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In reply to the discussion: And this is how the Democratic party gets pulled ever further rightward. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)56. Who knows? Maybe he did have that "epiphany?"
We'll see if he gets an amicable divorce and starts living his life out loud.
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And this is how the Democratic party gets pulled ever further rightward. [View all]
MadHound
Dec 2012
OP
The reason people are optimistic on this website, is because they might get their posts
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2012
#41
Charlie gutted our paper ballot laws in fla when he gave us a paper trail...
SugarShack
Dec 2012
#53
At least the SPD has been instructed to issue only verbal warnings if someone is smoking
gateley
Dec 2012
#156
It has the potential of becoming a nightmare, but we may tweak this and work through
gateley
Dec 2012
#158
Maybe he had an "epiphany?" I don't care. At most, let him be an ordinary voter. Instead,
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#76
Well, here's how I see it--he has the same rights as any other citizen in this nation.
MADem
Dec 2012
#85
Are you kidding? Are you a serious thinker? He has MORE rights than ordinary citizens.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#100
Wrong. You are claiming that I want to do something that exists only in your imagination.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#119
Quite frankly, I find it odd. Are all such defenders victims of the Stockholm syndrome?
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#133
I'm sure he'll cry into his pillow every night that he didn't get your endorsement.
MADem
Dec 2012
#137
If he had the same rights as ordinary citizens we would have found a true Progressive Democrat
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#118
Yep, DU has some wonderful people!!! I spend a fair amount of time here, probably
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#172
I wish I had a picture of the people who poured out of the Triangle Shirtwaist
jtuck004
Dec 2012
#21
Ignored? Lucky you. When I've complained, it seems to have generated more money requests.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#121
That's exactly why the voters are not given an option. America, like other nations all over the
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#104
I live in New York so it doesn't really matter who I vote for in the Presidential column.
A Simple Game
Dec 2012
#128
I don't think Pete Shumlin, head of the DGA, will allow him to run on those positions.
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#24
Rick Scott has to go! He is an abomination. Crist can beat him, maybe? But FL is strange!
CarmanK
Dec 2012
#36
The alternative is a the formation of a new and large centrist political party
Tom Rinaldo
Dec 2012
#42
I totally agree. Without Moderates, the democratic party doesn't have power.
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#134
The Democratic party needs to stop accepting converts from the Rethug party.
Crowman1979
Dec 2012
#44
My opinion: It's all about the money. "money makes the world go around,
mountain grammy
Dec 2012
#50
The Democratic party moved rightward all by itself in spite of many of us pleading and begging.
madfloridian
Dec 2012
#66
I agree. The democratic party will continue to grow then split into two parties that will contest
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#136
Didn't the leaders in both parties agree to give hundreds of billions to the banksters instead of
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#80
''Moderation in temper is always a virtue. Moderation in principle is always a vice." Tom Paine
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2012
#83
Some here dont care about a politician's principles. If they are Democratic they are golden.
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#94
I'm not sure that the Canadian is saying that. I think that he is saying "Those of you in the States
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#131
Warren, Grayson, the AFL-CIO and Sanders who votes with the Democrats are all fools!
freshwest
Dec 2012
#170
Outside of possibly defeating Mark Rubio in 2016, I don't know what impact this will have
LynneSin
Dec 2012
#95
The Democratic coalition is growing inspite of, and not because of, conservative intervention in our
Zorra
Dec 2012
#109
Here across the pond, we got rid of "the scumbag Tories" a long time ago.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#120
Turned from a civic duty to determine how our nation conducts itself and for whom, into a team sport
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#108
Because Crist is now the leader of the party, and every Democrat must follow him
jeff47
Dec 2012
#129
Except that I have met and talked with Charlie Crist numerous times and have friends who have known
stevenleser
Dec 2012
#142
They are creating a political vacuum but there is no telling what is going to fill it.
limpyhobbler
Dec 2012
#160
the party of FDR, Kennedy and Humphrey was also the party of Lester Maddox and George Wallace
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2012
#188