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hifiguy

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66. Bernie sounds exactly like Hubert Humphrey, LBJ and all the Kennedy brothers.

Thu Jan 7, 2016, 04:28 PM

Jan 2016

If that's "hard left" it only illustrates how far to the right this once-proud party, which used to stand for and with average Americans - has been led astray by those delicious corporate dollars.

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The DNC Comes Full Circle [View all] Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 OP

K&R.... daleanime Jan 2016 #1

Wrong the DNC has many functions: and they are very important lewebley3 Jan 2016 #21

Please share their many functions with us. nm floriduck Jan 2016 #26

Why don't you crack a party History book: No time tutor lewebley3 Jan 2016 #28

Because you brought it up. So share floriduck Jan 2016 #30

Basically you don't have shit. Phlem Jan 2016 #32

Derails the thread pretty quickly though. merrily Jan 2016 #128

I do: you just don't agree with it: Your a Sander supporter lewebley3 Jan 2016 #190

uh huh. Phlem Jan 2016 #201

Let this be a lesson floriduck Jan 2016 #44

to Phlem and floriduck SCantiGOP Jan 2016 #50

Are you supporting the practice floriduck Jan 2016 #52

So you think that was hostile? LiberalLovinLug Jan 2016 #73

+ 1. nt hifiguy Jan 2016 #96

When Hillary fans criticize posts by Sanders fans, they should be willing to JDPriestly Jan 2016 #81

. . . hifiguy Jan 2016 #85

Nicely-stated, JDPriestly. K&R, nt. appal_jack Jan 2016 #88

Ouch. But it's what I've watched in decades of Democratic evolution. We're a long way from libdem4life Jan 2016 #110

Don't Forget The Sock-Puppets Too billhicks76 Jan 2016 #132

As if Hillary fans don't insult Sanders supporters. Most vocal ones on DU do and they don't bother cui bono Jan 2016 #99

Bravo! Bravissimo!! hifiguy Jan 2016 #104

Enough is enough! cui bono Jan 2016 #112

Zero evidence that Ghandi said that. merrily Jan 2016 #129

Gahndi's quote SCantiGOP Jan 2016 #147

What part of There's zero evidence that Ghandi ever said that was unclear? merrily Jan 2016 #148

You really need to change your screen name SCantiGOP Jan 2016 #152

My posts are nothing compared to the posts of Hillary supporters, including you. merrily Jan 2016 #153

Are you talking to a mirror? jeff47 Jan 2016 #176

WTF is this? Phlem Jan 2016 #175

I could care less what you think. Phlem Jan 2016 #174

No you just don't agree with me: You start with what you want to believe, lewebley3 Jan 2016 #188

Your syntax is, let us call it "interesting." hifiguy Jan 2016 #195

Checkmate: have a nice day lewebley3 Jan 2016 #197

Whose people in the world? !! ? DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2016 #198

The OP clearly describes the Party's history since 1980, actually maybe 1968 JDPriestly Jan 2016 #80

LOL! Party history book. LOL! The hits keep coming. merrily Jan 2016 #127

apparently, you have time to assert things without backing them up virtualobserver Jan 2016 #179

I can assert and I do: I and I do it with education: some lewebley3 Jan 2016 #183

you don't provide us with any actual information....assertion requires no education virtualobserver Jan 2016 #184

Performance art hits all time high.... daleanime Jan 2016 #27

... AzDar Jan 2016 #49

Blammo. hifiguy Jan 2016 #65

If that's the all-time high, I am not optimistic about the future of performance art. merrily Jan 2016 #130

ummm did ya know the dnc was supposed to be giving bernie a level playing field ? questionseverything Jan 2016 #29

Oh lovely. "The DNC is standing up against Sanders bullies" madfloridian Jan 2016 #31

Standing up against Sanders supporters is against the very purpose of the DNC. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #45

Sander's Bullies Beowulf42 Jan 2016 #77

Good grief... gregcrawford Jan 2016 #78

What Bullshit sonofspy777 Jan 2016 #84

Hi, how is it going, Debbie? roody Jan 2016 #90

She won't answer you. She isn't listening and doesn't care. erronis Jan 2016 #118

The DNC sold out to the big corporations. Then no longer represent the grassroots Democrats. rhett o rick Jan 2016 #93

"side with the Aristocrats against the middle and working classes" Yallow Jan 2016 #105

LOL. hay rick Jan 2016 #108

Can't help you Sanders people have a blind spot lewebley3 Jan 2016 #196

"The DNC is standing up against Sanders bullies" Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #114

The DNC is standing up for millons of Dem's that don't want Sanders lewebley3 Jan 2016 #194

Shouldn't the DNC stand up for ALL Democrats? Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #206

You know if the DNC was doing the job they should be doing kacekwl Jan 2016 #120

Because they are too afraid Ruch Bimboo will get on the radio and criticize them mdbl Jan 2016 #142

Wrong: elections are run brave individual who mostly still lewebley3 Jan 2016 #193

Lol...Good One billhicks76 Jan 2016 #131

Unfortunately but true: I like to think the GOP are the only bullies lewebley3 Jan 2016 #181

And some Democrats who don't agree with Sanders lewebley3 Jan 2016 #186

Yes...they are much tougher on democrats and progressives noiretextatique Jan 2016 #172

They feel tougher because you are losing: it hurts to lose lewebley3 Jan 2016 #192

Which of course explains the massive losses hifiguy Jan 2016 #199

+1000 hobbit709 Jan 2016 #2

THIS!!!! nt antigop Jan 2016 #3

*tenet* IDemo Jan 2016 #4

Thank you. Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #5

kick shanti Jan 2016 #6

"So, the DNC managed to sell their souls, and ours, for nothing." No, they got something. Scuba Jan 2016 #7

True, Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #8

The DNC has not sold its sold to anyone: Sanders is a loser lewebley3 Jan 2016 #23

Clinton is loser and completely right wing. Phlem Jan 2016 #33

moore flaim bate... passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #79

Weren't Those Trumps Words? billhicks76 Jan 2016 #134

Except: Trump uses the word loser as meaning less place holder. lewebley3 Jan 2016 #169

Mean Less? billhicks76 Jan 2016 #182

Trump use's " loser": like people use the word Ah: when they can't lewebley3 Jan 2016 #185

"Follow the money." Deep Throat, aka Mark Felt merrily Jan 2016 #133

K&R! Down with 3rd Way. Katashi_itto Jan 2016 #9

Down with bulling the the DNC lewebley3 Jan 2016 #24

Blah bla blah blah blah. Phlem Jan 2016 #34

More like dorkzilla Jan 2016 #59

Do you realize that you come across as a troll? immoderate Jan 2016 #62

Doesn't seem to be bothered by how he, she or they come across. merrily Jan 2016 #135

Yes, as Dem: not a socialist supporter lewebley3 Jan 2016 #189

But if a majority voted for socialism, would you support them? immoderate Jan 2016 #191

mission accomplished librechik Jan 2016 #10

Call the DNC 202 863 8000! zentrum Jan 2016 #11

I'm sorry, do you think that individuals Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #13

Not so. zentrum Jan 2016 #18

Don't look now but the agitation Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #22

...! KoKo Jan 2016 #58

Not so. No one was more active than liberals. No. One. merrily Jan 2016 #136

Pelosi is happy with her. So is Obama. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #53

Have I been asleep? Paka Jan 2016 #89

Me either. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #119

I've done that already, but for those who haven't, it's a good idea. Duval Jan 2016 #71

K&R! Omaha Steve Jan 2016 #12

So the DNC is to blame for Democrats losing congressional support... ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2016 #14

As stated in the OP, Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #16

Ah, the old compare it to your dreams of magical rainbows and unicorn-farts method ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2016 #40

So, this just got real juvenile real fast. Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #42

Translation: your conspiracy theorizing got called out ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2016 #56

"Sanderistas" "hard left?" bread_and_roses Jan 2016 #60

Bernie sounds exactly like Hubert Humphrey, LBJ and all the Kennedy brothers. hifiguy Jan 2016 #66

Humphrey, LBJ, and the Kennedys campaigned as socialists? ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2016 #74

Try looking at the POLICIES they proposed hifiguy Jan 2016 #75

Okay, sure ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2016 #82

In a different time in america sprts Jan 2016 #123

JFK said 1939 Jan 2016 #140

Who is campaigning as a socialist? cui bono Jan 2016 #95

You're unwilling to acknowledge what your own candidate says? ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2016 #121

No, I'm not. So who's running as a socialist? cui bono Jan 2016 #124

U should read a little history yourself sprts Jan 2016 #126

"And you might want to lose the condescending attitude" BeanMusical Jan 2016 #168

Alert results, 4-3 to keep stevenleser Jan 2016 #113

One insulting post after another. Gag. merrily Jan 2016 #139

You claim Dem losses in 2010 and 2014 were typical and backing a New Deal Dem is hard left-- merrily Jan 2016 #138

Losses and losses are two different things: Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #162

Umm you do realize that your moniker sonofspy777 Jan 2016 #87

No. It's not. ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2016 #122

Poster, please. 16% is more than 29%? Did you really expect to get away with that? merrily Jan 2016 #141

Try again... ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2016 #154

No need to try again. My post was correct. Yours was not. merrily Jan 2016 #155

Mine was not? ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2016 #157

MY non sequiturs? LOL merrily Jan 2016 #159

Your refusal to provide evidence is noted... ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2016 #161

Evidence of what? The numbers in my post are right off the chart you posted. It's not rocket science merrily Jan 2016 #163

Evidence that anything I said was not correct ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2016 #165

Reply 141 points out your error. The chart YOU posted is evidence that Reply 141 is correct. merrily Jan 2016 #167

By "weirder", you mean less able to dodge ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2016 #171

2014 losses--local, state and federal--were historic, not business as usual. merrily Jan 2016 #137

that's long been the predictable/predicted outcome stupidicus Jan 2016 #15

Re your last paragraph. Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #17

it's been inevitable stupidicus Jan 2016 #158

Awesome post Tsiyu Jan 2016 #19

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Jan 2016 #20

its is clear they are working for the 1% not us restorefreedom Jan 2016 #25

Voter since JFK and that is also the way I see it. We are not jwirr Jan 2016 #83

i am sure many of us restorefreedom Jan 2016 #91

Exactly. jwirr Jan 2016 #92

Good news! You don't have to worry about the TPP vote. jeff47 Jan 2016 #178

That is what I was afraid of. We have a very broken government. jwirr Jan 2016 #187

K&R!!!! Phlem Jan 2016 #35

Wasn't for nothing: We the 99-percent of the People are farther behind than ever. Octafish Jan 2016 #36

The progressives (not to be confused with Democrats) Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #39

That is so. Octafish Jan 2016 #41

We're called the Teabaggers of the left in this OP! cui bono Jan 2016 #97

LOL! Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #98

I really need to start an ignore list. cui bono Jan 2016 #100

You're a bigger person than I am, cui bono. Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #111

Oh, I don't know about that! cui bono Jan 2016 #125

Proof that there are some very dull knives hifiguy Jan 2016 #103

Kick azmom Jan 2016 #37

Total K & R! SoapBox Jan 2016 #38

A thousand times this. hifiguy Jan 2016 #67

K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #43

there is something about Debby azureblue Jan 2016 #46

+1! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #47

Exactly, "like a Mole"! Duppers Jan 2016 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author tabasco Jan 2016 #48

Looking like 3rd way Democrats would rather see moderate republicans in office than liberal Dems.. raindaddy Jan 2016 #51

And if Web enters the GE campaign as an Independent, I believe Hillary will flip flop back Right to DhhD Jan 2016 #116

I bet you're right.. raindaddy Jan 2016 #117

Oh Fuck Le Taz! Trajan Jan 2016 #54

LOL! Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #55

maybe if D W-S wasn't buisy killing off all the progressives she could hollysmom Jan 2016 #57

Great Post and observation Ichingcarpenter Jan 2016 #61

Over and over hifiguy Jan 2016 #68

Debbie doesn't do Dallas anymore? I'm laughing at Duval Jan 2016 #70

She's still employed for one reason. hifiguy Jan 2016 #64

Poor people can't contribute enough to get someone elected... Ivan Kaputski Jan 2016 #69

K&R and thanks!! Duval Jan 2016 #72

I pray that the majority of Democrats Utopian Leftist Jan 2016 #76

"once in a lifetime opportunity to vote for real change" Yallow Jan 2016 #107

K&R Paka Jan 2016 #86

Cue Bernie getting the blame for lack of fundraising since he doesn't take Super Pac money. cui bono Jan 2016 #94

K&R CharlotteVale Jan 2016 #101

Have you ever attended a state convention and voted for DNC member? Gothmog Jan 2016 #102

Yes, I was an Executive Board Member Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #109

Well said! emsimon33 Jan 2016 #106

What top Democratic consultant has been suffering under DWS? Babel_17 Jan 2016 #115

While we were all chortling about the upcoming demographic demise of the GOP tularetom Jan 2016 #143

And DWS's recent rant Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #145

My prediction jeff47 Jan 2016 #180

K&R The #1 concern is obviously the money continuing to flow. raouldukelives Jan 2016 #144

I heard that someone was prmarying her n/t eridani Jan 2016 #146

AND THE BEAT GOES ON!!! ChiciB1 Jan 2016 #149

Excellent! ccinamon Jan 2016 #150

We get the DNC we vote for. Most people don't bother paying attention, and so we get bad people. Chathamization Jan 2016 #151

Actually, "we" don't get a vote Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #164

The rank and file Democrats get to vote for the DNC members though. Most people ignore this, true Chathamization Jan 2016 #200

Now we're talking membership? Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #202

Eh? I'm talking about DNC committee members. The ones who choose the chair. Most of these people Chathamization Jan 2016 #203

And a third movement of the goal posts. Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #204

Not sure if you've been purposefully misreading my posts or are just very confused about the DNC Chathamization Jan 2016 #205

Yeah, I'm new to this politics thing. Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #207

This was the goal of the DLC from the beginning Doctor_J Jan 2016 #156

Excellent observation. eom Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #160

K&R! n/t Kermitt Gribble Jan 2016 #166

The 2nd listed post: "Wrong. The DNC has many functions" does not seem to fit with the TryLogic Jan 2016 #170

Sad to see Jesus Malverde Jan 2016 #173

Kickin' Faux pas Jan 2016 #177