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SticksnStones

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23. I agree with your framing of the heart of the issue

Reply to TNLib (Reply #16)

Wed Apr 26, 2017, 08:14 AM

Apr 2017

These threads aren't really rehashing the primary per se...IMO, they are an outcropping of the battle for control of the big D Democratic narrative namely: What issue is the top of the political food chain? Is there a single deal-breaking issue for the Democratic Party? Who is the de facto leader of Democrats? Clinton? Sanders? Neither? Both?

While at times the threads do devolve into clear rehashing...we'd be more successful as a party if, after lengthy public conversations about the direction our party is heading and just who is leading it there, we'd agree on some basics and get back to kicking republicans out, vote by vote.

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Hillary AND Bernie are last year's news. Can you folks leave it there and focus on the Future? [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 OP

Yes, for Gods sake, please!!! The Bernie posts can't even be taken seriously it's trolling. Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #1

Face it, the future is looking pretty scary Warpy Apr 2017 #2

Oh sure, and get so much positive response! elleng Apr 2017 #3

amen! chillfactor Apr 2017 #4

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. nt William769 Apr 2017 #5

the problem is remembering the past Fresh_Start Apr 2017 #6

Except that Bernie is currently working actively on outreach and any news of him incites a reaction. JudyM Apr 2017 #7

I think it's more the perceived waffling on pro-choice Steven Maurer Apr 2017 #9

Untrue. JudyM Apr 2017 #14

I'm less innocent than you may imagine... Steven Maurer Apr 2017 #15

thats the way you see it.... Fresh_Start Apr 2017 #17

Is the party so holy it can't use improvement? Schumer and Perez want his candid input and help JudyM Apr 2017 #18

Bullying is not helping improve anything. Fresh_Start Apr 2017 #21

Some of us remember the 2000 election and its aftermath. athena Apr 2017 #10

No. They are both actively working on issues they care about Lucinda Apr 2017 #8

Amen! lillypaddle Apr 2017 #11

No. Neither one of them has been frozen in ice since the election. betsuni Apr 2017 #12

But, but, that isn't how you sow divisiveness and defeat Dems. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #13

I think the direction of the party is an important conversation TNLib Apr 2017 #16

I agree with your framing of the heart of the issue SticksnStones Apr 2017 #23

let's talk about whether Hubert Humphrey is a real progressive grantcart Apr 2017 #19

You laugh, but some people are still having that fight, too. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #24

I laugh, I cry, and sometimes I just mumble to myself all day long. grantcart Apr 2017 #25

This is so true. Start propping up some of these younger Democrats Thrill Apr 2017 #20

I couldn't agree more. Vinca Apr 2017 #22