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In reply to the discussion: On liberal "purity". [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)44. The Democratic party is a big tent, always has been,
And sometimes it has made for some strange bedfellows. But the fact of the matter is that by any objective standard, the Democratic party has moved far to the right over the past forty years, so far that what used to pass for Eisenhower Republicanism is now considered to be Obama Democratic. Sorry, but I simply can't stand still for that.
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dems have moved so far to the right that center right dems are now considered progressive lol nt
msongs
Dec 2012
#1
Yes, it is about winning. You and I may have little in common but I know about one
banned from Kos
Dec 2012
#48
You can keep lunatics out of the WH by running progressive candidates. This country is .
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#115
It isn't winning anything if you just make it to the Oval Office and then give the other side
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#114
I wouldn't LOL. I *was* a center Right Dem in 76. And I *am* now considered staunchly Left.
ieoeja
Dec 2012
#102
"At least FDR limited his civil rights violation to a particular ethnic group"...
SidDithers
Dec 2012
#11
There seem to be several people on this board who can only defend Obama's positions
dflprincess
Dec 2012
#128
I suggest you re-read that part of the '76 Democratic party platform concerning health care,
MadHound
Dec 2012
#23
The Constitution always applies to the US Government, it is the basis of it's authority.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#36
"Obama killed one POS jihadist American citizen while he was in Yemen plotting attacks on the USA"
Liberal_Dog
Dec 2012
#57
FDR over looked the excesses of Dixiecrats and failed to integrate the armed forces.
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#62
Who knows what bending the current President would do in a similar spot and public sentiment?
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#27
2.3 billion trees planted, hundreds of state parks created, U.S. topsoil saved...
WorseBeforeBetter
Dec 2012
#56
Excellent post as always Octafish. You are one of the people who attract Democrats to this forum
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#118
Don't you have anything to say about politics? Did you know that this is a political forum?
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#116
Yes, I did. I read books too, many way longer than the WCR, I have even read whole series of
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#127
Very interesting. I wonder if he knows that we interred Muslims during the Bush years, not just thos
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#129
What is 'purity'? I see that talking point all the time but never get an answer as to what it means
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#130
You nailed it. It's the Democratic Party that has moved to the right, so far
forestpath
Dec 2012
#24
he'll browbeat as many democrats out of the party as he can on the way to viccctorrryyyy!
dionysus
Dec 2012
#63
See, you don't 'move the party' what you do it let people come over to the party.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#89
Better than having them in the Party. They LOST remember? Now they are getting smart, well
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#131
Better to be defeated without them than surrender with them and drug along for a ride
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#52
Yeah, here's the thing about 'pragmatists'. That is a term of art that is spoiled rotten.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#90
This country is overwhelmingly Progressive on the issues. We don't have to worry about
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#120
I don't disagree with anything you said. I think there is a lot of shouting past each other
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#138
no - there are plenty of radical left on DU. what you have done is buy into the right wing rhetoric
pasto76
Dec 2012
#42
Don't forget cuts to SS, Medicare and Medicaid. Those poor, starving Wall Street criminals
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#119
Ms. Hathaway, if yer far to the left of us Democrats, then us Democrats must have become republicans
Zorra
Dec 2012
#82
Nance, you're supposed to lay off the italics so we can pretend not to know it's you.
LeftyMom
Dec 2012
#99