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Tue Nov-02-10 11:11 PM
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The Democratic party needs to change and embrace the progressive values it was built on since FDR |
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If it continues to sway in directions where people do not know where or what it stands for it will only get worse
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Tue Nov-02-10 11:14 PM
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1. my friend, many of us have been saying that since the mid-1990s.... |
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Were you here (on DU) during the 2002 elections? Tonight so reminds me of 2002.
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Tue Nov-02-10 11:15 PM
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4. I agree, but I am not so sure it will happen /nt |
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Tue Nov-02-10 11:19 PM
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6. Many of us have been saying that for far longer, |
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It was a shame and a sin how the Democratic party abandoned McGovern in '72.
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Tue Nov-02-10 11:14 PM
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2. FDR's Democrats picked up many, many seats in his first midterm |
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Only 17 Republicans were left in the Senate!
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Tue Nov-02-10 11:16 PM
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5. and people knew EXACTLY where FDR stood, there was no ambiguity /nt |
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Wed Nov-03-10 04:28 AM
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14. Then they handed him a stunning defeat in the election of 1938 |
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Edited on Wed Nov-03-10 04:31 AM by SemiCharmedQuark
They lost faith in him, even as he tried to correct for his error. People are "grateful" like that.
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Tue Nov-02-10 11:15 PM
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3. We could have been two years into implementing single payer |
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Wed Nov-03-10 02:45 AM
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10. If only wishing could make it so. |
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Then I'd still be wishing real real hard.
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Tue Nov-02-10 11:19 PM
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Tue Nov-02-10 11:23 PM
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"If you offer voters a choice between a real Republican and an imitation, the American people will choose the real thing every time." - Harry S. Truman
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Wed Nov-03-10 02:46 AM
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11. MESSAGING, Obama admitted on TDS that people didn't know what they accomplished...that's messaging |
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...I would like to do what you suggested and get Dean back too.
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Wed Nov-03-10 02:50 AM
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12. I am a "fucking retarded" guy to the WH cabinet |
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I am their enemy. Time to recognize that they are mine.
quote from Rahm Emanuel is historic and not in dispute
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Wed Nov-03-10 02:51 AM
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13. We needed FDR and we got Millard Filmore |
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Wed Nov-03-10 04:30 AM
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15. FDR lost over 70 house seats in his second midterm. |
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Edited on Wed Nov-03-10 04:34 AM by SemiCharmedQuark
People declaring our troubles would be over if only we had an FDR forget that.
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Wed Nov-03-10 06:53 AM
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16. You mean the midterm when he tacked right and worried about deficits? |
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rather than stimulating the economy?
;)
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Wed Nov-03-10 02:52 PM
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18. Yeah the one where 2/3 of people polled thought he was too hard on business |
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Edited on Wed Nov-03-10 03:03 PM by SemiCharmedQuark
The one that took place after the New Deal when supposedly people were.going to be Dem forever.
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Wed Nov-03-10 06:56 AM
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I won't hold my breath. I suspect the right-ward lurch will continue.
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