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Fast Walker 52

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25. the party is "open" to working people, period

Sun Feb 26, 2017, 07:12 PM

Feb 2017

access is always a more tricky aspect of a party, but part of this is that running campaigns is really expensive and you need big donors.

Bottom line is working people have a far louder voice in the Dems than in the Repubs.

Sounds like you and Bernie are the ones sowing division.

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Is "open up the party to working people" really code for [View all] pnwmom Feb 2017 OP

Or code for cardcheck. dogman Feb 2017 #1

That accusation by is hsrmful to the party. boston bean Feb 2017 #2

seriously! That accusation pisses me off. Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #9

Yeah- this framing is absolute shit. bettyellen Feb 2017 #17

Change "white" to "all" and you're good to go! democratisphere Feb 2017 #3

It is already opened up to all working people. So they must mean pnwmom Feb 2017 #5

white working class that voted trump support muslim ban and deportations JI7 Feb 2017 #4

Since when has the party not been open to white working class people? n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2017 #6

Good question. nt pnwmom Feb 2017 #8

Looks like our "Indivisible" thing already has some cracks in it. jalan48 Feb 2017 #7

well, Sanders isn't a Dem. Real Dems are fairly unified against Trump. Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #10

And the millions of Dems that like Bernie Sanders? jalan48 Feb 2017 #14

Need to look hard at what they're saying. When Sanders says we're not open to the "working class" Hekate Feb 2017 #16

What he's talking about is obvious. jalan48 Feb 2017 #21

They need to concern themselves with our civil rights too- if they can't see how we bettyellen Feb 2017 #20

If that's the case then we need a strategy that will help get Democrats elected. jalan48 Feb 2017 #23

The question is why would anyone write off Dems as not being "working people" - this is a RW meme... bettyellen Feb 2017 #24

If this is true we should control the government. jalan48 Feb 2017 #28

Working women and POC are the fucking backbone of the party... bettyellen Feb 2017 #37

Who said they aren't important? jalan48 Feb 2017 #39

Asinine "message." pat_k Feb 2017 #11

It was the message coming from an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats. pnwmom Feb 2017 #13

Still asinine. pat_k Feb 2017 #19

Traditionally there has always been only ONE party open to the working class. Think Civil Rights. Rex Feb 2017 #12

How about fewer wall-street bankers and their ilk? n/t X_Digger Feb 2017 #15

How many of those do you think the Secretary of LABOR led in his department? pnwmom Feb 2017 #26

So the whole of the DNC is coming from labor, and there are no bankers? X_Digger Feb 2017 #30

The new head of the DNC is the former Secretary of Labor pnwmom Feb 2017 #32

So wall street won't be a major player in the DNC? X_Digger Feb 2017 #40

When has the Party ... NanceGreggs Feb 2017 #18

No. It's clear-speak for WORKING PEOPLE, SMC22307 Feb 2017 #22

the party is "open" to working people, period Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #25

Democrats fully control a measly six statehouses (an historic low)... SMC22307 Feb 2017 #31

Why can't Bernie focus on solutions instead of slamming the former Secretary of Labor pnwmom Feb 2017 #33

LOL @ "slamming." SMC22307 Feb 2017 #34

The ones who are sowing division are those pretending that the Secretary of LABOR pnwmom Feb 2017 #27

No one is doing that. (n/t) SMC22307 Feb 2017 #35

EVERYONE who thinks that it's okay to deliver a mini-lecture to Tom Perez pnwmom Feb 2017 #36

Let's break this down, shall we? SMC22307 Feb 2017 #38

It's just another damned Trump-GOP lie vlyons Feb 2017 #29

No Nevernose Feb 2017 #41

Are you able to post anything that isn't an attack on Sanders? Barack_America Feb 2017 #42

No. n/t QC Feb 2017 #43

Step 1: throw shade at Bernie and his supporters killbotfactory Feb 2017 #44