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In reply to the discussion: How Many Here Love The Fact That We've Gone From Democratic Base... To "Far Left" ??? [View all]HardTimes99
(2,049 posts)69. Here's how the "sensible" Dems collaborated in war crimes and crimes against humanity. Back in
October of 2002, then-House Minority Leader Richard Gebhardt and then-Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle agreed at a Rose Garden Concordat with Bush to take Iraq "off the table" for the 2002 mid-term elections. No problem UNLESS YOU WERE ONE OF THE 7 MILLION IRAQIS SUBSEQUENTLY KILLED, WOUNDED or DISPLACED INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY FOR A FUCKING LIE!
That little travesty was brought to us by those self-same "sensible" democrats you reference, some of whom (Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden) will stake a claim to the nomination in 2016, some of whom have already been utterly disgraced (Dianne Feinstein, John Kerry).
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How Many Here Love The Fact That We've Gone From Democratic Base... To "Far Left" ??? [View all]
WillyT
Aug 2013
OP
The far Left never was and is not currently the Democratic base. Let's get that straight.
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#7
Heck, it used to be not just the far left that always said NO to those attacking Social Security...
cascadiance
Aug 2013
#32
I don't give a shit about republicans, I want that party to vanish quickly. What I do care
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#24
I understand where you're coming from I think, but I do want to point out that I saw some
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#67
And what used to be considered the 'far left' has been reduced, thanks to bi-partisan attacks from
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#68
the BASE is closer to the CENTER than you far-black-helicopting-hysterical leftists want to think!
burnodo
Aug 2013
#8
I was informed today that neo-DUers in our midst but the accuser hasn't graced me
Luminous Animal
Aug 2013
#12
The political parties of note in this country have "evolved" to the right in recent decades
burnodo
Aug 2013
#18
You're wasting your time. Some people on DU, including the OP view themselves as the
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#28
Here's how the "sensible" Dems collaborated in war crimes and crimes against humanity. Back in
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#69
unfortunately current dems leadership is from the republican wing of the democratic party nt
msongs
Aug 2013
#26
I'm just glad they dropped that "Libertarian right" bullshit. But even they didn't believe it for
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#50
So, here's the thing. Both parties' "bases" are on the right of their coalitions, currently.
Recursion
Aug 2013
#63
Centrists are NOT and NEVER have been "a halfway point between far left and far right"
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#89
You're absolutely right-- the reality is something that would never, ever sell if they
Marr
Aug 2013
#90
Du is not now nor ever has been representative of the Democratic base...While progressives have
Rowdyboy
Aug 2013
#81
Those among us who consider themselves 3rd party or no-party progressives have never
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#86
Anyone who says that the Democrats are a party of the extreme left
Fortinbras Armstrong
Aug 2013
#87