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DemocracyMouse

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9. I agree, convulsive change is occurring

Reply to delisen (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:50 PM

Dec 2017

...and a new symbol can brace the Democrats for a massive leap forward. It gets us imagining possibilities again, just as we did on the frontier where the mustang roamed. So much is changing in technology, women's rights, civil rights, new conceptions of physics, emergent biology, emergent governance. Democrats in 2018 can take the mustang by the mane and leap forward!

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Replace Dem's Donkey with a Mustang? [View all] DemocracyMouse Dec 2017 OP

I had a 67 mustang, loved that car. Canoe52 Dec 2017 #1

Had a 66 GT. Loved it also. rickford66 Dec 2017 #3

No. Wwcd Dec 2017 #2

The elephant should be taken away from the gop, they don't deserve such a majestic Motley13 Dec 2017 #4

Now is the time to update the imagery delisen Dec 2017 #5

I agree, convulsive change is occurring DemocracyMouse Dec 2017 #9

I have donkeys Bayard Dec 2017 #6

I love them both as symbols of our determination and power. delisen Dec 2017 #13

Yes. A mustang would be great. mikehiggins Dec 2017 #7

Well said! DemocracyMouse Dec 2017 #10

No, donkeys may not look as noble as a horse, but they are smarter, stronger, patient procon Dec 2017 #8

Can we afford to rest on our laurels? DemocracyMouse Dec 2017 #11

I respect the donkey-can we have both? delisen Dec 2017 #14

The mustang is the spirit of the wild west DemocracyMouse Dec 2017 #12

And we are the new frontier, the cutting edge of change. delisen Dec 2017 #15

Young people will get it. DemocracyMouse Dec 2017 #16

Yay! delisen Dec 2017 #17