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2016 Postmortem

stillwaiting

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13. Republicans could not have gotten away with as much as they did without corporate Dems.

Reply to Fast Walker 52 (Original post)

Wed Jun 8, 2016, 05:02 PM

Jun 2016

Corporate Dems do not FIGHT the Republicans. On the contrary, they fall all over themselves clamoring for bipartisanship with them which LEGITIMIZES the Republican Party.

They should not be legitimizing them. They should be destroying them.

Republicans could not have done what they have done without their partners in crime, the corporate Dems.

If Democrats FOUGHT for average Americans by exposing the Republicans, average Americans would know. They really would. And, Democrats would have control of Congress for decades again. Bernie beats Trump by FAR more than HRC.

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I blame Republicans far more than corporate Democrats for the problems we face as a country [View all] Fast Walker 52 Jun 2016 OP

Balance is good, imo. bigwillq Jun 2016 #1

True words PJMcK Jun 2016 #2

The best way to pursue a more progressive agenda is to give the president a Congress more amenable TwilightZone Jun 2016 #3

Stop making sense. justiceischeap Jun 2016 #5

EXACTLY. Fast Walker 52 Jun 2016 #15

Unfortunately, neo-liberals are not an effective counter-balance Baitball Blogger Jun 2016 #4

no, they are not. But they are a symptom of a larger problem. Fast Walker 52 Jun 2016 #16

I remember watching the Vice Presidential debates in 2000, Joementum vs Cheney Fumesucker Jun 2016 #6

I think it's difficult for a lot of people, namely progressives, to understand justiceischeap Jun 2016 #7

yep. Fast Walker 52 Jun 2016 #17

I dont. Real dems could have used tools to block repug bills, but they went along, bribed or afraid larkrake Jun 2016 #8

I have a problem with the division of Democrat vs. Republicon. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #9

I blame the Democrats that enable them AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #10

exactly. obama + dem contolled congress would have achieved many good things hillary and bernie msongs Jun 2016 #11

The dems stopped being a true opposition party 35 years ago. CrispyQ Jun 2016 #12

Republicans could not have gotten away with as much as they did without corporate Dems. stillwaiting Jun 2016 #13

that's not the way history went Fast Walker 52 Jun 2016 #14

That is the DLC side of the story to justify their actions in taking over the Party. stillwaiting Jun 2016 #18