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31. The young people are saying this, and we need to listen.

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 01:40 PM

Feb 2019

Neither traditional progressivism nor traditional conservatism resonate any longer.

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I got to say I resent being painted as some kind of backwards rube... [View all] jodymarie aimee Feb 2019 OP

My view is that the political ground is shifting beneath our feet. marylandblue Feb 2019 #1

+1 LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #7

The media for sure zentrum Feb 2019 #21

The young people are saying this, and we need to listen. yardwork Feb 2019 #31

Good post LiberalLovinLug Feb 2019 #35

Good post. We need to quit all the infighting and sort through the absolute best principles to stand JudyM Feb 2019 #38

Reagan, Roosevelt, Lincoln, Jackson all ushered in new political eras marylandblue Feb 2019 #54

Very clear observations....and well-thought out explanation. pangaia Feb 2019 #66

We knew it was coming and we blew it loyalsister Feb 2019 #60

I've sent republican people I know that Joe Conservative essay & asked them, CrispyQ Feb 2019 #2

+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #5

thanks for the link! Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2019 #6

An oldie and a goodie. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #11

+1 Kurt V. Feb 2019 #16

I LOVE this! Loved it from the first time I saw it, years ago. calimary Feb 2019 #23

they control the narrative because we give them a free speech free ride on talk radio WIS is a great certainot Feb 2019 #28

* Like * ananda Feb 2019 #3

I love to hear someone else say Trump did NOT win WI, Greybnk48 Feb 2019 #4

And I have constantly said that he didn't win Michigan either. llmart Feb 2019 #9

Shenanigans with the vote in Detroit. yardwork Feb 2019 #32

or Florida or Pennsylvania scarytomcat Feb 2019 #34

Agree. n/t Greybnk48 Feb 2019 #63

I hope we're next to end the gerrymander, Greybnk48 Feb 2019 #62

Trump "won" WI, MI, etc. just like how Brian Kemp "won" Florida. BN1914 Feb 2019 #18

Yep. And do didn't win California either. And he cheated. calimary Feb 2019 #27

Gerrymandering is such a BIG problem here in WI. such a BIG problem. Am glad Holter is working on it riversedge Feb 2019 #30

The problem is messaging. Progressive/Liberal Dems haven't been great at it as of late Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #8

yep. add in "electability" shanny Feb 2019 #26

Both Sen Kerry and Secretary Clinton were beyond "electable". Perhaps even over-qualified. Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #29

Exactly. shanny Feb 2019 #46

Both Bill and Barack excited the base radius777 Feb 2019 #65

True that liberals are not too radical for the mid west JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #10

Like Amy K. Have said for a year she should run, glad she's in the race. But not sure why Fla Dem Feb 2019 #12

the media ... jodymarie aimee Feb 2019 #14

Trump is just an extreme Right-wing puppet that broke free of his strings Joe Nation Feb 2019 #13

Do they not realize that Minneapolis is as blue as blue can get? geardaddy Feb 2019 #15

Amy does not belong in the same class with Humphrey, McCarthy, or Wellstone dflprincess Feb 2019 #58

Agreed. geardaddy Feb 2019 #67

Some of the worst MAGAasses I've met work are suburban, white-collar types - managers, bankers, etc. BN1914 Feb 2019 #17

Yes! Trump's real base is the suburban white voter who wants low taxes. yardwork Feb 2019 #33

We need to rebuild the FDR legacy that Republicans have torn down. Lonestarblue Feb 2019 #19

Minnesota only State in the Union that didn't vote for Reagan... the_sly_pig Feb 2019 #20

The so-called progressive issues PatSeg Feb 2019 #22

+1000 BN1914 Feb 2019 #25

exactly, the Rs took over the narrative jodymarie aimee Feb 2019 #39

That is where Democrats began to go wrong, PatSeg Feb 2019 #43

In my state our county is famous for our signs.. jodymarie aimee Feb 2019 #44

Oh yes! PatSeg Feb 2019 #47

I would include Eliz Warren in there jodymarie aimee Feb 2019 #48

Republicans will take the smallest thing PatSeg Feb 2019 #49

and what is sad is when FOX bleeds onto CNN and MSNBC jodymarie aimee Feb 2019 #51

Oh, I know PatSeg Feb 2019 #57

liberals and dems are backwards rubes when it comes to talk radio and WIS proves it certainot Feb 2019 #24

true jodymarie aimee Feb 2019 #37

many of those callers get mad/insane listening to the national blowhards like limbaugh and certainot Feb 2019 #45

MN, WI--heirs of German immigrants escaping 1848-49 German govt attacks vs revolutionaries bobbieinok Feb 2019 #36

Who cares what they say? Claritie Pixie Feb 2019 #40

I hate to remind you jodymarie aimee Feb 2019 #41

Remind me all you want. Can't wallow in the past. Have to do what we can now. Claritie Pixie Feb 2019 #42

I'm a progressive in Northern Illinois lovemydogs Feb 2019 #50

This is the argument I have all the time... doompatrol39 Feb 2019 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author Kajun Gal Feb 2019 #53

52, 42, 81. Tink41 Feb 2019 #55

thank you jodymarie aimee Feb 2019 #56

I know, Lefta Dissenter Feb 2019 #59

Jodymarie, I agree completely. Stonepounder Feb 2019 #61

Yes they did cheat. And I don't think that...course I'm from Texas and get that all the time too. flying_wahini Feb 2019 #64

Minneapolis and Saint Paul are more progressive than New England. Oneironaut Feb 2019 #68