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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Count Down [View all]H2O Man
(73,506 posts)89. Thanks, Buddy!
I don't think that it is a coincidence that "old-timers" like you and I have been withdrawing from more and more of the "debates" on DU in recent times. It's not the same type of discussion-debates that used to define DU. Indeed, much of what is found on the GD Primary forum resembles a republican primary debate, than anything meaningful.
Is it possible to revive the value of DU? Maybe. I'm still willing to try. I know that the potential power the old DU had was real. In fact, it was real enough that the opposition might well have found it worthy of disrupting. Speculation on my part, of course!
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Nicely said. K & R .. you have hit upon a key difference in Dem vs. GOP candidates.
Persondem
Nov 2015
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One Can Dream - Even Hope - Won't Change The Dynamic Of This Election Cycle - The 99% vs The 1%
cantbeserious
Nov 2015
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