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(60,536 posts) Sun Feb 12, 2017, 12:32 PM Feb 2017

Webb: Democratic Party has moved 'very far to the left' [View all]

BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 02/12/17 10:37 AM EST

Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) on Sunday said the Democratic Party has moved "very far to the left" over the past five or six years.

In an interview on NBC's "Meet The Press," Webb said the Democrats are looking at 2018 and they "don't have a message."

"When you can't have a Jefferson-Jackson dinner, which was a primary celebratory event of the Democratic Party for years, because Jefferson and Jackson were slaveholders," Webb, a candidate in the 2016 Democratic primary race, said.

"They were also great Americans in their day. Something different has happened to the Democratic Party."

Webb said the Democratic Party's message has "been shaped toward identity politics. And they've lost the key part of their base," he said.

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Webb: Democratic Party has moved 'very far to the left' [View all] DonViejo Feb 2017 OP

Webb is delusional. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #1

Fuck Webb, he's a republican bravenak Feb 2017 #2

THIS n/t. Greybnk48 Feb 2017 #6

I totally agree... Jim Webb became a Democrat TheDebbieDee Feb 2017 #29

yeah, well... it IS Jim Webb, remember. pangaia Feb 2017 #3

Yeah right. Missn-Hitch Feb 2017 #4

Jeez, the only thing missing from this theaocp Feb 2017 #5

Left. is. good. ananda Feb 2017 #7

I was taking my first sips of coffee, but I believe he said rufus dog Feb 2017 #8

And he says that like it's a bad thing... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #9

that is absurd anarch Feb 2017 #10

By today's standards, Nixon was liberal loyalsister Feb 2017 #25

I like Webb hollowdweller Feb 2017 #11

If over and over he's carried water for racism, why the hell do you like him? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #13

I hate him as much as the rest of the creeps who swift boated John Kerry karynnj Feb 2017 #31

If you believe Republicans, the Democrats have ALWAYS 'moved very far to the left'... JHB Feb 2017 #12

And so, Webb begins his publc journey toward switching parties. stopbush Feb 2017 #14

Switching parties AGAIN MiniMe Feb 2017 #15

That's what I'm wondering Yupster Feb 2017 #17

Webb is part of the problem Horse with no Name Feb 2017 #16

Great is in the eye of the beholder qanda Feb 2017 #18

Snort Solly Mack Feb 2017 #19

Jim Webb is a Republican trolling the Democratic party tenderfoot Feb 2017 #20

If we're playing Jamaal510 Feb 2017 #21

They're hypocrites JHan Feb 2017 #22

Yeah, just last week we took over several factories leftstreet Feb 2017 #23

FO Webb-DINO workinclasszero Feb 2017 #24

How dare Democrats believe in economic fairness! hrmjustin Feb 2017 #26

His TV must broken, because vlyons Feb 2017 #27

Interesting that they are incapable of ... PsychoBabble Feb 2017 #28

In what universe has this happened? I want to go to there. alarimer Feb 2017 #30

Why is he on Meet the Press? Bleacher Creature Feb 2017 #32

Dear Jim Webb ... NurseJackie Feb 2017 #33

Oh, fuck off, you phony asshole! hatrack Feb 2017 #34

Does he mean this far left? stevebreeze Feb 2017 #35

If that's the case then blame the opposition, you pathetic RINO. BlueStater Feb 2017 #36