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Incanus

(180 posts)
27. Mamdani is a Democrat, he was elected twice as a Democrat.
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 03:27 PM
Nov 21

He is a member of the Democratic party regardless of your feelings and claiming otherwise is deliberately deceitful and imo that kind of divisiveness weakens the party.

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"Nice book" said Triumph the Insult Comic Dog oasis Nov 21 #1
It'll probably be remaindered by February... regnaD kciN Nov 21 #2
I love John Fetterman. Halicarnassus Nov 21 #3
Welcome to DU. Good fit? Celerity Nov 21 #5
"Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice" Thomas Paine Ping Tung Nov 21 #13
Fetterman campaigned as a progressive and bent the knee to Trump Immediately Emile Nov 21 #6
Everything I've seen on him over the last Ilsa Nov 21 #26
Not really. His record and policies weren't super progressive. Activists just liked his wife and Bernie vouched for him thebigidea Nov 21 #41
Do a web search, did Fetterman campaigned as a progressive? Emile Nov 21 #43
Fetterman is a damn good fit for republicans. Not a good fit at all for Democrats. Autumn Nov 21 #7
+1 Emile Nov 21 #9
Now, that makes sense. H2O Man Nov 21 #34
He's more popular with Republicans than with either Independents or Democrats muriel_volestrangler Nov 21 #8
And yet, his constituents bought zero copies of his books. Not a good fit at all, apparently. Scrivener7 Nov 21 #10
No, he's not a good no matter the state themaguffin Nov 21 #14
oh boy -- welcome to DU obamanut2012 Nov 21 #15
You state in your profile you are "not a wokester" -- what does that mean? obamanut2012 Nov 21 #16
I think it implies a desire towards incrementalism, centrism mr715 Nov 21 #23
"wokester" is an informal, often derogatory, term used to describe Autumn Nov 21 #32
Yes, this is what I am saying. mr715 Nov 21 #33
Wonder if Fetteman ever has any Cha Nov 21 #4
Karma is sweet! lark Nov 21 #11
Yep, there is no base for him anymore. He scammed people and he's politically done beyond his term themaguffin Nov 21 #12
Here we go again with the Manchin, Sinema pattern. gulliver Nov 21 #17
He campaigned and WON as a left wing progressive. Emile Nov 21 #18
Doesn't matter one bit to me. gulliver Nov 21 #19
But what if Mad_Machine76 Nov 21 #21
He has standing in the team due to his democratic election. gulliver Nov 21 #25
Are you suggesting Mad_Machine76 Thursday #48
There is no Democratic Socialist party in the US. Incanus Nov 21 #20
I heard on NPR this morning that Mamdani "identifies as a Democratic Socialist" gulliver Nov 21 #24
Mamdani is a Democrat, he was elected twice as a Democrat. Incanus Nov 21 #27
Exactly +1 Emile Nov 21 #29
He was elected as a Democrat but identifies as a Democratic Socialist gulliver Nov 21 #35
Lol, sure. You said he belonged to a different party Incanus Nov 21 #36
Thanks. I take "lols" as concession. gulliver Nov 21 #37
And I'll take your admission that you were wrong as concession. Incanus Nov 21 #38
It's not maligning someone to not deify them. gulliver Nov 21 #39
No one deifies Mamdani, he has charisma and talent and solidly won his race. Incanus Nov 21 #42
The tent is most certainly big enough for Fetterman and Mamdani gulliver Nov 21 #44
We can agree to agree then. Incanus Nov 21 #45
Good night gulliver Nov 21 #47
Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Nov 21 #22
How go the hoody sales? Sneederbunk Nov 21 #28
Giant hoodies with short pants BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 21 #46
Never warmed to this guy. He always set my spidey senses off. Joinfortmill Nov 21 #30
;-{) Goonch Nov 21 #31
Maybe more will sell when another TP shortage hits yaesu Nov 21 #40
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