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In reply to the discussion: America has crossed the insanity line and [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)48. :) Start by educating themselves. Like, Hillary is LIBERAL.
Last edited Sun May 29, 2016, 01:44 PM - Edit history (1)
We need to understand just who we are! The misconceptions are huge and, frankly, as silly as anything Trump can come up with. For instance, two little examples:
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party is in an ugly war with itself over a left-wing
liberal and a slightly-to-the-right centrist.
liberal and a slightly-to-the-right centrist.
1. Not even close on Hillary's ideology. We are nominating a candidate who averages out as a firm/strong liberal in every honest study.
"Hillary Clinton was the 11th most liberal member of Congress" -- and that's in THIS Congress on the far right where the Democratic caucus is more liberal than it has been in 100 years.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/3/31/1374629/-Hillary-Clinton-Was-the-11th-Most-Liberal-Member-of-the-Senate
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/hillary-clinton-was-liberal-hillary-clinton-is-liberal/
2. We're not really in an ugly war with ourselves. That is a media distortion to keep interest stoked. By far most Democrats, the proportion expected when this all started in fact, intend to vote for our nominee, and this has been demonstrated by various relatively high-quality studies and polls.
The vote is the only thing that counts, and the "ugly" will mostly just disappear from discussion when the media move on with the GE.
Cyrano, we are doing pretty well overall. The GOP is in the toilet, and that ascending blue line points to most of the cause. They have gone batshit crazy, adopting ideology that was previously neither even close to mainstream nor even respectable and that is both dysfunctional and incompatible with democracy, and with the 21st century.
Don't get sucked into the giant whirlpool of factional and commercial disinformation. Tack down just a few facts you can evaluate huge claims from, like the number of Democrats expected to vote for our nominee, and you can dismiss most of the "insanity" for the nonsense it is.
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I think that's quite true. Their bottom line is to destroy the system they feel has not served them
RKP5637
May 2016
#2
Definitely true! And as you say, an even more conservative outcome. Generally authoritarian
RKP5637
May 2016
#6
Definitely! And with Trump, it will be on steroids. Those thinking he's their F'en hero are
RKP5637
May 2016
#36
I agree... at this point in time, with the GOP on the edge of destruction, not voting Dem is
Fast Walker 52
May 2016
#8
When Scott Biao (i.e., Chachi) talks about his support for Trump, he says this:
tblue37
May 2016
#17
Crossed the line? We got drunk on Bud Light and jumped the line on a dirtbike from the flea market
NightWatcher
May 2016
#3
We crossed the insanity line with Reagan and have been being slowly destroyed ever since.
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#11
I agree. Whether they like it or not we are still in the middle of a primary so any
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#18
If trump gets elected the movie Idiocracy with be a documentary not a fantasy
kimbutgar
May 2016
#32
When 2016 started the Republicans were badly divided & the Democrats supposed to have a stroll. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2016
#33