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NoodleyAppendage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 02:16 PM
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Democratic Underground RETURNS to being truly "Underground," I guess.
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We've been pegged as the "professional left," and the "loud left," as well as other derisive monikers to put us in our place. And, for what? Because we actually thought we were getting a progressive Democratic candidate in 2008? Because we hold FAST to our progressive and liberal ideals?

How dare we! Who do we think we are?

...well according to our President (for now), we should just shut up and take it. Because we progressives and liberals with our high-minded ideals are just too stupid to understand Obama's "long game" strategy, we just need to trust our leader. We just need to fall into lockstep with the Democratic caucus. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

I'm a member of this group because I choose NOT to fall into lockstep.

I'm a member of the underground because I choose to fight for my ideals and common sense.

I will not apologize to this President, who has betrayed his party. I will not be anyone's lap dog.

J
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  -Democratic Underground RETURNS to being truly "Underground," I guess. NoodleyAppendage  Dec-07-10 02:16 PM   #0 
  - The "U" in "DU" had been forgotten for a couple years..  villager   Dec-07-10 02:17 PM   #1 
  - you can say that again!  notadmblnd   Dec-07-10 02:20 PM   #6 
  - Thank the goddess for that! n/t  Le Taz Hot   Dec-08-10 05:18 AM   #72 
  - Yup, selling out is a value to some and when we don't they're aghast at us  eleny   Dec-07-10 02:18 PM   #2 
  - If part of his "long game" is to create a liberal tea party of sorts, then he's a genius.  NoodleyAppendage   Dec-07-10 02:20 PM   #5 
     - I don't see how you get people to follow you by kicking them in the teeth  eleny   Dec-07-10 02:24 PM   #8 
     - I agree. I'm just grasping at straws to lighten the blow.  NoodleyAppendage   Dec-07-10 02:32 PM   #16 
     - There are people here who are claiming  Dappleganger   Dec-07-10 03:01 PM   #46 
     - 3D chess and all that.  corkhead   Dec-08-10 06:22 AM   #78 
     - Common logic says if you put up a steaming pile of crap and a candidate that shares  jp11   Dec-08-10 12:42 PM   #95 
     - There can never be a liberal tea party IMO.  old guy   Dec-07-10 02:58 PM   #42 
        - No nay-saying please  dreamnightwind   Dec-08-10 08:43 AM   #83 
        - exactly--us hippies can "tea" party all we want--the media will ignore us, the cops toss us in jail  librechik   Dec-08-10 11:18 AM   #89 
  - It's about time!  Individualist   Dec-07-10 02:19 PM   #3 
  - Another proud information terrorist  mudplanet   Dec-07-10 02:19 PM   #4 
  - we should drop that lousy 'D.' n/t  Scurrilous   Dec-07-10 02:21 PM   #7 
  - Progressive...  xultar   Dec-07-10 02:26 PM   #10 
  - Unfortunately, most people here don't actually DO anything. They are keyboard warriors. So instead  OregonBlue   Dec-07-10 02:27 PM   #12 
     - I will give money to any Democratic Senate Member who will kill the tax deal. That's what. n/t  NoodleyAppendage   Dec-07-10 02:39 PM   #25 
     - Good idea. Thank goodness some Dems still have money.  Mimosa   Dec-07-10 03:16 PM   #58 
        - No much, but I'll give what I can.  NoodleyAppendage   Dec-07-10 03:18 PM   #59 
     - What an awful thing to post.  BlueIris   Dec-07-10 10:19 PM   #66 
        - Every thread of this sort has someone say that.  tavalon   Dec-08-10 05:29 AM   #74 
        - That was likely posted as sabotage. Scurrilous is quite attached to that D. n/t  Catherina   Dec-09-10 02:11 AM   #104 
  - Having to compromise doesn't equal betrayal  Dash87   Dec-07-10 02:26 PM   #9 
  - Collaboration with neocons IS betrayal.  Individualist   Dec-07-10 02:28 PM   #13 
     - With that attitude, nothing would be done.  Dash87   Dec-07-10 02:34 PM   # 
        - Bless your heart...  Individualist   Dec-07-10 02:36 PM   #21 
        - Bullshit. In poker sometimes you BLUFF and force the other player to fold.  NoodleyAppendage   Dec-07-10 02:37 PM   #24 
           - I think the Republicans look terrible for not supporting it anyway,  Dash87   Dec-07-10 02:41 PM   #29 
  - How dare the base ask for a President to follow his own campaign promises!  myrna minx   Dec-07-10 02:27 PM   #11 
  - The liberal left is not the base.  JoePhilly   Dec-07-10 02:48 PM   #34 
     - correct  creon   Dec-07-10 03:12 PM   #55 
     - You better hope we are because we turned out in the midterms  EFerrari   Dec-07-10 10:22 PM   #67 
     - And yet, that all-important, not-the-base  Le Taz Hot   Dec-08-10 05:26 AM   #73 
     - Thank you!  Celtic Raven   Dec-08-10 11:10 AM   #88 
     - Be persistent  tavalon   Dec-08-10 05:32 AM   #76 
  - It's gone. Thanks very much Mods.  DevonRex   Dec-07-10 02:31 PM   #14 
  - Actually, I am. I make no apologies for my anger. Why aren't you pissed?  NoodleyAppendage   Dec-07-10 02:34 PM   #17 
  - Maybe you shouldn't be so god damned quick...  one_voice   Dec-07-10 02:44 PM   #32 
     - It's gone now.  DevonRex   Dec-07-10 02:54 PM   #39 
     - I'm gonna defend the mods on this one...  one_voice   Dec-07-10 02:59 PM   #43 
        - I don't envy them, that's for sure.  DevonRex   Dec-07-10 03:04 PM   #47 
        - Which would be a shame and a prime example of what's gone wrong with the site. n/t  NoodleyAppendage   Dec-07-10 03:05 PM   #49 
     - It must be lonely being the high-minded sanctimonious type.  NoodleyAppendage   Dec-07-10 03:08 PM   #52 
        - Maybe. I wouldn't know...  one_voice   Dec-07-10 03:19 PM   #60 
        - we do but thwy have worked hard to make us feel alone and powerless  StarsInHerHair   Dec-07-10 11:10 PM   #69 
  - oh my stars!1  frylock   Dec-07-10 02:35 PM   #19 
  - That post is gone now. I think the mods are pretty busy  MineralMan   Dec-07-10 03:06 PM   #50 
     - If I were they I would have run away to this:  DevonRex   Dec-07-10 03:19 PM   #61 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 02:32 PM   #15 
  - he did run on eliminating these tax cuts  frylock   Dec-07-10 02:35 PM   #20 
  - and he still is  Egnever   Dec-07-10 02:49 PM   #35 
  - Fool me once...  LibraLiz1973   Dec-07-10 03:00 PM   #45 
  - i'm so comforted by knowing that he doesn't like it  frylock   Dec-07-10 03:05 PM   #48 
  - Also ran on not letting taxes go up for the middle class.  JoePhilly   Dec-07-10 02:51 PM   #36 
  - Obama was always center-left.  Dash87   Dec-07-10 02:36 PM   #22 
     - Agreed, but he ran a leftward populist campaign in 2008.  NoodleyAppendage   Dec-07-10 10:18 PM   #65 
     - Oh please!  Le Taz Hot   Dec-08-10 05:30 AM   #75 
        - Thanks for the laugh. I agree.  Liberalynn   Dec-08-10 06:45 AM   #79 
  - Its a World Struggle Now  Ichingcarpenter   Dec-07-10 02:34 PM   #18 
  - And "our" government is on the wrong side, again.  Greyhound   Dec-07-10 02:52 PM   #38 
     - Even in Europe they know about the sellout by their own  Ichingcarpenter   Dec-07-10 03:06 PM   #51 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 02:36 PM   #23 
  - That's the road we're headed down...  jefferson_dem   Dec-07-10 02:42 PM   #30 
  - Whatever.  jefferson_dem   Dec-07-10 02:39 PM   #26 
  - Apparently, you did not see the last 1/3 of Obama's press conference.  NoodleyAppendage   Dec-07-10 02:40 PM   #27 
     - Oh, I watched it.  jefferson_dem   Dec-07-10 02:42 PM   #31 
        - It was not imagined to see our President deride his base for not being pragmatic enough.  NoodleyAppendage   Dec-07-10 02:47 PM   #33 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 02:51 PM   #37 
        - so would I  creon   Dec-07-10 03:09 PM   #53 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 03:11 PM   #54 
           - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 03:15 PM   #57 
              - LOL... as if the WH SPIN represents anything approaching the majority of the American people.  metapunditedgy   Dec-07-10 03:25 PM   #62 
        - Um...he just compared the republicans to hostage takers...  jefferson_dem   Dec-07-10 02:55 PM   #40 
        - he called them hostage takers  dave29   Dec-08-10 08:56 AM   #86 
        - I watched it too  Liberalynn   Dec-08-10 06:48 AM   #80 
  - Damn right, but don't forget 80% of the country was with us  Warpy   Dec-07-10 02:41 PM   #28 
  - No, they were not.  JoePhilly   Dec-07-10 02:55 PM   #41 
     - Baloney. Go do a search and find the feedback outside DU. n/t  EFerrari   Dec-07-10 10:24 PM   #68 
     - Let's see you back this up with polling data...if you can.  nashville_brook   Dec-08-10 12:39 PM   #93 
  - recommend  Poboy   Dec-07-10 03:00 PM   #44 
  - WikiLeaks..... opened eyes as did the protests in Europe  Ichingcarpenter   Dec-07-10 03:13 PM   #56 
  - + a brazilion  Viva_La_Revolution   Dec-07-10 09:32 PM   #63 
  - Why do we have to apologize to a Republican?  somone   Dec-07-10 10:01 PM   #64 
  - No, it's changed to Progressive Underground  thelordofhell   Dec-07-10 11:33 PM   #70 
  - Well excuse us for having principles and standing up for workers -  TBF   Dec-08-10 07:01 AM   #81 
     - Because nobody else has principles but you..........  thelordofhell   Dec-08-10 11:53 AM   #91 
        - I have the workers in mind, while your principles clearly favor owners.  TBF   Dec-08-10 12:41 PM   #94 
           - What???? Where did I say I don't have workers in mind???  thelordofhell   Dec-08-10 01:17 PM   #97 
              - If you had workers anywhere in your mind you would be enraged as well.  TBF   Dec-08-10 03:50 PM   #101 
                 - Unbelievable.....now you think smilies indicates other things  thelordofhell   Dec-09-10 02:05 AM   #103 
  - We're still Democrats, we're just not ObamaDems anymore. That bumpersticker now comes off.  leveymg   Dec-08-10 04:52 AM   #71 
  - +1  AndrewP   Dec-08-10 06:08 AM   #77 
  - This parallels the usual building up and tearing down of celebrities and stars we see in the US.  MilesColtrane   Dec-08-10 07:14 AM   #82 
  - Truthy to POWER!  snooper2   Dec-08-10 08:45 AM   #84 
  - K&R nt  MichaelS2012   Dec-08-10 08:54 AM   #85 
  - Back in your hole with your liberal principles--liberalism is just a point of departure for the  Supersedeas   Dec-08-10 09:06 AM   #87 
  - I guess it would be safe to say  AsahinaKimi   Dec-08-10 11:24 AM   #90 
  - And thank goodness!  Laelth   Dec-08-10 12:15 PM   #92 
  - More like, "an enabler of DINO/DLC types" until recently.  NoodleyAppendage   Dec-08-10 01:01 PM   #96 
  - So good to see the bad elements run off.  Scurrilous   Dec-08-10 02:05 PM   #98 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-08-10 02:49 PM   #99 
  - Well said  MissDeeds   Dec-08-10 03:17 PM   #100 
  - We are just being "uppity". n/t  Horse with no Name   Dec-08-10 03:52 PM   #102 
  - K & R nt  laughingliberal   Dec-09-10 02:15 AM   #105 
 

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