Anyone else tired of the constant Democratic bickering over the 2016 primary? (user search)
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Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin
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« on: October 20, 2017, 10:09:13 PM »

I am beyond tired of both sides (Clinton and Sanders supporters alike) constantly demanding the other pack their bags and leave, and fantasizing over purges of the other.  We just went through the demise of the Blue Dogs throughout the Obama presidency -how did that turn out?  

Like it or not, we need each other.  Otherwise, our tent is going to be even smaller than it is already.  

Objectively I agree. However... I can't help but feeling that there's a controlling faction within the party that doesn't care how small the tent is, as long as they're free to sell space for corporate logos on it. (And pocket the money.)
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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2017, 03:09:02 PM »

Also labeling anyone who disagrees with you on giving away everything for free as a right-wing Wall Street shill is not going to win you a nationwide election.

Labelling modest social-democratic proposals as "giving away everything for free!" absolutely makes you a right-winger, yes.


Opposing radical proposals doesn't make you a right-winger, it makes you a realistic and pragmatic person. When the man proposing free college can't explain where the money going to come from, it's time to shipped to a more steady economic plan that will benefit the working class of this nation.

In a nation that has a habit of ignoring the cost when buying more military hardware and giving more corporate handouts suddenly becoming a miser when it comes time to deal with public benefits is rather suspect.
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