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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Thu May 12, 2016, 11:26 PM May 2016

When our party leaders push for centrist(conservative)candidates instead of progressives... [View all]

...they are saying "we apologize for ever disagreeing with people like Nixon or Reagan in the past, and promise not to so again, other than on minor issues that can't change anything. And we vow to never try to create any other program than conservatism for this country's future".

And they are saying that they don't really care if this party grows in strength or has any clear reason to exist.

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When our party leaders push for centrist(conservative)candidates instead of progressives... [View all] Ken Burch May 2016 OP

They're saying, "We're weak, and we know it... dchill May 2016 #1

but they don't apologize. elleng May 2016 #2

They figure we will fall in line like the sheep they think we are. Katashi_itto May 2016 #3