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socialist_n_TN

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13. As I said upthread, I'm asking Democrats on a Democratic forum because.........

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #10)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 03:07 PM

Dec 2016

we need the Dems to step up and BE an opposition party tomorrow, not in some nebulous future time AFTER you've gone to local meetings and paid your dues before you can even be heard in the party hierarchy.

And of course, the Dems becoming an opposition party rather than a compromise party is only one facet of a multi-pronged resistance to the Trump, and more importantly the right-wing Congress's, agenda.

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Can the Democratic Party be an "opposition" party? ............. [View all] socialist_n_TN Dec 2016 OP

Get to your local democratic party meetings, vote for people who will resist, not Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #1

Yup! KPN Dec 2016 #4

What if there are no "resisters" on the local ballots?......... socialist_n_TN Dec 2016 #6

You have a broken leg? If there isnt one, become one. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #7

Two things......... socialist_n_TN Dec 2016 #11

yeah, it will probably oppose itself! putitinD Dec 2016 #2

We have no choice The_Voice_of_Reason Dec 2016 #3

But can the Dems really oppose fascism?........ socialist_n_TN Dec 2016 #5

Absolutely Not! Chasstev365 Dec 2016 #8

Can they turn on a dime? CrispyQ Dec 2016 #9

Well, it often does a good job of opposing itself internally. MineralMan Dec 2016 #10

As I said upthread, I'm asking Democrats on a Democratic forum because......... socialist_n_TN Dec 2016 #13

They can if they make an effort to locate their spines. Vinca Dec 2016 #12

Sanders showed that it's possible LiberalLovinLug Dec 2016 #14