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2016 Postmortem

immoderate

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6. We must stop electing Reaganite presidents.

Reply to amborin (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 12:54 PM

Feb 2016

The problem with modern presidents is that they subscribe to some form of supply-side economics, because of some delusion that money comes from corporations.

Electing Bernie would be a departure from that.

--imm

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read it and weep olddots Feb 2016 #1

This is what makes DLC Democrats so dangerous dreamnightwind Feb 2016 #2

yes, same goes for so many policy disasters; the DLC is typically the advocate amborin Feb 2016 #3

have you ever wondered where all these 3rd-Way Democrats came from? Most escaped the RNC Kip Humphrey Feb 2016 #4

I think of them as beasts of no party dreamnightwind Feb 2016 #5

We must stop electing Reaganite presidents. immoderate Feb 2016 #6

W* should be relieved it wasn't his 2004 SEC letting top 5 banks treat CDOs as cash.... Festivito Feb 2016 #7

even Carter got the deregulation ball rolling 1979-80 (but wised up after the primaries) MisterP Feb 2016 #9

So what! It had to be a democrat. eom Festivito Feb 2016 #10

I don't get your point MisterP Feb 2016 #11

This is like... TTUBatfan2008 Feb 2016 #8