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MineralMan

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3. Very true. If you look back and read the

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Original post)

Sun Feb 19, 2017, 02:58 PM

Feb 2017

Democratic platforms from past conventions, you'll see that those values are always reflected in them. Of course, platforms are just targets set by the party, but they are consistent.

Would that we could accomplish all the goals set in our platforms. Sadly, there are always forces working against that.

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Naming liberal values after a single politician is fucking weird [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 OP

I haven't seen that-- can you give an example? Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #1

Who said anyone was talking about a person who is not a Democrat? msanthrope Feb 2017 #21

he ran as a Democrat, of course, and he's the only person I've heard referred to in that way at all Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #23

I agree. It should never be about one single politician bravenak Feb 2017 #2

Very true. If you look back and read the MineralMan Feb 2017 #3

and some of those forces are the voters La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #4

One of the things I have always enjoyed about Minnesota's MineralMan Feb 2017 #7

agreed. i just find it weird how much angrier people here get at the 2 blue dog dems La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #9

Yes. While I am sometimes frustrated by those particular Democrats, MineralMan Feb 2017 #10

i'd vote for a blue dog over a GOP any day La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #11

Yes. Any Democrat is better that the whole lot of Republicans. MineralMan Feb 2017 #12

I could maybe see Roosevelt. HassleCat Feb 2017 #5

yeah, and the new deal purposefully excluded blacks La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #6

Unless we are talking about Eleanor Roosevelt... Tom Rinaldo Feb 2017 #8

It excluded Blacks and the SS Retirement age was selected at 65 years old Blue_true Feb 2017 #28

It divisive. When people do things like that ... NurseJackie Feb 2017 #13

super passive aggressive way of basically claiming 'i am more liberal than thou' La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #14

Religious purity... Political purity. keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #19

As a young worker, I agreed vigorously with an extremely leftward Blue_true Feb 2017 #29

Agreed. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2017 #15

BUT ... I think it's appropriate to name LIBERAL laws, acts and ammendments after the politician/s NurseJackie Feb 2017 #16

Sure. Obamacare, for instance. La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #17

When any liberal leader has difficulty in turning his or her visions into reality, that tells me ... NurseJackie Feb 2017 #18

Democrats should STOP calling it Obamacare. keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #20

I've Been Avoiding That Term, Too Leith Feb 2017 #22

Especially if they obviously have very little understanding of history ismnotwasm Feb 2017 #24

Yup La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #30

You mean I can't call it "Debbie Wasserman Schultz Cannabis Legalization" anymore? Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #25

I've never understood it myself. JHan Feb 2017 #26

When the Master governs, the people are hardly aware that he exists. Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #27

The whole "I'm with her" thing was a similar shorthand. Orsino Feb 2017 #31