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PatrickforO

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30. This is the first wave of Bernie's political revolution, which has needed to happen in the
Sun May 29, 2016, 03:57 PM
May 2016

Democratic Party since about 1980. We've got to get rid of the Third Way and get back to being the party of working class Americans (and YES they come in all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations and genders).

Remember what Lincoln said in the Gettysburg Address?

"...that a government of, by and for the people should not perish from the earth."

Wall Street isn't the people.
The Military Industrial Complex is not the people.
The National Security domestic spying apparatus is not the people.
Big pharma and health care insurance companies are not the people.
Multi-national corporations are not the people.

Hey, Third Way, have you forgotten us? Have you become so beholden to these greed-heads that you have forgotten that the main purpose of any government is to organize society around HUMAN NEED??? and not human greed???

Well, here we are. We have been here all along watching you get more and more corrupt. WE are the people. We who get up every morning and go to work and try real hard to get ahead on a playing field that got tilted against us many years ago. We want our tax money spent on stuff that actually makes our lives better. And we want corporations to PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE of taxes. We want healthcare as a basic right. We want higher education for our children as a basic right. We want more subsidies for child care, higher wages, better benefits and reasonable economic security. We want society organized around OUR needs, not the false corporate 'need' to eke out the uttermost farthing of profits on a pile of our bones.

Millions disagree. nt MADem May 2016 #1
You could demonstate that by creating a petition for the other position. nt eggplant May 2016 #5
You do understand what those stupid "petitions" are all about, don't you? MADem May 2016 #11
Exactly nini May 2016 #16
Chuck Todd's wife might buy that list! LOL! MADem May 2016 #19
LOL nini May 2016 #21
I stopped signing them without knowing that SakonyaChen May 2016 #20
Calls to elected officials offices is much more productive nini May 2016 #24
E-activism hasn't worked out so well for many. MADem May 2016 #43
Who know? The petition might be set up by the DNC. LiberalFighter May 2016 #34
I see you are at it again. Gore1FL May 2016 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author silvershadow May 2016 #26
Only people that like usury and electing Republicans. nt Gore1FL May 2016 #6
That would be "minions disagree". mahannah May 2016 #10
Yeah? Those "minions" live in her district. MADem May 2016 #14
Debbie is rallying the few Dems Obama needs for the TPP. Cassiopeia May 2016 #47
Oh, now we're POTUS hating, too? Mmm hmm. nt MADem May 2016 #49
Yes, approximately 72 Million Democrats, while many of the ones signing the petiotion are Fla Dem May 2016 #44
how about ousting "Corporatist Tool" Hillary Rodham Clinton? ish of the hammer May 2016 #2
Now that's an idea! nt Duval May 2016 #4
Sounds like a great idea! TrueDemVA May 2016 #18
Now! Before it's too late! SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #50
Signed by two in this household. Duval May 2016 #3
no way in hell and stop bullying DWS. stonecutter357 May 2016 #7
Maybe you don't understand democracy. She doesn't represent the Democrats but the rhett o rick May 2016 #13
bull shit it's revenge and it's discussing. stonecutter357 May 2016 #25
Revenge, huh? Gore1FL May 2016 #31
"revenge" implies an original act which may or may not warrant revenge .. so let's "discuss". ish of the hammer May 2016 #38
the act was bernia loosing the Democrat nominations stonecutter357 May 2016 #45
hasn't lost yet. and there's a lot of people who will write him in if he does lose the dem nom. ish of the hammer May 2016 #48
Ya, revenge for what? Hydra May 2016 #42
+1 silvershadow May 2016 #27
You consider firing someone for dong a shitty job "bullying?" Gore1FL May 2016 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author silvershadow May 2016 #28
K&R LiberalEsto May 2016 #8
I could see this helping a bit with hillarys bid to unify Bernie supporters. No real downside here. Purveyor May 2016 #9
It won't happen even though it wouldn't hurt Clinton's chances at this point. She has done her rhett o rick May 2016 #15
Signed. ananda May 2016 #12
DWS is a bargaining chip at this point bluestateguy May 2016 #17
A bunch of Sanders supporters, ask a bunch of other Sanders supporters if they would sign still_one May 2016 #23
You realize DWS and HRC are different people right? Gore1FL May 2016 #33
If an online petiton can be posted in LBN, than obviously anything goes still_one May 2016 #36
So you do believe they are the same people? Gore1FL May 2016 #39
Can you or any other Democrat say the election results for state and federal positions during DWS' floriduck May 2016 #35
Now is not the time to get rid of DWS nxylas May 2016 #29
And she became chair May 4, 2011. LiberalFighter May 2016 #37
Oops nxylas May 2016 #46
That would work better. LiberalFighter May 2016 #52
Oh really? Well, she wasn't DNC chair back then. MADem May 2016 #51
This is the first wave of Bernie's political revolution, which has needed to happen in the PatrickforO May 2016 #30
Can someone please explain to me why this is LBN? still_one May 2016 #32
When the person posted it they pressed that button. Gore1FL May 2016 #40
Locking tammywammy May 2016 #53
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