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In reply to the discussion: Who gets to decide who isn't and is a Democrat? [View all]aspirant
(3,533 posts)60. So it wasn't 5 cumulative threads
Could you point out the exact past 5th thread where enough became an issue?
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I get to decide who I think is a liberal and who is just pretending to be. Which is different from
NoJusticeNoPeace
May 2015
#2
With our elected leaders this might be a good, fair, and scientific way of looking at it...
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#6
I can't help thinking that the Lesser Evil vote skews this simplistic approach.
djean111
May 2015
#30
Does it really matter? By the time we get to the vote, things are pretty binary.
djean111
May 2015
#41
Republicans register as Democrats, as told to do by Rush Limbaugh eg, to upset elections in their
sabrina 1
May 2015
#46
I merely asked a question. I am sorry it upset you and made you insult me.../NT
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#12
I merely asked a question. I am sorry it upset you and made you insult me.../NT
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#13
It was unreconstructed southern racists that helped give FDR his New Deal governing coalition...
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#28
FALSE. One party is clearly a bunch of radical regressives and the other is a fake catchall
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#49
It is the person who decides whether they are democrat or not, an opinion which can and does
Thinkingabout
May 2015
#14
Unless they are apostates like Zell Miller and Joe Lieberman who left the reservation long ago...
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#24
Party affiliation is of no importance - it's the candidate's IDEAS that deserve scrutiny.
Maedhros
May 2015
#40
it's important when it comes to PARTY primaries. When you've got paid staff/volunteers
KittyWampus
May 2015
#47
Depends on if you are talking precinct politics, state politics, federal politics, Democratic Party
KittyWampus
May 2015
#45
The same ones who deem people "Real Christians™" or "Real Muslims™" I guess.
PeaceNikki
May 2015
#48