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Ken Burch

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10. not "hard-left"(that's a right-wing slur term, used to accuse people on the left of Stalinism, btw).

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #9)

Sun Jan 25, 2015, 09:58 PM

Jan 2015

More like fully democratic, driven from below rather than above.

We lost in 2010 and 2014 because the party didn't engage those left out in the cold, didn't make it clear that we'd put human dignity and human needs first. The people who want profit for the few and low taxes for the rich called the tune in our party as well as in the GOP-and since most people who put profits and low taxes first were always going to vote GOP no matter what,our party left itself, in too many places, without an electorate.

We are most likely to win by enlarging the electorate as much as possible, and since most of those who don't vote make the choice not to vote because their interests aren't explicitly represented by either party, we can only gain by only representing the interests of those who've been gamed out of hope since 1980 or so.

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Well yeah. Ken Burch Jan 2015 #2

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We are moving towards that, though. Ken Burch Jan 2015 #5

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First overturn Citizens United FLPanhandle Jan 2015 #8

True. We should be getting initiatives on the ballot all over the country to do that. n/t. Ken Burch Jan 2015 #11

Please justify your claim that the only way the Democrats can "regain power" is to become hard-left? brooklynite Jan 2015 #9

not "hard-left"(that's a right-wing slur term, used to accuse people on the left of Stalinism, btw). Ken Burch Jan 2015 #10

...and we won in 2008 and 2012. brooklynite Jan 2015 #13

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Assuming you can win exclusively with Democratic votes is beyond naive... brooklynite Jan 2015 #15

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