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mmonk

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41. Best artcle I've read in quite awhile. Now everything is much harder,

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Sun Mar 15, 2015, 07:57 AM

Mar 2015

especially following 2010 and all the gerrymandering.

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America’s Anti-Liberal Myth: Why Dems Learned The Wrong Lesson From 1984 - Salon [View all] WillyT Mar 2015 OP

K and Frickin' R! n/t n2doc Mar 2015 #1

No Shit, Huh ??? WillyT Mar 2015 #2

We know all this. The problem is that the conservatives offer the public candy while the liberals rhett o rick Mar 2015 #3

The Answer... Is Right In Your Question... WillyT Mar 2015 #4

I love broccoli, but the problem is that the non-liberals like their candy. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #5

Not broccoli. Brigid Mar 2015 #45

Republicans aren't offering anything but entitlement cuts and war! Dustlawyer Mar 2015 #21

Re-learn marketing JHB Mar 2015 #43

We have posters right here in River City that desparately want to be considered liberal rhett o rick Mar 2015 #6

They Don't Care Whether She's Liberal Or Not... They Just Care That She Can Win... WillyT Mar 2015 #7

True, But SHE AIN'T NO LIBERAL! ChiciB1 Mar 2015 #9

And that conventional wisdom is wrong. zeemike Mar 2015 #17

hey, we have posters here spewing koch-funded propaganda. some days it seems ND-Dem Mar 2015 #15

They're just loud, that's all n/t ReRe Mar 2015 #25

Dems win when they don't apologize for what they really are leveymg Mar 2015 #8

That may be true in Blue states, at least. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #11

do we know "what they really are" anymore? ND-Dem Mar 2015 #14

Some truth here for sure..... AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #10

Great article, Willy... 99Forever Mar 2015 #12

"Wall Street Dems" +100 ND-Dem Mar 2015 #13

heck, in poli sci we always heard that Clinton ran left and ruled right (like Carlos Menem!) MisterP Mar 2015 #16

Yes. And Obama. snot Mar 2015 #19

Kerry, Carlos Andrés Pérez, Bosch, Manley, Salinas, Mitterrand--hmmmm .... MisterP Mar 2015 #22

Absofreekinlutely brilliant, comprehensive, fabulous article. HUGE Thanks WillyT! RiverLover Mar 2015 #18

rahm is no democrat: "They’re on a mission to lock Democrats into serving high finance, ND-Dem Mar 2015 #29

If there's a lesson, it's snot Mar 2015 #20

Oh wow, RiverLover Mar 2015 #23

K&R Thespian2 Mar 2015 #24

I don't even want to call myself... ReRe Mar 2015 #26

I like that Thespian2 Mar 2015 #27

Hey... the more the merrier! ReRe Mar 2015 #32

I call myself an FDR Dem too (Its in my profile) RiverLover Mar 2015 #37

Cool ReRe Mar 2015 #49

I'm very harsh on losers bluestateguy Mar 2015 #28

Demo-Pubs = losers. Third way dems = losers. Whether they win elections pretending ND-Dem Mar 2015 #30

Actually we were kinda back on track after throwing out the garbage. Rex Mar 2015 #31

K&Rrrrrrrrrrrrrr ReRe Mar 2015 #33

About time someone pointed out that Mondale wasn't particularly liberal eridani Mar 2015 #34

"Bill Clinton ran as more of an economic populist" joshcryer Mar 2015 #35

Bill Clinton campaign speech exerpt (insert one of those obnoxious ROFL here) RiverLover Mar 2015 #36

Cute. joshcryer Mar 2015 #38

"Putting People First" RiverLover Mar 2015 #39

Deficit hawk welfare reforming = populist! joshcryer Mar 2015 #40

Best artcle I've read in quite awhile. Now everything is much harder, mmonk Mar 2015 #41

Conservative Democrats lie just as much as Conservative Republicans. K&R. nt stillwaiting Mar 2015 #42

Kick and Rec for hifiguy Mar 2015 #44

A handy lie if you want Wall Street money, though. DirkGently Mar 2015 #46

A Last Kick From Me... And Thanks For The Support Folks... WillyT Mar 2015 #47

K & R whereisjustice Mar 2015 #48