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In reply to the discussion: Democrats should be wooing progressives, not scolding them. [View all]kentuck
(112,300 posts)71. The "urgency of now"..
I think a lot of liberals feel that way. It is a time for action, not just talk. We have reached a point that requires action, in my opinion. I think Bernie Sanders feels the same way. The US Government is a large ship, and unless he has a lot of like-minded help, it will take a long time to turn it around...
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Well then, I'll be expecting her to come out strong against TPP, & jail sentences for banksters
mother earth
May 2015
#6
BS, Warren & Sanders have come out strong against it. Scolding? Questioning is not scolding, not
mother earth
May 2015
#82
Has she said she'd give an opinion after the agreement? Funny, those who are
mother earth
May 2015
#90
Looks closer to reality. However, I think candidate Obama should have been lower and to the left
rhett o rick
May 2015
#45
Indeed. Yet, they claim (and act accordingly) the left is so fringe as to not matter.
2banon
May 2015
#27
I don't know about that any more. I get the feeling some are questioning voting at all if all if it
mother earth
May 2015
#8
She was not silent about TPP as S of S. She helped negotiate it and supported it.
merrily
May 2015
#35
Yep, especially when we can see that tactic has taken the Dem Party further right,
cui bono
May 2015
#65
I read this post and the first thing which comes to mind is the "scolding" of progressives.
Thinkingabout
May 2015
#9
Yes, the poor, oppressed centrists that are in complete control of the party leadership
jeff47
May 2015
#22
The title of this thread is "Democrats should be wooing progressives, not scolding them"
Thinkingabout
May 2015
#34
Boo hoo. DU's right has been making the most horrible accusations about the left for years.
merrily
May 2015
#39
There is the Democratic Leadership and the grassroots Democrats. Two very different beasts.
rhett o rick
May 2015
#15
Yes. It doesn't take much imagination to realize that they are used to having their way all
GoneFishin
May 2015
#19
Then explain the centrist candidate losses accompanied by progressive referendum wins in 2014.
Scuba
Jun 2015
#124
Yes. Those damn progressives demanding equal rights, civil rights, privacy, social security.
cui bono
May 2015
#74
"Things would go so much more smoothly if these progressives just went along with conservatives."
arcane1
May 2015
#79
They're not willing to meet anyone else halfway - or even a quarter of the way
YoungDemCA
May 2015
#115
Progressives. Schmogressives. They are a minority in the Democratic Party anymore...
kentuck
May 2015
#23
Maybe at a visceral level, people are feeling that our current neoliberal capitalist model is
PatrickforO
May 2015
#24
The problem with that is that we may not have time to uphold the status quo because of
PatrickforO
May 2015
#57
Most rank and file Democrats are. Some rank and file Republicans, too. Please see sources linked in
merrily
May 2015
#59
We will, and they will be. Despite doing their best to marginalize & persuade us otherwise, the
mother earth
May 2015
#69
I think things have gone too far, TPTB have taken us to the edge & all is NOT well, too many are
mother earth
May 2015
#81
There are issues with the "Process" but you wont solve them by bashing Democrats.
DCBob
May 2015
#111
I'm not bashing Democrats, my support is with Bernie Sanders at this time. That's support, not
mother earth
Jun 2015
#129
Oh really? So democracy isn't about voting for who you think will be the best person
cui bono
May 2015
#99
So you think the party leadership should only listen to its members who agree with them?
cui bono
May 2015
#101
Not at all.. I think she will try to surround herself with people of all political persuasions.
DCBob
May 2015
#103
They think we will cave & vote for the annointed one because we have "no other choice."
U4ikLefty
May 2015
#102