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In reply to the discussion: There's No Such Thing as a 'Reagan' Democrat... [View all]RB TexLa
(17,003 posts)1. You will just have to remain angry and scream at the clouds. No reasonable, rational country is
is going to restrict international trade.
The thought of doing so is so out of mainstream thinking that DU should create a fourm to throw all that garbage in.
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You will just have to remain angry and scream at the clouds. No reasonable, rational country is
RB TexLa
Dec 2012
#1
Let me know when you can stop editing your posts when I tear your arguments to shreds...
OneAngryDemocrat
Dec 2012
#17
As always he has nothing, so in typical authoritarian form, he declares victory and walks away.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#15
North Korea, Albania and Myanmar are examples of self-imposed economic isolation
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#38
Only countries who are not reasonable allow Foreign Corporations to write their Trade Laws.
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#71
It's the evangelical belief and espousment of the godlike invisible hand crap.
Ed Suspicious
Dec 2012
#94
Entitlement reform can mean a more efficient distribution of aid to the people who need it...
Lightbulb_on
Dec 2012
#6
There's No Way to Correct A Problem Until It is Accepted That One Exists.
OneAngryDemocrat
Dec 2012
#19
Deleting posts when you can't support an assertion does not a debate make...
OneAngryDemocrat
Dec 2012
#50
Agreed. I've always maintained that the republican Democrat labels are meaningless.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#8
OK, but quit telling me that the guys who signed these deals aren't "really" Democrats.
Romulox
Dec 2012
#138
I think most progressive dems object to corporate language. We tend to view people
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#89
Apparently you are not aware that it is actually highly offensive to many progressives.
Zorra
Dec 2012
#111
And Liberals let him know how they felt about that war didn't they? Did he run again
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#88
"Regan Democrats" were mostly northern, Catholic, blue-collar workers who voted for Reagan
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#53
That's simply not true. "Regan Democrats" began in Oakland County, Michigan, in
Romulox
Dec 2012
#156
I feel the same way about "pro gun progressives"...such a specimen simply doesn't exist,
apocalypsehow
Dec 2012
#93
Romulox doesn't forget which account he's logged in under, then make comments about himself
Romulox
Dec 2012
#154
Not really. I think most Democrats enthusiastically voted for Pres. Obama.
Drunken Irishman
Dec 2012
#109
People should be PPRd if they agree with President Obama on free trade? (nt)
Nye Bevan
Dec 2012
#118
The OP isn't dealing with reality. President Obama supports "Free Trade", for example.
Romulox
Dec 2012
#121
The President is the head of the Party. There's no other test. Again, Deal. nt
Romulox
Dec 2012
#123
This is just a train-wreck of a "No True Scotsman" fallacy. The anger is misdirected,
Romulox
Dec 2012
#132
And the President *also* likely supports "entitlement reform". Still a "Democrat". nt
Romulox
Dec 2012
#124
I hate the constant chiseling away of social safety nets, the social contract and settled law
ancianita
Dec 2012
#141
If you want the Democratic Party to change, first step is to destroy the Republican Party
johnlucas
Dec 2012
#152