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12. The DLC and New Coke both debuted in 1985.

Reply to Bernin4U (Original post)

Sat Jan 30, 2016, 05:06 PM

Jan 2016

New Coke was roundly rejected and disappeared. They went back to Coke Classic.

Now it's time for the New Democrats to be FIRMLY and SOUNDLY rejected and to disappear. Any politician that openly identifies as a "New Democrat" should feel the sound rejection of the voters so that we don't have elected Democrats that would ever presume to identify as a "New Democrat" in the future. We don't want "New Democrats".

I'll take Classic Democrats, FDR-Democrats, Bernie-Democrats, or just Democrats.

No more New Democrats though. That shit is nasty. Just like New Coke. We need to get rid of that shit from the Party. This country needs to have a political party that actually serves the needs of the people first and foremost. We don't need two political parties that both OPENLY serve Wall Street and Big Business. That's ridiculous.

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Are we the New New Democrats? [View all] Bernin4U Jan 2016 OP

What about The Democratic Democrats? nt valerief Jan 2016 #1

^^^ This^^^ hedda_foil Jan 2016 #2

Yes, that makes a huge distinction. TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #4

Excellent, but what happens when they also ignore us? Democratic Democtratic Democrats. Gregorian Jan 2016 #9

That's why there has be a better modifier than Democratic. Maybe the Sharing Democrats? nt valerief Jan 2016 #10

How about the Real Democrats? TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #3

That was my first thought, too, but it sounds too GOP, like Real Americans. valerief Jan 2016 #6

You're right, it doesn't sound very inclusive. TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #8

Power to the People! The People's Party! ErisDiscordia Jan 2016 #5

Or the Rennaissance Democrats swilton Jan 2016 #7

Democrats For Everyone! ypsfonos Jan 2016 #11

The DLC and New Coke both debuted in 1985. stillwaiting Jan 2016 #12

Nope. We are the FDR Democrats and that makes us the Cleita Jan 2016 #13

Are you referring to the Peter Beinart article? eridani Jan 2016 #14

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