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randome

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38. Don't forget what else the 'corporatists' managed to do.

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 08:04 PM

Apr 2013

Pushing for gay rights.
Pushing for gun control.
Covering pre-existing medical conditions.
Covering contraception.
Expanding Medicaid coverage.
Pushing for equitable taxation.
Pushing for immigration reform.
Violence Against Women Act.
Lily Ledbetter Act.

It's not as simple as some make it out to be. It rarely is.

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"Democratic"Underground is clearly a misnomer. [View all] 11 Bravo Apr 2013 OP

Is that the fault of the people enlightenment Apr 2013 #1

wow, that's the first time anyone has had that idea!! PeaceNikki Apr 2013 #2

sounds like a damn skippy idea to me CBGLuthier Apr 2013 #3

What do all the liberal haters on this site have in common? Rex Apr 2013 #4

Ask the Admins: Cooley Hurd Apr 2013 #5

maybe "Socialist Underground" DCBob Apr 2013 #6

I suggest quotas. Limit new membership to RW stooges who think they are Dems cthulu2016 Apr 2013 #7

Damn, lots of hissy fits going on today. The Link Apr 2013 #8

Must be sunspots or something. randome Apr 2013 #35

That's because they are losing the argument n/t n2doc Apr 2013 #41

Democrats didn't change. The party did, woo me with science Apr 2013 #9

+1 magellan Apr 2013 #19

It is sad to have to agree, but this is spot on! This is not what I voted for ... I've been quite RKP5637 Apr 2013 #37

Don't forget what else the 'corporatists' managed to do. randome Apr 2013 #38

Here's what happened. It'd be genius except it's killing us. rhett o rick Apr 2013 #42

Well said!!! Exactly what is going on ... in one post I said the new democratic party has a lot of RKP5637 Apr 2013 #46

By george, I think you've got it. woo me with science Apr 2013 #48

DU is not representative of real life. n/t Lil Missy Apr 2013 #10

That's so true! randome Apr 2013 #44

I always felt that through NO fault of their own, the Admins here got kind of a raw deal... Poll_Blind Apr 2013 #11

That was kind of my point, but then the "hipper than thou righteous lefties" showed up ... 11 Bravo Apr 2013 #23

It's not just liberals or progressives that cause the shitstorms here. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #12

Ah! So we're CHANGING the meaning of "liberal" and "progressive" now........ socialist_n_TN Apr 2013 #17

they're getting worse and worse Skittles Apr 2013 #25

so, defending entitlements after a very long struggle, is considered perishable to new liberals/prog usGovOwesUs3Trillion Apr 2013 #20

A person mired down in the 40's would need to be in their 80's Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #21

+1000 noiretextatique Apr 2013 #45

No. Just drop upper Case "D" in Democratic, and replace it with a lower case "d", Zorra Apr 2013 #13

+10000000 woo me with science Apr 2013 #29

Uh oh . . . pa28 Apr 2013 #14

Awesome Neil deGrasse Tyson gif. I wonder if the OP knows who he is? Electric Monk Apr 2013 #16

STOP IT PA28 Skittles Apr 2013 #26

Team Awesome Underground! alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #15

Awe, do you miss Meta? Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #18

LOL, Moses2SandyKoufax Apr 2013 #33

You said it! Tarheel_Dem Apr 2013 #22

We are still Democrats. Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #24

Hey there friend. myrna minx Apr 2013 #31

I am more than freaked, I am pissed. Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #36

Maybe it's the Democratic Party that needs to change its name.... pangaia Apr 2013 #27

Your intolerance towards liberals is showing. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #28

That's why we've all been forced underground Warpy Apr 2013 #30

Except for campaign season. Moses2SandyKoufax Apr 2013 #34

That's the same with both parties Warpy Apr 2013 #40

Well they certainly are DLCish in their love for gun control IfPalinisAnswerWatsQ Apr 2013 #32

DU is MUCH more "centrist" LWolf Apr 2013 #39

oh i dont know DU is the only place where i see so called DEMOCRATS making excuses boilerbabe Apr 2013 #43

No we're Democrats--the others calling themselved Democrats moved to the center. nt Lex Apr 2013 #47

Locking. cyberswede Apr 2013 #49