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TheKentuckian

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57. He sure isn't a purified pony he just isn't completely delusional and utterly dishonest.
Wed Feb 25, 2015, 02:14 PM
Feb 2015

To pretend the party has not lost its way is a game for crazy people.
No matter how vigorously one points their finger reality can only be so ignored, your position is the same regardless of blame and rationalizations.

Even if it is everyone else's fault somehow that doesn't fix your situation.

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Is the DNC Rudderless, OR…. [View all] Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 OP
They are steering the party right where THEY want it to go. Autumn Feb 2015 #1
Soooo...complicit? Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #2
And they'll continue to do so while the cash flow is positive Warpy Feb 2015 #52
Well, I can only assume fredamae Feb 2015 #3
They think/know the "left" has nowhere to turn Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #6
Absolutely agree. fredamae Feb 2015 #11
"what next"...Good question! Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #15
Good Question fredamae Feb 2015 #19
Cleary they are not "leading" Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #23
Thats true...regardless of Intent fredamae Feb 2015 #26
Most of those people represent assurances to the 3rd-Way Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #30
The final question, aspirant Feb 2015 #4
Once the repubs control all three branches n2doc Feb 2015 #5
NEVER... Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #8
When they lose primaries to liberals. jeff47 Feb 2015 #13
After they've taken all the $$$ - TBF Feb 2015 #34
Not rudderless, they just don't try to appeal to people of color during non presidential elections uponit7771 Feb 2015 #7
They aren't appealing to the "Democratic base"! Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #10
Howard Dean and his 50 state strategy got results but the PTBs in Cleita Feb 2015 #9
Seriously, WTF? Fire a proven winner... Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #12
Yep. We were successful LittleBlue Feb 2015 #31
Fear of success? Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #38
They have a model that worked somewhat in the late 1980s/early 1990s. jeff47 Feb 2015 #14
There's truth to that. Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #17
It's not softening. jeff47 Feb 2015 #22
Agreed. By softening, I'm suggesting... Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #25
And that's not gonna happen until the people running the party change. jeff47 Feb 2015 #32
No. The people running the party NEEDS to CHANGE, NOW. Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #39
Do you know much about your source there? Agschmid Feb 2015 #45
Meh, folks will always question the source. Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #47
It's not going to happen now. jeff47 Feb 2015 #48
Hmmm? Could be right about that Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #50
"FDR values" is the winning strategy. is right in the money guillaumeb Feb 2015 #33
Corporate media needs to be kicked to the curb. Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #35
Money is the rudder, alas. n/t Orsino Feb 2015 #16
Greece put a aspirant Feb 2015 #20
Hmm? intersting concept. Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #21
Well, you never get lost. Orsino Feb 2015 #24
unfortunatly for the Dem Wing, the future is forward... Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #27
Which way does the wind blow? aspirant Feb 2015 #28
One cannot serve two masters. CrispyQ Feb 2015 #18
Time to think different, eh? Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #29
Boats and trains aspirant Feb 2015 #36
The bastards are doing EXACTLY what their owners want. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #37
hat tip to Mr Carlin ;~) Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #40
What will be the reaction aspirant Feb 2015 #41
based on campaign donors Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #44
Demmie the freaking Dog will support medical marijuana for a price DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2015 #42
Apparently the prison industrial complex is more influential? Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #43
I completely agree. nt DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2015 #49
I GUESS YOU PREFER PRESIDENT WALKER Capt. Obvious Feb 2015 #46
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #51
Without a rudder the boat will drift all over not keep finding itself locked in TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #53
Unless! paddles? Do we have any paddles? Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #54
Quote: Gov. Steve Beshear Cosmic Kitten Feb 2015 #55
Is Gov. Beshear aspirant Feb 2015 #56
He sure isn't a purified pony he just isn't completely delusional and utterly dishonest. TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #57
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