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(22,271 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)you get, eh, LTH.
I wonder why you always feel that visceral need to - especially on a site that supports the DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
T...rollin', rollin', rollin'...
clarice
(5,504 posts)Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)"Lashing out," "visceral." In reality world it's called opinion and commentary.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)And so on point, based solely on your post.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)We love the party but the corporate loving conservatives have polluted it. We need to kick the conservatives back to the party where they belong. Your loyalty is cute but not helping. Loyalty is no substitute for principles.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Right on, as usual!
bvar22
(39,909 posts)..is certainly NOT the New Deal/Great Society Democratic Party that I joined in 1967.
Among these are:
*The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
*The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
*The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
*The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
*The right of every family to a decent home;
*The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
*The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
*The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.
[font size=3]America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens.[/font]
I miss THAT Democratic Party!
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)This Turd-Way, corporate-friendly, gotta-go-along-to-get-along only sells out Democratic ideals and the 99%. It's no more or less expensive to buy a Democratic Congresscitter than it is to buy a Republican Congresscritter these days.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)that didn't fit that description, honestly.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)there was a viable Republican Party that actually cared about this country and its countrymen.
RedstDem
(1,239 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)Robert Parry of ConsortiumNews has documented the story:
http://consortiumnews.com/the-new-october-surprise-series/
closeupready
(29,503 posts)with defense contractor investments. Duh.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)They lost their souls before FDR passed for those who read his and Truman's words on them. Eisenhower had Nixon with his McCarthyite ways of destroying Democrats.
A few independent minded ones did believe in limited government and civil rights for women and minorities, but they wanted the same wrong economic model as the gilded age, only held in check by the New Deal Democrats. Their actions show who they are.
Nixon has gave us the gifts that kept on killing, Rumsfeld and Cheney and the one whose methodology is still killing us, Donald Segretti.
Reagan had Lee Atwater and the whole party was always borderline Bircher.
Meh...
tridim
(45,358 posts)Which makes me smile every time I think about it.
loudsue
(14,087 posts)than you can even begin to fathom, and they have the Arab oil cartel with them. Republicans think a lot like the Taliban, and the Saudi sheiks like that. The bush mafia isn't finished by a long shot, and it is far more insidious than you imagine.
This huge money is taking over one state at a time, redistricting, and therefore taking over the US legislature. They own 90% of the media companies.
There is NOTHING about the GOP that is over yet.
Gary 50
(382 posts)"There is nothing about the GOP that is over yet." How about sanity?
loudsue
(14,087 posts)SamKnause
(13,110 posts)The Democratic Party is now the Republican Party.
The Republican Party is now a criminal cartel acting on the behalf of the 1%.
Corruption in both parties has devastated this country and it's people.
The majority of politicians in the US belong in shackles and leg irons.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)tridim
(45,358 posts)SamKnause
(13,110 posts)I believe in the truth.
To pretend that the Democratic party is above reproach is dishonest on a grand scale.
The Democratic Party has moved so far to the right that they can hardly be called the Democratic Party.
Maybe your definition of democratic is different than Merriam Webster;
An organization, or situation in which everyone is treated equally and has equal rights.
Did you get a bailout when the economy collapsed ?
Do you support torture ?
Do you think the Bush administration should be held accountable ?
Do you think Obama's use of drones is ethical ?
Do you think corporations are people ?
Do you think the penal system in the US is fair and balanced ?
Do Free Trade Deals boost the US job market ?
I could go on and on.
You get the point.
There is very little democratic about the Democratic Party.
tridim
(45,358 posts)I didn't ask you to "go on and on" trashing them even more.
Sick.
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)Do not ask a question if you do not want an answer.
There was nothing sick about my reply.
Your Democratic prejudice anger is showing.
Can you discuss the matter calmly and rationally ?
If not, please do not reply.
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)Did you get a bailout when the economy collapsed ?
A: Yes I did. Because the currency did no collapse, my own life savings is still worth something.
Do you support torture ?
A: Almost nobody does.
Do you think the Bush administration should be held accountable ?
A: What is the point at this time? This is six years later. If somebody burns down half the city, what is more important, putting them in jail, or rebuilding the houses and businesses?
Do you think Obama's use of drones is ethical ?
A: Yes, and yawn. I know I am supposed to be a "good liberal" and get all excited and upset about 2,500 drone deaths in 8 years or so. But I cannot help thinking about the 45,000 people who have been murdered in the US in the last THREE years. 2,500 looks pretty small, to me, compared to 45,000.
Do you think corporations are people ?
A: Silly question, I would answer with a question. In what ways do Democrats treat corporations like people?
Do you think the penal system in the US is fair and balanced ?
A: I do think it puts away a lot of dangerous people. Does the lack of a perfect justice system mean that the Democratic Party sucks?
Do Free Trade Deals boost the US job market ?
A: TPP has not been passed yet, and is not being openly promoted by the Democratic Party.
As for why trash the Democrats, they do so because they think there are many reasons that Democrats DESERVE to be trashed.
Denis 11
(280 posts)We live in a very broken world.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)tridim
(45,358 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Why I hear tell on a place called DU, Democrats slap fellow Democrats around a lot -- even those owning guns.
Have you seen this?
Know anyone who does this?
pampango
(24,692 posts)former9thward
(32,068 posts)Both parties are a collection of allied groups with geographic, rather than ideological, bases. If you say you are a Democrat then you are a Democrat. No party group approves you. Same with Republican. Which is why there are so many independents in this country and so much ballot splitting.
I would favor a parliamentary system of multiple parties that actually stood for specific principles -- not 'we are for the people' nonsense. Parties that had the capability to toss people out that did not stand for those principles -- as they do in Europe but is impossible in the U.S.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Which kind of makes this even funnier.
wandy
(3,539 posts)Teapublicans all, hoping for a James Cagney wannabe to lead them.........
Trying to take their country back (to the 1830s) and holding highly popular Tea Bag rallies........
Ore the Lord Cruz if you prefer.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)It's great that he's saying it, but he's spent his entire career supporting conservatism, and has only recently noticed things that were true for the entire time.
He's only counted as a "liberal" because he's finally happened to notice an odor in the sealed room where he's spent his career feeding it occupants beans.
ananda
(28,874 posts)..
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)no accomplishments outside of using his various high-profile positions to generate controversy. He is a semi-celebrity that is known for nothing outside his own pursuit of celebrity.
You might want to tell your FB friend to look into people's background before posting.
Iris
(15,665 posts)My boss loves him but I've always been underwhelmed. Thanks for the validation!
1000words
(7,051 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)They lost. Get over it. Move on.
spanone
(135,861 posts)i applaud his metamorphosis
Cha
(297,543 posts)And, I'll throw this in the mix, too..
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)nixon--destroyed the gold standard.90 day wage freeze and price ceiling. 10% import tax. proposed the first ACA.
.....the republicans would impeach him.