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Tue Apr 25, 2017, 05:04 PM

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Bye Bye Bernie...There is no economic populism without abortion rights and civil rights. [View all] Demsrule86 Apr 2017 OP

Give it a rest Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #1

I would like too...but damn it my rights will not be thrown under the bus... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #3

Yep. Agreed. My rights are NON-NEGOTIABLE. calimary Apr 2017 #63

Not even in the same House with the table... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #94

Exactly J_William_Ryan Apr 2017 #92

Did you stop to consider though that every time someone starts another thread complaining cstanleytech Apr 2017 #100

Did you watch any of the footage from the Unity tour...I think he is planning to run... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #102

Bingo. (NT) ehrnst Apr 2017 #104

I doubt he would win and it will probably be for the same reason which is he will cstanleytech Apr 2017 #107

Isn't there a rule coming that you have to release your OnDoutside Apr 2017 #130

Not that I am aware. I have heard a few states are trying that but I am sure cstanleytech Apr 2017 #141

+1,000 !! CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #5

I am not trying to cause dissent...my point is we need to Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #7

I too pretend that opinions different than mine are merely "breeding contempt." LanternWaste Apr 2017 #31

Wow. Orrex Apr 2017 #85

+1000 dchill Apr 2017 #6

I would never have thought it would be necessary to remind progressives Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #8

"Bye, bye Bernie..." dchill Apr 2017 #12

Good old divide and conquer hard at work around here CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #13

Indeed. It's almost bot-worthy. dchill Apr 2017 #19

Women's rights are human rights. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #21

It is in the title. I abbreviated it because it was too long. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #22

Salons article is divisive and anti-Bernie. dchill Apr 2017 #24

It points out some issues which matter a great deal to me and to others...not just women either. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #32

It is an excerpted title as the entire one is too long...which is why I have dots after it. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #37

But thats just it the Democratic party is made up of "many" people with many different opinions cstanleytech Apr 2017 #112

Why, you don't like baklava or something? snooper2 Apr 2017 #9

Looks like donald trump. Proves he's nothing but a meat head. calimary Apr 2017 #127

No. This is Democratic Underground. We are going to fight for the party and our human rights. JTFrog Apr 2017 #11

+1 tallahasseedem Apr 2017 #16

Thanks JTFrog Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #23

+1 betsuni Apr 2017 #26

+ 1 xoxo musette_sf Apr 2017 #135

Why should we stop fighting for our Rights? Because Cha Apr 2017 #14

Pro-choice is in the Democratic platform. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #25

It's insulting.. and I don't pay attention to a lot of what the rwingers Cha Apr 2017 #50

Yes, Mello isn't weak on choice...he is truly terrible on choice... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #67

How about you as a Canadian, let us American women tallahasseedem Apr 2017 #20

1000+ Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #27

Don't school me on democracy and women's rights when your goddamned fucking government Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #29

You can't unite while throwing more than half the population under the bus. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #33

Imagine that the investigations stall, and the only Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #43

Sculpin -- how wrong you are! Purity is worth it, even if it kills our hopes, our future, our Akamai Apr 2017 #47

Indeed! This is so terribly sad. It will be too late Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #53

Women's Rights are disdained as some "purity" gauge? WinkyDink Apr 2017 #54

They certainly should not be... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #59

How do you think women's rights will fare under Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #61

Mello won't help with the Trump regime thing. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #70

Jesus Christ on a pogo stick, what is better, Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #74

We don't have to choose one or the other...false choice. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #101

Sculpin - right on the nail! Your post absolutely hits the mark! Akamai Apr 2017 #75

Absolute purity about how you want women's rights carried out can be harmful. Akamai Apr 2017 #73

I see and that is true of economic policy too right? Only it isn't... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #109

I don't know the details, maybe Perriello has a chance of being elected and Northam doesn't. Akamai Apr 2017 #113

I think the NARAL backed candidate will probably win...my fear is this will turn into a battle and Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #115

You've got it. To some, women's rights are a disposable inconvenience, apparently. NurseJackie Apr 2017 #78

How easily they do it...too. Why one would think it wasn't important to them. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #110

But of course economic purity can 'kill' our hope...no candidate who is not Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #62

What economic issues do you disagree with Candidate B on? Do you have an exact plan Akamai Apr 2017 #77

I don't have any disagreement with progressive economics...but don't think Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #119

I think he has had very good reviews from Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and others. Historically this has been Akamai Apr 2017 #128

No Mello does not...in fact NARAL wrote a furious letter to Perez and the DNC Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #132

I was talking about Bernie Sanders. Maybe I wasn't clear enough. Or am I wrong? Akamai Apr 2017 #138

Imagine we fail to take the house by one seat...imagine if Osstoff loses Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #69

Ego? NurseJackie Apr 2017 #81

hahaha... The drama... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #121

ROFL! tallahasseedem Apr 2017 #40

I know, right Cha Apr 2017 #71

WTH?? This isn't "World Politics Underground." Nor do Democrats currently run the US. Oh, and that WinkyDink Apr 2017 #52

If you think US politics and policies don't directly affect the entire globe Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #65

Outside perspecitives are very welcomed here GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #137

I think you may have mistaken us radical noodle Apr 2017 #93

Useless talking point that's useless in the face of the creeping fascism that will Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #96

That is not a talking point radical noodle Apr 2017 #108

For fuck sake, I'm advocating for enough unity to get you in the White House next election! Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #116

Excuse me radical noodle Apr 2017 #140

Well that's not flaming or trashing Democrats at all. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2017 #106

Amen! DesertRat Apr 2017 #55

my rights are non-negotiable, period, end of sentence. niyad Apr 2017 #90

You mean defending basic health care for women? We're progressives. Why would we stop? (nt) ehrnst Apr 2017 #103

"the great white male". Thats basically who I see mansplaining reproductive rights lately. nt LexVegas Apr 2017 #2

I was not even going to read what I considered divisive posts... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #4

I know.. it's glaringly obvious. Like to know where they Cha Apr 2017 #18

So tired of defending rights I though were already won a generation ago...nt Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #44

Interesting who should come along and put that in jeopardy.. Cha Apr 2017 #66

True. You don't get to decide what I'm allowed to do with my body. calimary Apr 2017 #72

Great point...most of us have held our noses...and voted Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #76

Looks like quite a few women sticking up for Bernie in the comments section of that Salon article. m-lekktor Apr 2017 #57

If you read the article you will find that is not really true about women voters... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #79

It's like arguing with climate change deniers. NurseJackie Apr 2017 #83

I am lifelong Democrat and have been boots on the ground...and it is mostly women by the way...and Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #123

What makes me so mad is that intersectionalism just isn't that hard to understand, or even RedWedge Apr 2017 #10

This Omaha thing hit me hard. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #30

EXCELLENT article... tallahasseedem Apr 2017 #15

Thanks so much. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #17

They are not pro-life; they are anti-choice. athena Apr 2017 #35

They are anti-choice...you are right...they don't care about babies...just power over women. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #36

Exactly. Research has shown that women DIE when they can't access decent health care. calimary Apr 2017 #80

Excellent article. (Loved the writer's headline... perfect!) NurseJackie Apr 2017 #28

Thanks! Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #34

More divisiveness Calculating Apr 2017 #38

Mello voted for a 20 week abortion ban, He voted to require doctors to attend every abortion Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #39

Mediocre record on abortion? tallahasseedem Apr 2017 #41

+1000 Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #42

FULL STOP. calimary Apr 2017 #82

Thank you! sheshe2 Apr 2017 #105

I was at the Come Together Fight Back Rally MagickMuffin Apr 2017 #45

I am the resistance...we don't have to throw women under the bus Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #51

No ONE is throwing women under the bus MagickMuffin Apr 2017 #64

He endorsed an anti-choice candidate who is horrible on Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #84

Link to where Anna March says what you say...it is not in my article Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #56

The most important sentence in that article: NastyRiffraff Apr 2017 #46

Thanks for reading it...so important. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #48

Got it! retrowire Apr 2017 #49

No, he just has to recognize that social justice and economic justice go Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #58

I feel like this attack was used against him in the primaries retrowire Apr 2017 #60

The primary is over...he picks an anti-choice candidates Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #87

But it's not like he picked that candidate over another Dem with a more progressive record Volstagg Apr 2017 #95

Perriello is running against another Dem candidate, ‎Ralph Northam, endorsed by NARAL. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #98

Gavin Newsom. Elizabeth Warren. Bill De Blasio. Eric Garcetti. calimary Apr 2017 #125

Great article Gothmog Apr 2017 #68

Thanks so much! Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #89

I love satire Lordquinton Apr 2017 #86

I have no idea what you mean. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #88

This thread Lordquinton Apr 2017 #124

Post removed Post removed Apr 2017 #91

Is this for real? zentrum Apr 2017 #97

The title was from the article excerpted because it was too long. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #99

Excellent read. sheshe2 Apr 2017 #111

Thank you...I thought it was spot on. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #114

Rhetoric like this is divisive and irritating. Oneironaut Apr 2017 #117

I don't see where I have ever said any such thing....while we have an a few anti-choice Dems... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #118

BS' rhetoric is "divisive".. talk to him Cha Apr 2017 #143

This type of decisive crap romanic Apr 2017 #120

Purity for me but not for thee? We must have total lockstep on a certain economic policy... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #122

Who said we can't have both? romanic Apr 2017 #129

By endorsing two anti-choice candidates...he does say that in a sense. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #131

Talk to BS about "divisive crap".. he's the one who detailed Cha Apr 2017 #142

Agreed and when he pushes these divisive candidates on the democratic party Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #126

I think Sen. Sanders has always considered economic populism the most important issue. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #133

Joe Biden once voted for a late-term abortion ban and received low marks from NARAL in 1999 and 2003 Omaha Steve Apr 2017 #134

That's not the fucking point.. Cha Apr 2017 #139

K&R xoxo musette_sf Apr 2017 #136