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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If you call yourself a liberal/democrat... [View all]Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)27. Where in being a liberal has it ever been stated...
that I can't disagree with people? Lol
Nice try though.
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But it's hard to get in if the doors are zipped up 6 months before the big event.
NWCorona
Apr 2016
#3
Maybe you should have been paying attention 6 months ago instead of just recently?
CalvinballPro
Apr 2016
#32
You want to get "in the doors" despite missing the deadline. The deadline is the rule.
CalvinballPro
Apr 2016
#37
How am I grasping at straws when most people don't even pay attention to the race until the new year
NWCorona
Apr 2016
#43
I call myself a liberal Democrat. I have an issue with allowing conservatives into 'our big tent'.
pampango
Apr 2016
#6
California tried that, and SCOTUS struck it down. CA Democratic Party v Jones.
CalvinballPro
Apr 2016
#33
I think it's a terrible idea. That's why I ridiculed it but has the virtue of being consistent.
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2016
#39
I am a liberal, so of course I want liberals in the party. And there are lots of them.
DanTex
Apr 2016
#16
the old tent held too many people...so about 30 years ago they got a new tent...
islandmkl
Apr 2016
#30
so you want to make the membership rules for a club you do not want to join . . . got it
DrDan
Apr 2016
#44
I support my candidate for what he stands for not because he is good in winning caucuses and open
pampango
Apr 2016
#45
I'm an Independent/Socialist. I find it quite liberating to not belong to a party.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2016
#50