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hifiguy

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46. I have learned something this primary season.

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 03:41 PM

Nov 2015

People who stand up for the policies of FDR, Harry Truman, JFK, LBJ, RFK and Hubert Humphrey are actually Republicans.

People who support Wall Street, the oligarchs, privatizing everything, war now and war for ever and are welded at the hip to the banksters and the MIIC are the real Democrats.

Wow, who knew?

Bizarro World REAL!!

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The Infestation of the Democratic Party [View all] Scuba Nov 2015 OP

Hillary was a Goldwater Girl, and all that goes with that. leveymg Nov 2015 #1

Did she vote for him?...nt SidDithers Nov 2015 #6

Too young. She did work for Rockefeller at the RNC in 1968. ieoeja Nov 2015 #8

No. Hillary became a Democrat when she left her conservative Hortensis Nov 2015 #31

Who do you vote for? Octafish Nov 2015 #10

You think he helped put the liberal party in power in Canada? Rex Nov 2015 #20

I'd be very surprised Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #26

Joe Clark was actually one of the better Conservatives arikara Nov 2015 #49

One of the reasons why I suggested Clark Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #58

Yes, Chretien promised during his campaign to revisit it arikara Nov 2015 #59

I always ask for, you know, something. Anything. Historic. Octafish Nov 2015 #50

Hillary was young at the time... ljm2002 Nov 2015 #14

She was a junior Repub. Now, she's a senior Dem neocon. Lots of evolution . . . leveymg Nov 2015 #19

Well it is certainly true... ljm2002 Nov 2015 #21

The point is, Hillary never really changed, she adapted. She's the best Republican candidate running leveymg Nov 2015 #28

Okay. We have a couple of friends sitting out this election, Hortensis Nov 2015 #36

B I N G O Vincardog Nov 2015 #48

...+1 840high Nov 2015 #55

^^^ This ^^^ cantbeserious Nov 2015 #56

I worry about her SCOTTS appointments almost as much Dustlawyer Nov 2015 #32

Yep. Scuba Nov 2015 #45

Corporate tools like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer? tabasco Nov 2015 #53

What is "all that goes with that"? The only thing I've seen is.......... George II Nov 2015 #18

I suggest looking at what she has done, not at what she is currently saying. Maineman Nov 2015 #23

I have, and that's why I'm supporting her. George II Nov 2015 #30

Oh dear... someone was misguided when young. That never happens. LanternWaste Nov 2015 #24

doesn't surprise me PatrynXX Nov 2015 #33

"Is there any vetting process in Democratic circles for hiring?" phantom power Nov 2015 #2

yeah if they wanna show that Republicans have no principles for voting for Mittens PatrynXX Nov 2015 #34

Hey, the Chair of the DNC will not even endorse Repig challengers hifiguy Nov 2015 #47

They've lost their moral compass. PatrickforO Nov 2015 #3

That's what they do FlatBaroque Nov 2015 #4

And Mit Romney Maineman Nov 2015 #22

No vetting allowed HassleCat Nov 2015 #5

Oh, and those stories about resurrection? Phony, the lot of 'em. n/t jtuck004 Nov 2015 #7

With the President's endorsement of the TPP, Rafale Nov 2015 #9

K/R marmar Nov 2015 #11

For sale to the highest bidder, that's our party leadership. nt bemildred Nov 2015 #12

That is so fucked up libodem Nov 2015 #13

It seems to me, they are chasing $$$, which says very little about their political positions ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #15

Actually it says everything about their political positions PowerToThePeople Nov 2015 #35

That is NOT a statement of political position. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #38

I disagree. n/t PowerToThePeople Nov 2015 #39

Okay. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #41

This is what happens after you start spraying for cockroaches sybylla Nov 2015 #16

Kinda 'hillarious' that we have those who have backed, and acted and voted like Republicans trying AzDar Nov 2015 #17

I have learned something this primary season. hifiguy Nov 2015 #46

Makes you wonder if this isn't some sort of Koch brothers operation. denverbill Nov 2015 #25

K & R. Quislings appalachiablue Nov 2015 #27

K & R mountain grammy Nov 2015 #29

If they have a "D" next to their name, You have to support them! Fuddnik Nov 2015 #37

It was Bill Clinton Le Taz Hot Nov 2015 #40

Yep, Bubba was the lead salesman for Al From and the DLC. hifiguy Nov 2015 #44

Remaining Democrats needn't worry: They filed an Assault Weapons Ban bill recently. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #42

Al From, the DLC and the Clintons began selling the party off piecemeal hifiguy Nov 2015 #43

Always best to keep it simple. It's usually on the money! haikugal Nov 2015 #54

It's like we live in an Plutocracy or something. Octafish Nov 2015 #51

Thanks for the Michigan example. This stuff is killing us at all levels of the Party. Scuba Nov 2015 #52

If it is anything like the business world PowerToThePeople Nov 2015 #57