #96

the Third Way sycophants benefit from the status quo -- they are doing just fine. nt antigop Jun 2014 #111

Ditto Iliyah Jun 2014 #21

The OP is near single-issue "free trader". That's the origin of the smear. She'll also call Romulox Jun 2014 #27

Equating the far left with teabaggers is not only a slur: it's inaccurate DFW Jun 2014 #62

Are there enough stupid lefties to support that? Turbineguy Jun 2014 #5

The only purpose a left wing tea party would serve vi5 Jun 2014 #7

You forgot one thing in that final sentence. CrispyQ Jun 2014 #12

Exactly...... vi5 Jun 2014 #53

I think only very few of them will join us, or stay long if they do. DFW Jun 2014 #66

The solid left didn't show up, huh? Who then is this "solid left" you speak of? TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #77

I've posted this many times so I'll post it again: THE BASE SHOWED UP IN 2010! neverforget Jun 2014 #112

I thought the Coffee Party Shankapotomus Jun 2014 #8

I don't think they ever got much traction. CrispyQ Jun 2014 #11

The Latte Party. nm rhett o rick Jun 2014 #70

Pretty much agree to what those posters above have stated nolabels Jun 2014 #13

What a crap article. blackspade Jun 2014 #14

The Tea Party was a creation of the far right Big Media. There is no leftist media at all Doctor_J Jun 2014 #15

Indeed, what confuses me is all this talk about Hillary or Liz Warren, etc randys1 Jun 2014 #32

Tea Party: End the federal government. Old school Dems: Health care and education for all Doctor_J Jun 2014 #20

Oh noes! Logic and clarity!!!!!!! djean111 Jun 2014 #26

You're being dishonest again, Pampango. YOU are center/right poster, not "left wing" at all. nt Romulox Jun 2014 #28

Let's get this straight right now: ReRe Jun 2014 #36

+1 leftstreet Jun 2014 #43

And it will be full of very stupid people, tabasco Jun 2014 #40

That may be one reason we don't have a viable left fringe. gulliver Jun 2014 #48

Did you ever read "The World According to Garp?" DFW Jun 2014 #65

Yes. gulliver Jun 2014 #75

Oh yes - yours is the superior intellect. Maedhros Jun 2014 #76

A left wing version of the Tea baggers? Half-Century Man Jun 2014 #41

To take it a step further Gman Jun 2014 #51

I am all for an independent political formation on the left. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #55

By George, I think you're onto something! Maedhros Jun 2014 #78

The Tea Party has billionaires to fund its insurgency starroute Jun 2014 #57

Exactly what I was going to post. intheflow Jun 2014 #113

You get what you're willing to settle for. Utopian Leftist Jun 2014 #92

Ugh. This reminds me of 'militant atheist". A bullshit term that is completely meaningless riderinthestorm Jun 2014 #97

Winning the thread. Phlem Jun 2014 #109

Every time the Tea Party comes to mind, Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #110