2016 Postmortem

Doctor_J

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22. As someone noted above, many duers will adopt or at least defend any position taken

Thu May 12, 2016, 08:59 PM

May 2016

by Mrs Clinton or president Obama. This compounds the troubling nature of the phenomenon, since should Hillary make it to the white house, she will likely collude with Paul Ryan on not only a poverty level minimum wage, but various other corporate coups. When this happens the du "pragmatists" will jump on the bandwagon and call all of the complainants sexists. This is what I mean when I say that the party has lost its soul.

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Simple question, really Rebkeh May 2016 #1

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Of course there will always be a permanent underclass of... JaneyVee May 2016 #27

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How very Ayn Randian. frylock May 2016 #36

Bootstraps. They need to pull themselves up by the bootstraps. cherokeeprogressive May 2016 #37

they forget to mention in most cases the boots are nailed to the floor. hobbit709 May 2016 #45

Free to leave and go where? panader0 May 2016 #42

Holy cow, the idiocy expressed in this one comment of astounding! mindwalker_i May 2016 #48

WTF? kdmorris May 2016 #55

I am often at a loss to understand why anyone supports Hillary tkmorris May 2016 #56

Jesus Christ, it's like Rush Limbaugh's joined us at DU EvolveOrConvolve May 2016 #57

Exactly Rebkeh May 2016 #52

Perhaps DU, like the Democratic party R. Daneel Olivaw May 2016 #3

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Have you noticed that... R. Daneel Olivaw May 2016 #28

There are people here who will take on any position in order to defend their chosen one mindwalker_i May 2016 #5

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Why don't low-wage workers just get a higher paying job? frylock May 2016 #38

Gaahhhhghggghgg mindwalker_i May 2016 #49

I choose not to make $200,000/year. frylock May 2016 #50

Yup, exactly mindwalker_i May 2016 #53

There are a great number of ostensible 'liberal' Democrats that have been broken. Maedhros May 2016 #6

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One of my friends, who thinks of himself as a true-blue Liberal, thinks like this. Maedhros May 2016 #14

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The social progress we have made in the last 20 years has absolutely nothing to do Maedhros May 2016 #23

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At least in 1964, Johnson helped push the Civil Rights Act. Maedhros May 2016 #40

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Yes, it is like this, I am a liberal, I never refer to my self as progressive. Todays_Illusion May 2016 #13

Seatlle did fine. It's reicht wing talking points. onecaliberal May 2016 #9

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You proved yourself wrong right in your own post... Corporate666 May 2016 #19

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sometime around 1981 completed the journey in 1996 azurnoir May 2016 #10

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I think $35/hour would be about right. Sparkly May 2016 #16

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I agree. Sparkly May 2016 #18

I think precisely the reverse. Donald Ian Rankin May 2016 #32

K&R. nt silvershadow May 2016 #20

Lots wrong with this post Corporate666 May 2016 #21

The Chamber of Commerce weighs in. Redwoods Red May 2016 #24

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Weak Corporate666 May 2016 #58

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Waltons #15, #16,#17 richest in world. Guess their 5% is pretty good. This is spin. snowy owl May 2016 #47

As someone noted above, many duers will adopt or at least defend any position taken Doctor_J May 2016 #22

It's a class thing. Orsino May 2016 #25

The comfort of the rich relies on an abundant supply of the poor. Voltaire Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #26

A livable wage would revolutionize welfare bigbrother05 May 2016 #29

As automation continues, at some point we are going to have to provide for people CrispyQ May 2016 #30

It's the new Third Way DU... $15 minimum wage = Bad. Henry Kissinger = Good. Arugula Latte May 2016 #31

One question: I've been all in for min wage until I realized cost of living differs... snowy owl May 2016 #39

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I agree -that's what makes this hard so how about... snowy owl May 2016 #46

Incrementalism is creeping in because of Hillary, I disagree with incrementalism. Actor May 2016 #51

Known Repuke talking points should be off-limits here at DU Doremus May 2016 #54

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