2016 Postmortem

CoffeeCat

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72. And Bernie supporters are criticized...

Tue Dec 29, 2015, 11:54 PM

Dec 2015

...for not going along with Clinton!

These people are the real traitors to our Democratic party. They are a disease on our party and Bernie is the Z-PAC.

How dare they!

God, no wonder the DLC and the HNC hate the liberal wing of the party. We expect this shit from the Republicans. This is how Republicans are supposed to behave--kow towing to the corporations, tipping the scales to the millionaires, billionaires and CEOs. The Democarts are supposed to be the party of working people, and we're supposed to be the humanists who help our fellow brothers and sisters. That is the REAL Democratic party, not this Koch-infested wound on our party.

Bernie is our chance to take it all back!

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Thom Hartman Just Had A Man Named Sam Smith On [View all] ChiciB1 Dec 2015 OP

I remember back the early days of DU, a DUer named Elorial pointed Cleita Dec 2015 #1

Two Koch employees were members of the original DLC Executive Council ... Scuba Dec 2015 #2

A little sunshine always helps in being informed. mmonk Dec 2015 #7

Badly needed disinfectant. Scuba Dec 2015 #9

More here from Sam Smith archives.....on Koch funding the DLC ViseGrip Dec 2015 #13

You should post this one by itself! Ferd Berfel Dec 2015 #27

Wouldn't dream of it, Ferd. Hortensis Dec 2015 #37

Hmmm.. Fawke Em Dec 2015 #39

+1 cui bono Dec 2015 #83

Heh -- I had just stolen the yawn when I read your post. pacalo Dec 2015 #94

Too often true.... daleanime Dec 2015 #89

Ding-ding-ding! pacalo Dec 2015 #93

I did a post! But I put it in GD to avoid the damn alerts! ViseGrip Dec 2015 #68

And Bernie supporters are criticized... CoffeeCat Dec 2015 #72

++^^++ hopemountain Dec 2015 #74

Kind Of Late Getting Back To This... BUT This Is What ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #102

The DLC board of trustees is an elite body whose membership is reserved for major donors passiveporcupine Dec 2015 #70

we can take it back and make it better hopemountain Dec 2015 #75

Reminds me of the way ALEC is set up. hedda_foil Dec 2015 #81

There's a lot of info on the DLC in the archives. Zorrah dug up a ton of it here. hedda_foil Dec 2015 #82

You betcha ... GeorgeGist Dec 2015 #3

Just Got Back & Checked Back In AND ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #31

I'm bookmarking this sucker. loudsue Dec 2015 #71

Some Sam Smith Comments fredamae Dec 2015 #4

The Modern version is ALEC. Wellstone ruled Dec 2015 #5

+1 Ivan Kaputski Dec 2015 #23

K&R valerief Dec 2015 #6

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2015 #8

I've long been appalled and dismayed that this hasn't been common knowledge since stupidicus Dec 2015 #10

DU Rec. Hiraeth Dec 2015 #11

It's clear that the Koch Brothers and Jamie Dimon and the Waltons and the rest of the Doctor_J Dec 2015 #12

Just did a crosspost in GD. It deserves it's own thread so please K&R to the greatest! ViseGrip Dec 2015 #14

Wow. Explains zentrum Dec 2015 #15

Just the modern big money way! Dustlawyer Dec 2015 #58

"The brilliance of Bill Clinton Nyan Dec 2015 #85

Hedges is great. zentrum Dec 2015 #97

Your remark about Al Gore reminded me of Gore Vidal stating that Al Gore is a closet conservative. snagglepuss Dec 2015 #95

That was one zentrum Dec 2015 #96

I too was shocked how conservative Gore was (is?) Perhaps that is indeed why he picked snagglepuss Dec 2015 #98

Yeah the Koch brothers are contributers to the DLC and Clinton fasttense Dec 2015 #16

DLC: Al From's group wanted a "bloodless revolution" in our Democratic Party. KoKo Dec 2015 #17

Let's review the Democratic Party's performance before Clinton won... brooklynite Dec 2015 #18

So if you can't beat them, join em. mmonk Dec 2015 #20

So you're saying no difference btwn Clinton and Bush? brooklynite Dec 2015 #21

It's all costed us the Congress. mmonk Dec 2015 #24

Bush 41? For all practical purposes... paleotn Dec 2015 #49

They both despise Labor. Ikonoklast Dec 2015 #86

The "Clinton Revolution" colored the map abundantly blue. oasis Dec 2015 #22

Turned out to be kind of purpley-blue. senz Dec 2015 #25

Yep! Duval Dec 2015 #29

THAT IS What We Seem To Have Now! BLUE DOGS! AND... ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #35

you are not alone in how hopemountain Dec 2015 #56

And Bernie's Choice To Court Them Is ALSO Being TOTALLY ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #59

yes, the dnc and billary-ites are well schooled hopemountain Dec 2015 #62

+1 to that. raouldukelives Dec 2015 #90

Yeah, kind of a polluted blue. polichick Dec 2015 #101

but we ended up with a classic case of bait and switch (nt) paleotn Dec 2015 #50

The Presidential map Mnpaul Dec 2015 #53

That looks like the classic DLC premise. salib Dec 2015 #34

So principles and values don't matter? Armstead Dec 2015 #41

There are many here who will never admit this. Indydem Dec 2015 #51

WOW, I Don't Think I've Ever Been Part Of THAT ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #63

are you saying the party swung left with reagan? hopemountain Dec 2015 #77

The "far-left" = Social Security, Medicare, strong unions, a living wage... Peace Patriot Dec 2015 #84

"The far-left don't understand that they aren't the Democratic party" davidpdx Dec 2015 #87

Hillarrious! So WHAT DID The DLC WIN For US? CorporatistNation Dec 2015 #65

This ignores the massive congressional shift from D to R dreamnightwind Dec 2015 #80

bkmrkd snagglepuss Dec 2015 #100

K & R Thank You nt abakan Dec 2015 #19

My view on the DNC deliberately separating from the left..... madfloridian Dec 2015 #26

Good Read... KoKo Dec 2015 #40

0KAY... Gotcha On This. Now I'm Headed Over... ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #61

Didn't see the whole thing, but did hear parts about DLC/From and Koch Brothers. I had Duval Dec 2015 #28

Dear Mr Smith, the DLC ceased to exist four years ago. nt ucrdem Dec 2015 #30

Nope, it just has another name. madfloridian Dec 2015 #32

But its legacy lives on and on and on... Human101948 Dec 2015 #33

I Sincerely and Seriously Think We NEED To Spread This ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #36

That would be the foundation that we keep being told Kentonio Dec 2015 #99

That's how the right works. They can't win hearts with their economic policies so they corrupt GoneFishin Dec 2015 #38

your post is a quick synopsis hopemountain Dec 2015 #78

Its no wonder why the Democratic Party is so weak and seems to actually want to lose at times AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #42

More than the Koch roaches. bvar22 Dec 2015 #43

Its why I stopped reading Think Progress FlatBaroque Dec 2015 #44

One man's DLC "pap" bvar22 Dec 2015 #45

What an odd reply FlatBaroque Dec 2015 #46

Not odd at all, if you have been following the DLC, bvar22 Dec 2015 #47

I believe we are on the same page 100% of the time FlatBaroque Dec 2015 #48

I did also....the latest revelations verify something was very wrong with our Liberal Think Tank... KoKo Dec 2015 #57

My Bad. bvar22 Dec 2015 #52

K&R Paka Dec 2015 #54

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #55

Oh You Are Quite Welcomed! We Just Need To Keep ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #64

K&R liberal_at_heart Dec 2015 #60

K&R CharlotteVale Dec 2015 #66

Video alp227 Dec 2015 #67

WOW, I Missed A Lot After I Logged Off Yesterday... ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #103

On a campaign in 2002, a young staffer showed me his lapel pin 'DLC' and said THIS is the new party! ViseGrip Dec 2015 #69

I think Thom said Al Frohm had written a book Ilsa Dec 2015 #73

K&R nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #76

thank you, chicib1. nt hopemountain Dec 2015 #79

I see there is the usual claim that the "DLC" does not exist anymore, as if we are so stupid we djean111 Dec 2015 #88

A Koch brother was just on Fox News the other night with M. Kelly. It was an interview that was rladdi Dec 2015 #91

Which is why some of us rally around Bernie Sanders. Gregorian Dec 2015 #92

Sam Smith article: How the Koch brothers helped dismantle the Democratic Party no_hypocrisy Dec 2015 #104