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LWolf

(46,179 posts)
20. Bullshit.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 11:27 AM
Feb 2016

Neo-liberals have virtually destroyed the party. Sanders and his supporters will either succeed in rebuilding the party for the people, or the party will become irrelevant.

I strenuously object to all politically twisting of language. I don't give a fucking shit whether it's liberal, progressive, moderate, centrist, or anything else.

Neo-liberals are economic liberals. And economically liberal policies harm the 99%. While neo-liberals can appear to be socially liberal as well, supporting social justice if not economic justice, the truth is that neo-liberalism is bad for those seeking social justice as well as economic justice. That's why it's a bad idea to separate the two.

Progressivism, in the Progressive Era, was a response to the economic and social ills brought about by liberal economic policies. Neo-liberals have worked to erode the progress made since that time.

And THAT damages the Democratic Party.

It is not inadvertent. nt DURHAM D Feb 2016 #1
It is not inadvertent ... and it is saving the Democratic Party. earthside Feb 2016 #39
Word... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #103
THIS... MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #130
+1000 JRLeft Feb 2016 #135
LOL! Yes, moving the party left must horrify some politicians. merrily Feb 2016 #2
He is a guest to the Democratic party and needs to act like it. stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #3
I have seen a lot of really fucked up notions of what a political party should be lately. Bonobo Feb 2016 #10
Don't BernieBro me. stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #45
OK that meme hasn't worked at all and now is schoolwork and even sillier when used as a verb. hedda_foil Feb 2016 #127
BernieBro is not a meme BernieBros are real. stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #129
Don't make yourself look even more ridiculous. hedda_foil Feb 2016 #137
Right. Today's Democratic Party RoccoR5955 Feb 2016 #52
MSNBC isn't turning Republican, it's aligning with the Democratic Party. People dislike the look. TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #86
More like the Third Way Party. RoccoR5955 Feb 2016 #92
Exactly dflprincess Feb 2016 #128
Only conservatives are welcome in the big tent. frylock Feb 2016 #97
The D party (my party) has been astonishingly rude to a man who did them a huge favor. PotatoChip Feb 2016 #29
I call Bullshit. NorthCarolina Feb 2016 #33
Must have got it from MSM cuz they keep saying it. bkkyosemite Feb 2016 #76
How are you not doing EXACTLY what the OP is talking about Goblinmonger Feb 2016 #44
So what you are saying is that he has to fall in line RoccoR5955 Feb 2016 #50
How inclusive of you. frylock Feb 2016 #95
How inclusive of Bernie. stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #107
Sound logic. frylock Feb 2016 #108
He's the heart and soul of the Democratic Party I joined long ago senz Feb 2016 #120
He is exposing the rot in the leadership. He is JUST what the party needs. closeupready Feb 2016 #4
Could not agree more. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2016 #30
Exactly! m-lekktor Feb 2016 #88
This is what it took to turn NYC around: closeupready Feb 2016 #89
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at such nonsense cali Feb 2016 #5
He certainly seems to be driving a wedge and making moderates out as the enemy. DanTex Feb 2016 #6
So championing progressive policies is 'driving a wedge'? Fronkonsteen Feb 2016 #34
Making moderates into the enemy is certainly driving a wedge. DanTex Feb 2016 #35
So what did you call it when both Hillary and Obama held up LGBT as unworthy of equal rights? Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #48
His days are numbered. This will all be over in due time. NurseJackie Feb 2016 #7
My don't you sound charmingly threatening, nurse. cali Feb 2016 #19
My guess is that you are not familiar with the TV character Nurse Jackie, played by Edie Falco on Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #43
You're right, I've never watched it. cali Feb 2016 #49
And an interesting choice of username unc70 Feb 2016 #56
Nurse Jackie had an addiction, a disease, not excessive hubris. Sorry, that's just the way I saw it. Stardust Feb 2016 #58
Holy SHIT! Add a spoiler tag to that! Have not seen the last season. bettyellen Feb 2016 #122
no charm, just threatening. Hiraeth Feb 2016 #77
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2016 #62
Maybe. But not before Bernie forces her to say a WHOLE LOT OF LEFTY THINGS TwilightGardener Feb 2016 #65
Actually ... Hillary Clinton Was the 11th Most Liberal Member of the Senate NurseJackie Feb 2016 #66
Who was first? frylock Feb 2016 #96
And you're soooo confident the millions who support him will simply come running back whatchamacallit Feb 2016 #67
You are essentially saying the Truth has no place in the Democratic party AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #8
Oh no! He's... TCJ70 Feb 2016 #9
Good! It's about time!! I am sick of the spineless Dems that keep moving towards the middle while jillan Feb 2016 #11
Standing 'O'!!! serqet Feb 2016 #73
This ^^^ CrispyQ Feb 2016 #87
Well said. Great cartoon, too! senz Feb 2016 #123
It's not even radical if a majority of Americans support the policies. stillwaiting Feb 2016 #112
Thank goodness, really! And the fact that he is doing so well restores a little Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2016 #124
Meh...I think they're doing it to themselves. Fawke Em Feb 2016 #12
We're not always on the same side. Broward Feb 2016 #13
Exactly! n/t serqet Feb 2016 #74
While I support Hillary, it's ridiculous to say that Bernie is "damaging the party". Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #14
Thank you. Your post is reasonable. But may I just say bkkyosemite Feb 2016 #79
Already damaged before Sanders became a candidate. nc4bo Feb 2016 #15
Yes!!!! serqet Feb 2016 #75
To the tumor, the surgeon with the scalpel also appears as a "problem" /nt JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #16
Do you mind if I grok this quote from you? This is some good stuff, amigo. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #69
Go ahead ^_^ I'm honored anyone thinks I'm clever. /nt JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #71
The purer than thou theme does not work treestar Feb 2016 #17
Lol. Says he diehard fan of O'Malley. cali Feb 2016 #22
The Democratic Party has damaged itself when it decided to go the Third Way Nanjeanne Feb 2016 #18
Bullshit. LWolf Feb 2016 #20
What is the level of popular support for his policy proposals? kristopher Feb 2016 #21
I'm sending this to The Greatest Page with the fifth rec. Not because it's on the mark... cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #23
All I know is Bernie is fighting for the stuff we Democrats in the 60s fought for Jarqui Feb 2016 #24
NH isn't "extremely liberal" Dem2 Feb 2016 #25
It's not inadvertent. Nt NCTraveler Feb 2016 #26
You have a point but I disagree with your characterization Armstead Feb 2016 #27
Hillary has directly damaged the Democratic Party. RiverLover Feb 2016 #28
Bernie isn't saying that ... Cosmocat Feb 2016 #31
WHAT IS A PROGRESSIVE? Hortensis Feb 2016 #32
What are the progressive solutions that SheenaR Feb 2016 #51
Seriously? Hillary's progressive solutions Hortensis Feb 2016 #60
I am not a "Progressive," I am a LIBERAL RoccoR5955 Feb 2016 #54
Hi, partner. I'm a liberal too, a strong one. Hortensis Feb 2016 #61
Bernie is saving the Party by allowing me to have a Democrat who has never opposed my rights to Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #36
The problem is the word "realistic". Bonhomme Richard Feb 2016 #37
So why is it only up to the majority of the party to surrender? jeff47 Feb 2016 #38
Since when are Bernie followers the "majority" of the Democratic party? CajunBlazer Feb 2016 #134
Since when did I say "Bernie supporters"? jeff47 Feb 2016 #136
But only Bernie supporters believe that a single payer system... CajunBlazer Feb 2016 #138
You don't get what you never ask for. jeff47 Feb 2016 #139
The way a surgeon damages your skin to cut out a tumor. Motown_Johnny Feb 2016 #40
Hill and those like her have nearly killed the party bowens43 Feb 2016 #41
Comedy Gold kath Feb 2016 #42
So we have to pretend that moderates are the same as progressives? Goblinmonger Feb 2016 #46
He is SAVING it SheenaR Feb 2016 #47
Once again this needs to be shared. pinebox Feb 2016 #53
+1000 kath Feb 2016 #90
Please get over yourself CajunBlazer Feb 2016 #93
Fucking rich. frylock Feb 2016 #98
Inadvertently? zappaman Feb 2016 #55
You can't be a progressive and a moderate at the same time. Not now. Fronkonsteen Feb 2016 #57
The Third Way is damaging the party, but Bernie is the culprit? Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #59
Bill and Hillary Clinton have done more damage to the democratic party than anyone... Punkingal Feb 2016 #63
Why do you think Bernie Sanders has made it this far? whatchamacallit Feb 2016 #64
Bernie Sanders is inadvertently damaging the Democratic Party workinclasszero Feb 2016 #68
you kidding? bkkyosemite Feb 2016 #78
Not at all.... workinclasszero Feb 2016 #82
The jilted lover. frylock Feb 2016 #100
Cornel? MrWendel Feb 2016 #104
The influx of DLC dinos and closet right wingers whatchamacallit Feb 2016 #81
People like you are the ones doing the damaging. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #70
Bernie is dragging the Democratic Party (kicking and screaming) back to its roots. Vinca Feb 2016 #72
+1000000 RiverLover Feb 2016 #80
Hooray!! nt Euphoria Feb 2016 #85
No, the Third Way is damaging, and has damaged, the Democratic Party, with the Clintons djean111 Feb 2016 #83
How DARE he speak for the majority of Americans! arcane1 Feb 2016 #84
Bernie is damaging the corporate Democrats' stranglehold on the party. AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #91
30% of registered voters are Democrats. You're precious party is already broken.. frylock Feb 2016 #94
So you're not a Democrat? CajunBlazer Feb 2016 #99
Hell no! frylock Feb 2016 #101
So what are you doing on DU? CajunBlazer Feb 2016 #105
Reading some crazy-ass conservative bullshit. frylock Feb 2016 #113
Jury results. senz Feb 2016 #114
The party of inclusion! The big tent speaks! frylock Feb 2016 #115
I found juror #5's comment particularly offensive. senz Feb 2016 #118
One has to wonder why that person is here. frylock Feb 2016 #119
Bernie speaks to my soul. BlueJazz Feb 2016 #102
Damaging the Party?! grntuscarora Feb 2016 #106
Bernie is but a guest in the party. Dawson Leery Feb 2016 #109
And the Clintons and the DLC hijacked the party AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #116
You're party is more welcoming to conservatives like Charlie Crist. frylock Feb 2016 #117
"what makes some of us moderate progressives" valerief Feb 2016 #110
Or "compassionate conservative" Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #131
He's helping the party by giving an entire generation a reason to vote LittleBlue Feb 2016 #111
He's bringing it all back home. senz Feb 2016 #121
Actually, Senator Sanders is revitalizing the Democratic Party... TheProgressive Feb 2016 #125
Hillary is intentionally DESTROYING the Democratic party Lorien Feb 2016 #126
WTF is wrong with the Bernie supporters? MelSC Feb 2016 #132
The DLC has damaged the Democratic Party - on purpose. nt RedCappedBandit Feb 2016 #133
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