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In reply to the discussion: On WBUR's On Point program this morning, a Sioux City IA man called in. [View all]djean111
(14,255 posts)27. Have some fantasy -
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/decertify-democratic-progressive-caucus-florida-urges-party-leader
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Yup. What it actually means to be a Democrat is sooooo old-fashioned.
Anyway, not a fantasy - real shit.
Decertify Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida, Urges Party Leader
Democrats close to Florida party leadership are buzzing over the bold call Monday from Democratic progressives to replace senatorial candidate Patrick Murphy with Alan Grayson -- and an equally bold, retaliatory call the very next day from a party executive chair to disband the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida.
Fuming over the attempt to sabotage FDP's choice to run for Marco Rubio's seat, Celeste Bush, DEC chair of St. Lucie County, said in an email distributed Tuesday, "Yesterday an unprecedented action was taken by Susan Smith, (president) of the 'Democratic' Progressive Caucus and Nancy Jacobson, an elected DNC member. "They called a press conference to discredit Congressman Patrick Murphys run for U.S. Senate. You may have seen some of the news stories."
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The Progressive Caucus called out Murphy, a Republican less than four years ago, as too moderate to replace Rubio and insisted liberals were looking for another candidate -- namely U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Central Florida.
"This action runs counter to our Democratic Partys very existence," wrote Bush. "We cannot have 'so called' Democrat leaders aggressively attacking an elected Democrat or any Democrat running for office. A Democratic leader is just that a leader of Democrats not just some Democrats that fit a preconceived notion of what constitutes a Democrat."
Yup. What it actually means to be a Democrat is sooooo old-fashioned.
Anyway, not a fantasy - real shit.
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On WBUR's On Point program this morning, a Sioux City IA man called in. [View all]
Skidmore
Apr 2015
OP
I have a feeling that this sort of thing will happen in the Democratic Party, too.
djean111
Apr 2015
#1
Rather different things, because one is a religious revival and the other is a political revival.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#10
Thank God we can criticize St. Hillary here on D.U. without being criticized, ourselves.
Hoppy
Apr 2015
#11
"Right now ... the reaction is let's move to eject the malcontent liberal caucus ..."
Scuba
Apr 2015
#19
Are you equating ejecting the liberal caucus with "continuing to work"? 'Cause that's ....
Scuba
Apr 2015
#24
They don't want to listen to their own focus groups. That's not a good sign for them.
Comrade Grumpy
Apr 2015
#14