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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWithout thinking about it, name four things most national Democratic candidates support
If a Republican runs, I can almost always be assured that the candidate will: oppose abortion rights; oppose gun control; believe in balanced budgets through cutting social spending; and oppose the ACA. I don't generally need to know what state they are from, what their gender is, etc.
Can you think of four issues you could use to describe a typical Democratic candidate?
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)John Barrow, one of several Democrats who got the NRA endorsement
http://www.barrowforcongress.com/press-releases/nra-endorses-barrow-georgia%E2%80%99s-12th-district
I can think of Democrats who are against one or more of those, and a couple who oppose them all.
So what else do you have?
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Of course there are a few that oppose some of the things I listed.
But since it said "most" I stand behind what I listed.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)FSogol
(45,526 posts)Many repubs feel the free school lunch for poor kids is our nation's greatest evil.
Remember when GHW Bush claimed that teacher's unions were the biggest threat to America?
Bandit
(21,475 posts)address? Not a one if I remember correctly. They did however grant billions upon billions to the bankers... Not one thin dime to ordinary citizens that were in desperate need.
FSogol
(45,526 posts)Did you forget the mess the Bush administration left us?
Bandit
(21,475 posts)Not one red cent was given to individuals that were/are in dire need but the bankers, well they get everything..
FSogol
(45,526 posts)were financed. My company (and all our middle class employees) benefited. There were also energy rebates and one time payments ($300) to disabled veterans on Social Security. It also expended the child tax credit, 1st time home buyer credit, EIC, etc. etc
Banks were bailed out, but it is incorrect to suggest that no one else was aided.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)legislation did pass the House.
The ACA, stimulus, financial regulation, and repeal of DADT also happened.
Best two years of legislation in 30+ years.
badtoworse
(5,957 posts)If they're representing a solidly blue state you get one set of answers. A red state get you a different set and a purple state gets you a song and a dance. Sorry, but's the truth as I see it.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)That's part of why I ask.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Everything else seems to be up for grabs.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)an overly simple view of how US socio-economics works. It's nearly impossible to reconcile being a social liberal AND and a neo-liberal on economics
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)Tell me about it! I get called all kinds of swell names here on DU -- and I think of these people as my friends.
LostOne4Ever
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- Support for Abortion rights
- Support for Marriage equality, Gay right, women's rights, civil rights and equal rights in general
- Raising the minimum wage, progressive taxation, and supporting unions and social welfare programs
- Support for universal healthcare and education
Autumn
(45,120 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)They practice little of what they preach.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Myrina
(12,296 posts)n/t
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