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2016 Postmortem

elana i am

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13. a real dem is bernie sanders.

Reply to Yallow (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:12 PM

Dec 2015

that's why when the inevitable question about party loyalty and voting for the dem in the general election comes up i say yes, of course i am voting for the democrat even if i have to write him in.

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Is Bernie The Independant More Democrat Than A 3rd Way DLC Centrist Democrat? [View all] Yallow Dec 2015 OP

Of course he is! ViseGrip Dec 2015 #1

Centrist means half Democrat and half Republican AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #2

Bring back REAL Democrats like FDR who verbally TOOK ON "economic royalists"... cascadiance Dec 2015 #3

Without a doubt. NorthCarolina Dec 2015 #4

Oh Yeah! Faux pas Dec 2015 #5

Yes. eom Cleita Dec 2015 #6

Seems Others Agree With My Assessment Yallow Dec 2015 #7

a real dem is bernie sanders. elana i am Dec 2015 #13

I've always thought this. However, we shouldn't blame. People are all at differing levels and places Gregorian Dec 2015 #8

Ironically, Sanders and his supporters are called "Purists" by peope who demand Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #9

To be sure. I remember every Democratic President since Eisenhower...because we are libdem4life Dec 2015 #10

I would say 3rd Way DLC Centrist Democrats are far more liberal, safeinOhio Dec 2015 #11

Maybe I have a different definition of neoliberal liberalnarb Dec 2015 #25

That is the deff of neoliberal economics safeinOhio Dec 2015 #31

Ok, so it seems neoliberal economics is the opposite of how it sounds. liberalnarb Dec 2015 #32

yes yes yes SoLeftIAmRight Dec 2015 #12

No, he's not... brooklynite Dec 2015 #14

Political alignment is not viewer-dependent Scootaloo Dec 2015 #29

"Is Bernie The Independant More Democrat Than A 3rd Way DLC Centrist Democrat?" bvar22 Dec 2015 #15

Wellstone was quite the progressive liberalnarb Dec 2015 #24

Yes. nt Zorra Dec 2015 #16

YES!! TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #17

You're 100% right.. raindaddy Dec 2015 #18

Just look at the way he voted throughout his political career: 98% Democratic. Cal33 Dec 2015 #19

No. Democratic is an affiliation, not an ideology. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2015 #20

I say yes. Nyan Dec 2015 #21

He's more Progressive! That's what matters. Roland99 Dec 2015 #22

Yes! No-brainer nt silvershadow Dec 2015 #23

Your subjective scale is designed to provide the answer mythology Dec 2015 #26

Maybe The 7% Is The Difference... Yallow Dec 2015 #27

Yes kenfrequed Dec 2015 #28

Yes!!!! Jackilope Dec 2015 #30