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djean111

(14,255 posts)
53. Since the Democratic Party has been taken over by the Third Way DINOs - good!
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 06:36 PM
Feb 2016

Because if Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and her ilk - the New Democrat Coalition - are what it means to be a Democrat, then I am out. So, hopefully, Bernie can effect some change.

Militantly leftist, huh? HerbChestnut Feb 2016 #1
It's pretty hard to tell the difference between the Hillarians and ditto heads. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #8
That it is. nt LWolf Feb 2016 #48
Thanks, KennethA. The Atlantic article is an important Hortensis Feb 2016 #116
? LWolf Feb 2016 #132
+1 Go Vols Feb 2016 #159
Bingo. wilsonbooks Feb 2016 #190
It's a marvel what gets projected onto an honest man. Voice for Peace Feb 2016 #137
Dirty Commies. I hate 'em. I hate those damn hippies too. Armstead Feb 2016 #141
you sound like a BS promoter.....lol! did you notice the magazine the article is from The Atlantic Bill USA Feb 2016 #99
Sadly true of a number of her supporters cali Feb 2016 #101
'militantly' isn't a bad word in this context. kennetha Feb 2016 #10
Oh, I'm sure that's just the image the author was trying to conjure. n/t HerbChestnut Feb 2016 #14
And hostile is meant... daleanime Feb 2016 #18
First, congratulations for waking up from that 50-year-long coma. jeff47 Feb 2016 #2
you confuse red-baiting kennetha Feb 2016 #3
Analysis....from 1963. (nt) jeff47 Feb 2016 #7
don't see why you'd say that. kennetha Feb 2016 #17
No it's not very hostile. retrowire Feb 2016 #32
Thanks for that. bvf Feb 2016 #142
Show me on the doll where the big evil socialists took your money (nt) jeff47 Feb 2016 #34
this needs millions of recommends Kalidurga Feb 2016 #172
LOL! Odin2005 Feb 2016 #179
Actually, he's trying to return the Democratic Party back to FDR and Truman era economics, but Fawke Em Feb 2016 #35
Absolutely, Plus the little talked about (Sarcasm thingie) Mbrow Feb 2016 #79
You are correct: more like a shareholders' revolt ... earthside Feb 2016 #138
And YOU confuse a Clinton hack with someone cali Feb 2016 #109
Exactly what we need. The party is a farce. Time to tear down and rebuild. bowens43 Feb 2016 #4
Lots on the left agree kennetha Feb 2016 #21
I agree ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #28
Exactly. tecelote Feb 2016 #25
its a takeback, not a takeover. and its hardly hostile elehhhhna Feb 2016 #31
^^^Truth! nt artislife Feb 2016 #130
What is this, 1950? pangaia Feb 2016 #5
Look! Over there! It's a brand new 1956 Chevy Bel-air convertible! hedda_foil Feb 2016 #131
OMG ! How did you know? pangaia Feb 2016 #152
SOme of my neighbors has a 56 mustang convertible ... light blue and white and perfect. hedda_foil Feb 2016 #202
I'm seriously jealous. pangaia Feb 2016 #204
Ooh... I remember the Sunbeam. One of the cutest cars ever. hedda_foil Feb 2016 #214
CUTE !!!!!!!!!! Wadda ya mean...... CUTE? pangaia Feb 2016 #215
Very cute, very zippy. Here's a '66 Tiger. hedda_foil Feb 2016 #216
Nice. Mine was "british' green.. pangaia Feb 2016 #217
Oh that is an awesome car, my favorite. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #176
IT'S A COUP! cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #6
A chicken coup! HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #13
NO COUP FOR YOU! Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #47
Channelling the Coup Nazi: HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #50
Hillary knows all about coups! Odin2005 Feb 2016 #182
Only misogynistic bernierbos oppose corporate-friendly chicanery in poor third world countries. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #205
Someone's gonna cry fowl if'n you keep it up. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #65
Or cry for a fowl Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #120
Birds of a feather. Nt JudyM Feb 2016 #169
It's a COUPE!!! warrprayer Feb 2016 #55
Uh huh. Now you're just Red Baitin'. Didn't think I'd notice the color? cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #71
A Mercury Meteor warrprayer Feb 2016 #87
I want that car so bad, and I don't even drive! Odin2005 Feb 2016 #184
I saw one last week warrprayer Feb 2016 #206
Nah, just taking it back from the Third Way takeover in the 1990s. AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #9
Not so much a 'hostile takeover'.... Databuser Feb 2016 #11
trying to describe it in value neutral terms kennetha Feb 2016 #20
Fantastic description. artislife Feb 2016 #133
Derp derp derpa derp kath Feb 2016 #12
Muffins! TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #27
Aww. Derpy's always so sweet and adorable. hifiguy Feb 2016 #90
AWESOME!! kcdoug1 Feb 2016 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author CobaltBlue Feb 2016 #44
Speak it! farleftlib Feb 2016 #129
or, my fave version of that expression - "don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya" kath Feb 2016 #191
Nah, it's more like a friendly takeover. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #16
hostile, kennetha Feb 2016 #19
nope... retrowire Feb 2016 #37
lol, another day, another hysterical, raving mad thread from you! closeupready Feb 2016 #22
Do you know how to actually argue? kennetha Feb 2016 #26
ITP, the OP admits they are seeking an argument. retrowire Feb 2016 #39
Ay-ya-yah kennetha Feb 2016 #46
Rather see peaceful revolution... TTUBatfan2008 Feb 2016 #23
It's a rescue mission, Ken. Wilms Feb 2016 #24
^^^ THIS. RiverLover Feb 2016 #66
Sanders political values are those of mainstreet America in the early 1900's. Gregorian Feb 2016 #29
ROFL longship Feb 2016 #30
This OP is bs. grntuscarora Feb 2016 #33
Where are you disagreeing with me? kennetha Feb 2016 #41
Wresting control from an elite group that stole the Party grntuscarora Feb 2016 #51
You bet it's justice. Long overdue. 840high Feb 2016 #211
Good. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #36
Occupy the Democratic Party. Yeah, pretty much. yodermon Feb 2016 #38
What the fuck? This is a stretch too far. Way too far. n/t Avalux Feb 2016 #40
If anything, Bernie is dragging the Democratic party back to its roots. Vinca Feb 2016 #42
Sanders never supported the democratic party kennetha Feb 2016 #49
I guess you would have preferred a third party run which would have guaranteed a Democratic loss. Vinca Feb 2016 #78
This is the problem of not thinking long term artislife Feb 2016 #135
You have it backwards. guillaumeb Feb 2016 #43
Before Bill Clinton kennetha Feb 2016 #54
Jackson also ran as a Democrat because the Democratic Party is the more progressive guillaumeb Feb 2016 #70
This^ HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #61
I know. Poor Guy. bravenak Feb 2016 #45
Corporatists hijacked the Party. Broward Feb 2016 #52
Maybe kennetha Feb 2016 #56
Which is exactly why people love him TTUBatfan2008 Feb 2016 #112
The Reagan enablers need to go as well Mnpaul Feb 2016 #199
Since the Democratic Party has been taken over by the Third Way DINOs - good! djean111 Feb 2016 #53
Long before the Third Way kennetha Feb 2016 #58
Very prescient of him. djean111 Feb 2016 #76
You are damn right he is. Android3.14 Feb 2016 #57
This is just about kennetha Feb 2016 #63
That's a naive or ingenuous wondering...they liked it when he voted with them, and caucused with libdem4life Feb 2016 #91
I thought the DLC's "bloodless coup" was a hostile takeover. LWolf Feb 2016 #59
Yep, the minority the DLC represented in its HOSTILE takeover of OUR party... cascadiance Feb 2016 #69
Not arguing who is right and who is wrong kennetha Feb 2016 #73
But the target isn't "the Democratic Party", but the hostile leadership in charge of it now... cascadiance Feb 2016 #74
That is certainly Sanders bet kennetha Feb 2016 #82
Students in Iowa City, where about half of them are from out of state, where overwhelmingly Sanders cascadiance Feb 2016 #89
The DLC and the Clintons took over the Party several decades ago. stillwaiting Feb 2016 #60
Perhaps they would be more intertested in your BS over on the Freepers side INdemo Feb 2016 #62
You're being incoherent kennetha Feb 2016 #68
You havent had time to do the research I asked you to INdemo Feb 2016 #119
Nah, no interest in talking to you. kennetha Feb 2016 #121
That is the way you Hillary supporters are..When you are challenged INdemo Feb 2016 #136
I went all the way from California to Washington DC kennetha Feb 2016 #140
But your OP appered as something written by a Freeper though INdemo Feb 2016 #207
That's cause you think anything not part of your Sanders echo chamber kennetha Feb 2016 #208
Whatever INdemo Feb 2016 #213
I understood INdem's post just fine. Aerows Feb 2016 #218
Kennetha, did you get lost in your migration between Red State and Freep? You poor, lost birdie. leveymg Feb 2016 #64
Or hillarysupporters.com and jackassradicals.com. demmiblue Feb 2016 #83
Somehow, the screaming eagle on Colbert's old show comes to mind. More Farce than fierce. ;-) leveymg Feb 2016 #111
Actually he is taking it back from the Turd Way crowd that..... yourout Feb 2016 #67
Oh boo! We are the party of FDR and don't you forget it Matariki Feb 2016 #72
you could, but that would be a stretch kennetha Feb 2016 #75
You don't know your history, clearly. Matariki Feb 2016 #80
You don't think the depression and the War kennetha Feb 2016 #85
What does this have to do with the premise of your OP Matariki Feb 2016 #110
The democratic party has no fixed nature. kennetha Feb 2016 #115
If "the democratic party has no fixed nature" how can your OP be remotely tenable? Matariki Feb 2016 #118
Cause Bernie is an outsider kennetha Feb 2016 #124
LOL Matariki Feb 2016 #188
There aren't enough LOLs hifiguy Feb 2016 #77
You betcha! warrprayer Feb 2016 #81
Oh, please, give me a break. Blue_In_AK Feb 2016 #84
Sanders doesn't even call himself a democrat. kennetha Feb 2016 #92
It was more then when FDR spoke publicly AGAINST the economic royalists heavily... cascadiance Feb 2016 #96
I've been alive for a long time, Blue_In_AK Feb 2016 #114
I consider myself a Democratic Socialist and a quasi-Marxist. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #189
Hell yeah! Burn it down! morningfog Feb 2016 #86
Holy crap... You are actually believing this? Where do I begin? MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #88
Just taking it back from the Corporate Socialists, that's all. Kip Humphrey Feb 2016 #93
Can't see how kennetha Feb 2016 #123
It was taken over in the '80's. mmonk Feb 2016 #94
Jaysus. The amount of far right wing rhetoric from Clinton cali Feb 2016 #95
Paul Starr is another Clinton Fla k. Hilly is deploying her lying toadies. cali Feb 2016 #98
There was already a hostile takeover: By the Third Way, neo-liberals emsimon33 Feb 2016 #97
It only feels hostile to Third Wayers and neocons CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #100
More like a hostage rescue mission if you ask me. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #102
You say that as if it were a bad thing. seaotter Feb 2016 #103
just a thing kennetha Feb 2016 #106
Think of it as a friendly clawback. 99Forever Feb 2016 #104
I do not see guillotines at his rallys. PowerToThePeople Feb 2016 #105
Wrong Wrong Wrong First off Bernie Sanders says he is a Democratic Socialist... fourcents Feb 2016 #107
Cue Twilight Zone theme song. CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #108
Do we need hearings? MuseRider Feb 2016 #113
Bernie's feelings about the DP are nothing secret Mufaddal Feb 2016 #117
Well, I do think it's rather obvious kennetha Feb 2016 #122
The thing I can't figure out is... hootinholler Feb 2016 #125
Hardly - The Hostility Is That Shown By The Establishment - DNC, DLC, Third-Way - And Their Cronies cantbeserious Feb 2016 #126
Is it the word 'hostile' that you are objecting to? kennetha Feb 2016 #127
Not Objecting - Refocusing cantbeserious Feb 2016 #128
You seem absurdly focused on the definition of "hostile". grntuscarora Feb 2016 #134
But Sanders can't "reclaim" kennetha Feb 2016 #145
The ideals and aspirations that were traditionally held by the Dem Party grntuscarora Feb 2016 #194
My, my,my...The hyperbolie and Red Baiting continues Armstead Feb 2016 #139
Red Baiting? kennetha Feb 2016 #146
Man the gates. The Militant Socialists are trying to Destroy the Democratic Party Armstead Feb 2016 #153
Bernie is a life-long Socialist kennetha Feb 2016 #157
Because people like you use the GOP memes to distort what it means Armstead Feb 2016 #162
He's a democratic socialist of European style.. not a communist or a stalinist. kennetha Feb 2016 #165
There is plenty of fodder for intelligent discussion about the nuances but.... Armstead Feb 2016 #167
"hostile" just means "from the outside" here kennetha Feb 2016 #171
You can't walk it back Armstead Feb 2016 #180
We want it all and we want it now Oilwellian Feb 2016 #143
What do we want? EVERYTHING! When do we want it? RIGHT FUCKING MEOW! frylock Feb 2016 #183
more like recover a party that has lost its soul, restorefreedom Feb 2016 #144
That exactly what Bernie workinclasszero Feb 2016 #147
Everything he said about the party was true. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #192
No small cadre of reddit trolls workinclasszero Feb 2016 #196
It's all around you, you're just not paying attention. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #197
John Lewis workinclasszero Feb 2016 #200
Unlike Nader, Sanders is running against the Left's other major candidate Bad Thoughts Feb 2016 #148
Well, you have to ask kennetha Feb 2016 #150
No, I think he represents a strand of Democratic politics that has existed since the 60s Bad Thoughts Feb 2016 #156
But he's never been willing to identify himself as a strand of democrats. kennetha Feb 2016 #161
Run 3rd party, get chastised as a spoiler. Run in the Dem primary, get called an intruder. Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #149
He could have joined the party 30 years ago workinclasszero Feb 2016 #158
"ivory tower" Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #163
Yes Bernie stayed independent so workinclasszero Feb 2016 #170
He never would have survived in the Democratic Party. Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #181
Bernie is the best! The 'party' has shown itself for all to see this time around. ViseGrip Feb 2016 #151
A "hostile takeover" backed by most Dems under the age of 50. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #154
And more of them stage left Feb 2016 #193
Yes. Yes he is. It's way overdue. dchill Feb 2016 #155
If this is a party coup JackInGreen Feb 2016 #160
Yes, that's precisely what he's attempting to do. Beacool Feb 2016 #164
Telling that the Sanders Supporters kennetha Feb 2016 #168
Sanders has always taken pride in being an Independent. Beacool Feb 2016 #174
I don't think it's just expediency kennetha Feb 2016 #175
Yes, but by the same token that I don't think that Trump will be the Republican nominee, Beacool Feb 2016 #212
And Bernie backers say Hillary can't win in the general? workinclasszero Feb 2016 #195
Yep, the ads just write themselves. Beacool Feb 2016 #210
The Democratic Party is whatever the Democratic Primary voters say it is gollygee Feb 2016 #166
A chilling vision of things to come Wig Master Feb 2016 #173
I'm not hostile to his efforts. It's way overdue to make the party leftist rather than Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #177
here. Perogie Feb 2016 #178
I look at it as more of a search and recovery mission. frylock Feb 2016 #185
Bernie is coming in from the outside to rescue the Democratic Party from the Wall St. Devils. Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #186
Good Kalidurga Feb 2016 #187
You mean, like the DLC did back in the late 80s, 90s? JackRiddler Feb 2016 #198
The thing about the Democratic Party is that , if it has a future, it rests with those wilsonbooks Feb 2016 #201
The commies are coming!!!11!1!11!!! Doctor_J Feb 2016 #203
THe Party was sold, out from under us, to the Koch Bros Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #209
No such thing as a "hostile takeover" of a party. reflection Mar 2016 #219
Sanders is not a Democrat. kennetha Mar 2016 #220
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