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LBM20

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15. It seems the weak messageless corporate lite status quo has destroyed the party, not Sanders.

Fri Jun 23, 2017, 01:35 PM

Jun 2017

Under the status quo we've been OBLITERATED all over the country. The R's DOMINATE. Um, seems as though something needs to change.

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Yes: I am ready for new Democartic Party leadership and with good reason! [View all] Chasstev365 Jun 2017 OP

I am not. Our experienced, knowledgeable, smart Democratic leaders are holding Trump pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #1

Holding him at bay? Dunno bout that. KPN Jun 2017 #3

Yes. And they have tried to do a lot more. pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #6

This is also what happens when one KPN Jun 2017 #119

WTF are you smoking? OldRedneck Jun 2017 #44

Why do people think that someone talking cray cray is ... GeorgeGist Jun 2017 #54

I think Obama had a very small window for passing secondwind Jun 2017 #64

Wow--what a great post! First Speaker Jun 2017 #77

Preach it man! KPN Jun 2017 #120

Damn right! FoxNewsSucks Jun 2017 #129

They are definitely NOT unifying the party my god!!!!! kcdoug1 Jun 2017 #107

Not the handful that does nothing but throw out criticism, true or false. You are right. Eom pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #108

WOW Break time Jun 2017 #132

Same here. vi5 Jun 2017 #2

Same here. They dumped Howard Dean elehhhhna Jun 2017 #95

I find it so laughable.... vi5 Jun 2017 #97

OMG, same here same length of time and elehhhhna Jun 2017 #101

The Third Way Democrats OhNo-Really Jun 2017 #121

Post removed Post removed Jun 2017 #4

Little Dude? Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #8

Have a question for the more knowleageble awesomerwb1 Jun 2017 #5

The Democratic base has tried repeatedly. pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #7

It seems the weak messageless corporate lite status quo has destroyed the party, not Sanders. LBM20 Jun 2017 #15

Post removed Post removed Jun 2017 #45

So I am a halfwit because I supported Bernie? Thanks. Thanks a lot. pangaia Jun 2017 #73

I find it hard to believe.. disillusioned73 Jun 2017 #74

That is an interesting observation. pangaia Jun 2017 #75

I just looked at them again.. disillusioned73 Jun 2017 #83

That sounds like what R/W hate radio spouts everyday. juxtaposed Jun 2017 #86

HUH ??? pangaia Jun 2017 #72

The base has tried what? KPN Jun 2017 #122

Yes both parties hold strategy meetings BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #10

Yes, the "retreats" awesomerwb1 Jun 2017 #14

Indivisible and many many other groups BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #20

Thank you, appreciate your very informative post. awesomerwb1 Jun 2017 #24

Remember ACORN? BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #28

Exactly, work at the local level. Delmette2.0 Jun 2017 #92

DEMS should call theirs an advance.. NO RETREAT!! pangaia Jun 2017 #78

!!! 😜 BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #80

Of course they do. George II Jun 2017 #53

Well, the Democrats in the House of Representatives choose MineralMan Jun 2017 #9

Jan Schkawski: she's good! Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #11

Did she vote for Pelosi as Minority Leader? MineralMan Jun 2017 #18

I did at a town hall. Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #19

So, I take it that she did vote for Pelosi. MineralMan Jun 2017 #25

What is the fixation that Nancy can do NO wrong and anyone who doesen't support her is disloyal? Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #29

I'm not fixed on that at all. MineralMan Jun 2017 #40

Only racists and sexists oppose Pelosi's leadership SCantiGOP Jun 2017 #43

Have you confused the role of House Minority leader with the DCCC? emulatorloo Jun 2017 #82

You might want to read my post SCantiGOP Jun 2017 #96

I understood perfectly. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #115

You haven't heard any one claim that KPN Jun 2017 #123

I am saying both Sanders and Pelosi were demonized in those ads. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #124

Gotcha. Clarification appreciated. KPN Jun 2017 #125

Anytime emulatorloo Jun 2017 #126

Point of information: how can Bernie be "purged" if he's not a Dem KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #134

DU'ers with their hair on fire can call for a "purge" all they like. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #136

No fixation. But what's the fixation about ousting Pelosi as the Democrats' HOUSE leader? What... George II Jun 2017 #59

No one said she could do no wrong, Lonestarblue Jun 2017 #79

There is the objective fact that she is good at her job mythology Jun 2017 #103

Nita Lowey...she's older than Nancy BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #33

You forgot the 2000 stolen election, and the ever increasing voter suppression. Crunchy Frog Jun 2017 #12

Absolutely: great catch! Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #17

IMO the whole purpose of the 2000 election was to get electronic voting in every polling place. usaf-vet Jun 2017 #67

It needs to be the STRONG party again like FDR, Truman, and Kennedy. WEAKNESS LOSES VERY TIME! LBM20 Jun 2017 #13

Then we need to get rid of the parasite that is called the Third Way. _BravoMan_ Jun 2017 #50

Yes! ananda Jun 2017 #16

and Bernie lectured the Democrats about not politicizing the Russia investigation BainsBane Jun 2017 #21

Who said anything about Bernie? Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #22

So who passes your test BainsBane Jun 2017 #23

Currently, Al Frankin and Elizabeth Warren Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #26

Tom Perez tried to have unity tour, he tried hard. HRC added some of Bernie's ideas to platform and Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #35

I been supporting Democrats for 40 years & wil continue to do so Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #38

How do you arrive at 40 years as your marker? BainsBane Jun 2017 #46

Whites have been a majority in the USA since they showed up in the continent centuries ago. Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #56

Neither of whom are in the House of Representatives BainsBane Jun 2017 #42

don't answer, it's a trap! juxtaposed Jun 2017 #88

Don't worry BainsBane Jun 2017 #89

You make excellent points leftstreet Jun 2017 #27

Thanks! Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #30

WE are the party! Did you send your above message to the party! Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #31

GREAT post. We need REAL fighters leading the DEMOCRATIC PARTY -NOT the Washington Generals who lose chimpymustgo Jun 2017 #32

Obamacare was not the barest bones of human legislation. It was a huge achievement. Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #41

Have to disagree. It lined the pockets of the insurance and drug companies. It did very little to chimpymustgo Jun 2017 #48

From my perch north of the border luvtheGWN Jun 2017 #60

They work while we sleep. "Dark Money" is the reality we live in. We don't even fight anymore. n/t chimpymustgo Jun 2017 #61

Your post cherry picks and distorts ismnotwasm Jun 2017 #34

In other words, in your lifetime EVERY group of Democratic leaders has been flawed. pnwmom Jun 2017 #36

Well said. gtar100 Jun 2017 #37

Hardly a dying breed. Jakes Progress Jun 2017 #39

"I am the last of a dying breed" NCTraveler Jun 2017 #47

Good catch Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2017 #85

What have these suggestions to do with Pelosi? Can't we have more than one leader? bresue Jun 2017 #49

Here's what I said in another post. blue-wave Jun 2017 #51

Absolutely, positively, most definitely ... Jopin Klobe Jun 2017 #52

Get back to me when a "new" Democrat actually wins an election. leftofcool Jun 2017 #55

Please... NurseJackie Jun 2017 #57

Fox and the RWNJ's agree with you.. stonecutter357 Jun 2017 #58

Nancy does not play nice with GOP types which is why the want her gone. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #62

Oh wow! Hahahaha!!! Good to know. Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #68

Campaign donations have ruined both Party's and Dustlawyer Jun 2017 #63

This is one of the key problems Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #84

Right...and how exactly when we are in the minority and have to fight big dark money to win Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #93

We have to start pushing the media and politicians Dustlawyer Jun 2017 #109

We have been doing all that. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #133

Well said, Chasstev365 patphil Jun 2017 #65

Welcome to DU...yeah he said it on many different threads... Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #98

You forgot the Supreme Court awarding the 2000 election to GWB. PufPuf23 Jun 2017 #66

Kick and Rec! LiberalLovinLug Jun 2017 #69

Good for you! Egnever Jun 2017 #70

Wow.. THANK YOU disillusioned73 Jun 2017 #71

Me too, but I want people invested in politics. joshcryer Jun 2017 #76

Post removed Post removed Jun 2017 #81

So who do you suggest as a replacement? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2017 #87

Which may be the point. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #94

Pretty much anybody who's an old-school liberal, not a centrist asshole, elehhhhna Jun 2017 #102

Obama is not in the House of Representatives. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2017 #105

Let's belike Republicans and put the amateurs in charge? L. Coyote Jun 2017 #90

this is a joke bigtree Jun 2017 #91

Yeah, Democrat is a 'tell'. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #99

Also, what a great post...awesome. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #100

+1. Smells GOoPy in here. (n/t) FreepFryer Jun 2017 #116

funny getting so made about about a party GulfCoast66 Jun 2017 #131

You think all Dems have sucked for 40 years, LOL. Just go away. bettyellen Jun 2017 #104

Go away? LOL Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #106

We're on to this "Dems sucked for 40 years" crap. You're fooling no one. bettyellen Jun 2017 #110

Really? First of all Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #111

Many people agree w Trump in cyberspace, so what was your point? bettyellen Jun 2017 #112

So, now I am equated to a Trump supporter because I am critical of the party? Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #113

When your rhetoric mirrors RW talking points, don't be surprised people notice it. bettyellen Jun 2017 #114

Well said. Thank you! Owl Jun 2017 #117

I strongly disagree with your analysis and conclusions Gothmog Jun 2017 #118

Who do you prefer and what is their track record? wasupaloopa Jun 2017 #127

Good! Please Don't! Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #128

A-FUCKING-MEN!!! FoxNewsSucks Jun 2017 #130

I'm with you on this one. Scruffy1 Jun 2017 #135