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34. Not women and POC, we understand our liberty is on the line- im fed up with that not being priority

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #32)

Wed May 31, 2017, 09:56 PM

May 2017

Number one. Seriously dudes gotta take it seriously .

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So is there anything a Democrat for office HAS to support or agree with? [View all] vi5 May 2017 OP

I'd put FDR's New Deal first and foremost. Then Medicare/Medicaid; Civil Rights; Roe v. Wade; WinkyDink May 2017 #1

i'd add social security to that...but that's one hell of a list spanone May 2017 #2

Thanks! (I figured "FDR" covered SS. :-) ) WinkyDink May 2017 #13

you are correct! spanone May 2017 #17

Too bad.... vi5 May 2017 #24

Completely untrue. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #45

How many Democratic supporters of the New Deal also opposed Civil Rights? brooklynite Jun 2017 #41

The query was for the present: "is". I'm not going back to "Lincoln was a Republican," either. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #46

Anyone who votes against my right to own my body loses my vote. I can't believe this Squinch May 2017 #3

If we don't take money out of politics though, women's rights will always be a wedge issue that JCanete May 2017 #14

My right to own my own body is not a wedge issue. It is no more a wedge issue Squinch May 2017 #26

what I mean by a wedge issue, is it is being used, manipulated to drive a wedge and to get us to JCanete May 2017 #30

But when WE fight over it we are contributing to THEIR narrative. Wedge issues are Squinch May 2017 #31

Ahem, Democrats were once the pro-slavery party. Slavery was most KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #42

We once had Whigs and Tories, too. Then there was a revolution. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #47

You're hoping that buggy whip industry comes back, aren't you? Squinch Jun 2017 #56

1. Trump is an abomination. 2. The Republican Party is responsible for Trump. Voltaire2 May 2017 #4

... NurseJackie May 2017 #5

Great post Gothmog May 2017 #20

the logic is wanting to actually have a majority, and sometimes, even when we have the D's, that is JCanete May 2017 #21

Exactly.... vi5 May 2017 #28

You have a very odd definition of all the time mythology May 2017 #35

Well said, Jackie. brer cat May 2017 #22

Boom Dem2 May 2017 #37

+ a million NurseJackie mhw Jun 2017 #54

Let's put the question back at you. Who makes the cut in your world? stevenleser May 2017 #6

Exactly right. Demsrule86 May 2017 #8

I notice you didn't answer my question. vi5 May 2017 #9

Post removed Post removed May 2017 #11

So your answer is "nothing" vi5 May 2017 #23

Compared to the "L" or the "I" or the "G" or the "R" ... that's absolutely correct. NurseJackie May 2017 #25

Basically their perks are more important than civil rights and health care ... bettyellen May 2017 #27

The far left needs to "fall in love"... NurseJackie May 2017 #32

Not women and POC, we understand our liberty is on the line- im fed up with that not being priority bettyellen May 2017 #34

Yep. NurseJackie May 2017 #38

OP said he was "venting." He is asking for our opinions of a minimum, not "perfection." Jeez Louise. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #48

Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security...of course. But really Demsrule86 May 2017 #7

Also those who threaten to take their ball and go home and vote for Greens or any third party... Demsrule86 May 2017 #10

Well, there are some things I would really like them to have mvd May 2017 #12

There does not need to be any one thing we all agree on treestar May 2017 #15

Republicans do vi5 May 2017 #29

20 of them voted against the AHCA mythology May 2017 #36

Looking at the larger picture of Republican principles and voting records, I'd say they are pretty WinkyDink Jun 2017 #50

They don't. But they vote Republican treestar Jun 2017 #44

100% DISAGREE. If Democrats do not support AT A MINIMUM the New Deal and Medicare, they stand for WinkyDink Jun 2017 #49

Others will have a couple of different issues treestar Jun 2017 #51

Of course. One always considers one's constituents. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #53

yes that all republicans are worthless pieces of shit gopiscrap May 2017 #16

Going forward, Smickey May 2017 #18

That thing is Human Rights Justice,and Equality delisen May 2017 #19

I'll vote for any D that I believe has reasonable integrity NobodyHere May 2017 #33

This is objectively wrong mythology May 2017 #39

So Barack Obama wasn't a real Democrat, since he didn't support marriage equality until recently... brooklynite Jun 2017 #40

Capitalism is good. SocialismCommunism is bad. - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #43

Corporations are not people... beachbum bob Jun 2017 #52

The protection and axpansion of all Civil Rights, Social Safety Net Programs, and the Environment. JoeStuckInOH Jun 2017 #55