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Showing Original Post only (View all)So what IS your real attitude toward today's Democratic Party? [View all]
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It is the Party of the people and I will always support it | |
2 (7%) |
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It is just another Party contolled by Wall Street and big moneyed interest - at best - only marginally better than the Republicans | |
11 (39%) |
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It is a party dominated by moneyed interest but we have no alternative but to support it because not supporting Democrats means helping elect Republicans who are far, far worse | |
12 (43%) |
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There is not a dimes worth of difference between the two parties and it doesn't make hardly any difference who wins | |
0 (0%) |
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The Democratic Party is a broad coaltion of sometimes competing interest that I will usually or almost always support | |
3 (11%) |
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So what IS your real attitude toward today's Democratic Party? [View all]
Douglas Carpenter
Jun 2013
OP
And you might consider whether this is all a gigantic "Good cop, bad cop" game
BlueStreak
Jun 2013
#8
I'm touched by your concern that I might not be cynical enough or skeptical enough, but
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#17
I wouldn't say marginally better, rather slightly less detestable. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#18
It's the slightly lesser of two evils but sometimes that becomes a negligible factor.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#21