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sabrina 1

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4. Yes, if you love someone, or something, that is exactly what you do, you don't let them go astray

Reply to madfloridian (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 17, 2015, 12:29 AM

Apr 2015

without trying to save them from themselves. We lost the House and Senate because of that kind of behavior, refusing to let them know that leaning further and further to the Right wasn't going to win elections for them.

Those of us who DID were attacked. And they lost.

But it's still our party, the only one we have, so we have to keep on trying to bring it back to its principles regardless of those who are blinded by partisanship, who, imo, are responsible even more than the Right for those loses we all had worked so hard to achieve.

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"I believe that we are best as a party when we lead with our principles, not according to polls" [View all] madfloridian Apr 2015 OP

That's exactly why I don't listen to campaign promises. They are usually broken within the first liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #1

I hate the feeling of not trusting anyone anymore. madfloridian Apr 2015 #10

He is absolutely right. There is something very appealing about politicians who speak from the heart sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #2

"politicians who speak from the heart" madfloridian Apr 2015 #3

Yes, if you love someone, or something, that is exactly what you do, you don't let them go astray sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #4

The pragmatic moderate centrists all loathe Kookinich too... Fumesucker Apr 2015 #5

Fuckin A right. TheKentuckian Apr 2015 #6

I agree with that. Kucinich is a kind of litmus test for me. I remember in the early Bush years sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #7

Good points on the history. What they don't understand is that liberals are loyal to ideals canoeist52 Apr 2015 #9

Exactly! That's why they don't like liberals, they are not easily propagandized. sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #11

kick cali Apr 2015 #8

. NM_Birder Apr 2015 #12

I'd go farther. FiveGoodMen Apr 2015 #13

Good for O'Malley. bigwillq Apr 2015 #14