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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 10:50 AM
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45. Actually, political parties, including Democrats, and US governments CREATED that worker's problem.
So don't tell me there's no political responsibility to change it.
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  -"Democrats used to have a solid economic message for workers without a college degree" phantom power  Jul-23-11 11:28 AM   #0 
  - K&R  Fumesucker   Jul-23-11 11:42 AM   #1 
  - I don't think the dem party has much to say to any of us anymore -  TBF   Jul-23-11 11:43 AM   #2 
  - To quote Jon Stewart:  Initech   Jul-23-11 11:49 AM   #3 
  - We've been taken over by shock and awers.  lonestarnot   Jul-24-11 12:09 AM   #23 
  - Good post. One quibble. The fact is most public sector workers  The Big Vetolski   Jul-23-11 11:53 AM   #4 
  - That is the truth.  white_wolf   Jul-23-11 11:54 AM   #5 
  - "The only unions the Party seems to care much about are in the public sector"  socialshockwave   Jul-23-11 11:56 AM   #6 
  - B asically abandoned in the Clinton era for middle class "soccer moms"...It sucks. n/t  whathehell   Jul-23-11 12:17 PM   #7 
  - If I read this right, I think that person would vote for whoever most resembles Chuck Norris...  BNJMN   Jul-23-11 12:24 PM   #8 
  - Your ageism is showing.  socialshockwave   Jul-23-11 12:26 PM   #9 
  - My post is peppered with 'may' and 'some' and plenty of other  BNJMN   Jul-23-11 12:48 PM   #11 
     - Ah, my bad.  socialshockwave   Jul-23-11 12:56 PM   #13 
        - No problem. We all do it.  BNJMN   Jul-23-11 01:01 PM   #14 
  - It's a DEMOCRATIC President who got us into the latest war, and perpetuates the others...  Romulox   Jul-23-11 02:58 PM   #16 
     - Breathe, read, try and understand, give the benefit of the doubt, breathe slow, repeat. [nt]  BNJMN   Jul-24-11 04:49 AM   #24 
        - Or you could try to engage with the reality of Democratic President leading us to war.  Romulox   Jul-25-11 10:43 AM   #42 
  - The Democratic Party ingnores working Americans' needs at it's own peril.  canoeist52   Jul-23-11 12:47 PM   #10 
  - Chomsky had a great thing about the tea party...  BNJMN   Jul-23-11 12:55 PM   #12 
     - Thanks for the link. He's right.  canoeist52   Jul-23-11 02:50 PM   #15 
     - Agreed  Hawkowl   Jul-24-11 12:55 PM   #31 
     - There are tea party pols (including Ron Paul) who complain about corporatism  Recursion   Jul-23-11 11:56 PM   #22 
     - Thanks for that.  rucky   Jul-25-11 05:18 AM   #38 
  - The modern Democratic Party doesn't want that 28 white male voter.  Romulox   Jul-23-11 03:00 PM   #17 
  - K&R. This is the type of voter Dean was after when he was head of the DNC. n/t  Tatiana   Jul-23-11 03:13 PM   #18 
  - Thank God the republican party will be there for them. Maybe they  B Calm   Jul-23-11 04:18 PM   #19 
  - If someone in that situation even bothers to vote. nt  sudopod   Jul-23-11 04:22 PM   #20 
  - There used to be a message to be had for workers without a college degree  Recursion   Jul-23-11 11:55 PM   #21 
  - Unions? Or 'here, let's help you get some college under your belt'?  BNJMN   Jul-24-11 05:00 AM   #25 
     - The "get some college" idea was what Clinton wanted, but I was never optimistic  Recursion   Jul-24-11 12:01 PM   #29 
     - True. You can't have an economy where 'everyone' is anything. Also...  BNJMN   Jul-24-11 11:28 PM   #32 
        - Yes; sorry, I was taking that thought somewhere else  Recursion   Jul-25-11 05:03 AM   #36 
     - Get an education or job training is just a smokescreen  Armstead   Jul-24-11 12:14 PM   #30 
        - Industries dry up, they move, thus the need for education.  BNJMN   Jul-24-11 11:39 PM   #34 
           - The hatred stems from the fact that they're economically destructive.  HughBeaumont   Jul-25-11 07:49 AM   #41 
  - The DEM Party has lost its way, big time.  blkmusclmachine   Jul-24-11 05:12 AM   #26 
  - Recommend  xchrom   Jul-24-11 06:18 AM   #27 
  - This could be truncated after the first 10 words  Doctor_J   Jul-24-11 07:26 AM   #28 
  - "Don't forget that most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than  CaptRandom   Jul-24-11 11:35 PM   #33 
  - no money it it, so screw workers  upi402   Jul-24-11 11:41 PM   #35 
  - they still do. it's: fuck you.  KG   Jul-25-11 05:06 AM   #37 
  - What can the Democratic Party actually do?  badtoworse   Jul-25-11 06:56 AM   #39 
  - Yep.  HughBeaumont   Jul-25-11 07:32 AM   #40 
  - Both recent Dem Presidents have been adherents of "Reagonomics"  Romulox   Jul-25-11 10:47 AM   #44 
     - And it's tragic.  HughBeaumont   Jul-25-11 10:52 AM   #46 
  - So it's the mandate of the "Democratic" Party is to do no more than administer globalism?  Romulox   Jul-25-11 10:46 AM   #43 
  - Actually, political parties, including Democrats, and US governments CREATED that worker's problem.  kenny blankenship   Jul-25-11 10:50 AM   #45 
     - Democrats and Republicans created third world competition?  badtoworse   Jul-25-11 05:52 PM   #48 
        - Yes, seriously, THEY put US workers in competition with rightless, coolie labor in 3rd world  kenny blankenship   Jul-25-11 06:01 PM   #49 
           - So how did they do it? What exactly should they have done or not done?  badtoworse   Jul-25-11 06:25 PM   #50 
  - This was especially true in the days of Jefferson Davis.  Kaleva   Jul-25-11 11:00 AM   #47 
  - The Democratic party is ignoring unions.  Dappleganger   Jul-25-11 06:27 PM   #51 
 

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