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In reply to the discussion: The Dems have only themselves to blame for the proliferation of Republicanoid zombies [View all]quaker bill
(8,224 posts)112. I had a different experience
But then I was part of the Dean organization. We all worked for Kerry. But we all agreed that if and when Kerry lost, the entire meetup would go to the next Dem ec meeting. We put our people in place all over the country and Dean became DNC chair.
The primary in 2007 was always at best two person race, it just gave the appearance of being different for a little bit. I personally did not even give it the credit of a two person race in reality. I took bets that Obama would win the primaries and the general by 5 to 7 percent before the first caucus vote was cast. I won all the bets.
Too many people worked way to hard for far too long to avoid another Clinton run for it to turn out any other way.
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The Dems have only themselves to blame for the proliferation of Republicanoid zombies [View all]
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
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Frankly, I don't feel that enthusiastic about supporting a party that has betrayed almost all of its
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#90
The party has been embracing the right and spurning the left since 1992.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2012
#4
They certainly are not going to bite the hand that feeds them, just to make life easier for the
SammyWinstonJack
Jun 2012
#88
Real democrats are easy to recognize. They do not support Republican policies.
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#51
Exactly my point. Supporting Bush policies, eg is a good sign you are not talking to a
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#79
Most of the people who would be good at getting something done have been
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#47
plus the past 3 years of appeasing and placating repubs...ooops, being bipartisan nt
msongs
Jun 2012
#12
The party is only as strong as its grassroots. I remember when I finally realized why Reagan won:
struggle4progress
Jun 2012
#14
Something happened between the time Democrats were willing to take Nixon to task
Art_from_Ark
Jun 2012
#52
Yes, I noticed that in 1981, the Dems suddenly lost their taste for fighting back, with
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#54
But the ones who did fight, like Henry Gonzalez of Texas, got no respect
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#71
Of course the ACA needs to be strengthened but the DLC and the POTUS aka Current party leader
KatChatter
Jun 2012
#81
Most of The List is trivial or exaggerated, and the few biggies that are on it
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#49
Why are the Republicans gaining strength even though they haven't done anything?
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#32
+1 re: You say "voters are not rational," but you're making the case for why they shouldn't be. n/t
clang1
Jun 2012
#41
re: it's more like firing them for incompetence and finding somebody that will do the job.
clang1
Jun 2012
#30
Yay, more worrying about what Republicans might think over doing what is right. And that's
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#57
We've got to push our Democrats back to our core values and fight for them. Be the Dems' scary
Overseas
Jun 2012
#56
re: we should have co-opted the fucking party ourselves like the baggers and Paulites did to the puk
clang1
Jun 2012
#68
Well, I was mostly focusing on why there are so many right-wing zombies
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#93
And why was it a two-person race when there were six candidates? I'll tell you why
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#114
Having our representatives *stand for something* besides mild criticism of the Republicans
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#115
Except for the tens of thousands of people who marched in every major city in the country
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#124
I've hardly been at DU in the past couple of months, for various reasons, and I came back to find
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#130
"The Dems have abandoned the working class" is "conservative propaganda"?
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#109
yup--for the most part, Democrats in Congress for the last few decades have no moral compass
librechik
Jun 2012
#104
I've seen countless Establishment-oriented DUers excuse appalling Congressional votes
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#122
A bunch of imbeciles who voted for Republicans like Reagan, Bush 1 and Bush The Idiot are to blame
NNN0LHI
Jun 2012
#126
Yes, but that happened because the Republicanites were out in front with the propaganda
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#131
Yes, there are plenty of excuses for voting for the three scum suckers I listed above
NNN0LHI
Jun 2012
#132