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peggysue2

(12,587 posts)
11. Exactly!
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 03:08 PM
Jan 2020

You can be liberal without being Far Left Progressive and you can be liberal without being in the Moderate camp. Nancy Pelosi = Liberal. HRC = Liberal. Joe Biden = Liberal. Peggysue = Liberal.

There was a time (for quite a while, I might add) that even uttering the word Liberal would get you clobbered. Not the case anymore. The Liberal designation is perfectly sound for those of us who want social, economic, environmental, etc progress while being pragmatic about how you get there within our system of governance.

This is not a tug for war for purity. Which only leads to losing elections. This is about being smart and practical, knowing how to defeat the opposition. Who--we should remind ourselves--are the Republicans in general and Trump specifically.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Remember DownriverDem Jan 2020 #1
Couldn't have said it better myself. dware Jan 2020 #19
Liberal! Peacetrain Jan 2020 #2
Exactly! peggysue2 Jan 2020 #11
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The "conservative" votes are amusing. TwilightZone Jan 2020 #4
The "reactionary" one is absurd LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #5
Especially when I said the American political spectrum DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2020 #6
You have to wonder if they are just being provocative tritsofme Jan 2020 #7
'Amusing' is a most generous word in this regard. LanternWaste Jan 2020 #9
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1980. gibraltar72 Jan 2020 #8
Now that is a good answer melman Jan 2020 #12
That wasn't necessary, but it was disrespectful. My mother taught me "if you can't say.... George II Jan 2020 #13
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Sounds about right!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2020 #16
Interesting, did you choose that year Hav Jan 2020 #20
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Where is liberal? The Valley Below Jan 2020 #14
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Whoa! Seriously uncool post. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #21
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