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msfiddlestix

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125. You seem to be either misunderstanding, misreading, or misinterpreting the poster's message.

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 03:15 PM

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Online discussions are filled with invisible landmines.
Too bad we can't just pick up a phone and discuss clarify through various points. I sort of grew up in N.C. but headed to California when I was 18 back in 68. Been here ever since.
That "Promise" left me feeling very disappointed and the endless cycle of bad messaging does not leave me optimistic.

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13 centrist Democrats sign "Promise to America" - capitalism, fiscal discipline, strong borders and pride in US [View all] Nanjeanne Yesterday OP

My Dog.... NewHendoLib Yesterday #1

We are definitetly going to need to take the house by more than 13. LuvLoogie Yesterday #2

We definitely have a centrist problem. Emile 23 hrs ago #41

Without centrists Boo1 23 hrs ago #44

We have a centrist problem!! Emile 22 hrs ago #45

Seriously. What a bunch of drivel from these CivicGrief 21 hrs ago #55

You get to define what Boo1 20 hrs ago #67

See post 36 Emile 20 hrs ago #71

we know what it ISN'T Skittles 16 hrs ago #95

Yes Cirsium 3 hrs ago #117

Actually you don't Boo1 2 hrs ago #122

But you do? Cirsium 1 hr ago #124

When did I? Boo1 2 min ago #142

Technically, we all get that say, in the privacy of the voting booth. 😁 -nt CrispyQ 32 min ago #138

Indeed Boo1 16 sec ago #143

If you re-read H2O Man 53 min ago #130

All I see is 'let's fix the economy & get along.' CrispyQ 39 min ago #136

Damn I am tired of people like me being attacked at this website RandomNumbers 35 min ago #137

Not to mention centrists are terrible negotiators. They only ask GPV 5 hrs ago #107

I agree PatSeg 5 hrs ago #108

And "Centrists" are just Bettie 21 hrs ago #58

Bullshit Boo1 20 hrs ago #69

Did you read it? Cirsium 3 hrs ago #118

Yes Boo1 2 hrs ago #123

OK Cirsium 1 hr ago #126

I strongly disagree LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago #111

Recommended. H2O Man 51 min ago #131

Bullshit. So much for not trashing Democrats. RandomNumbers 49 min ago #132

Moderates is a better description demosincebirth 5 hrs ago #109

"Centrist" is replacing "establishment" as the fashionable meaningless insult to label Democrats as not progressive, betsuni 26 min ago #139

Post removed Post removed Yesterday #3

"Contract on America" orthoclad Yesterday #5

Right? AStern Yesterday #16

This "promise" is an agreement to orthoclad Yesterday #19

Exactly Blue Full Moon 19 hrs ago #76

Shades of Newt Gingrich orthoclad 19 hrs ago #77

I'm good with most of that stuff. What are they against? mymomwasright Yesterday #4

Y'know, all those things that "socialist" countries have. orthoclad Yesterday #6

Did they say they were against it? I looked up one signatory - Janelle Bynum RandomNumbers 56 min ago #129

It's bad enough that the R's are trying to divide us Deuxcents Yesterday #7

They seem to believe that everything happening today is fine and is mainstream and normal Quiet Em Yesterday #8

They don't believe everything is fine. yardwork Yesterday #10

They aren't offering anything Quiet Em Yesterday #11

I agree mvd 6 hrs ago #100

Tom Suozzi is in NY Quiet Em Yesterday #13

Then they should have some respect for the Dems who won in their districts. Why put out this Nanjeanne Yesterday #25

What? I don't understand what you're saying. yardwork 22 hrs ago #49

How about you just read the free link to the Wash Post or maybe even Suozzi's own statement Nanjeanne 18 hrs ago #83

Are you suggesting that people should vote against them? yardwork 18 hrs ago #84

What are you talking about? Where did I say that? Voters get to choose. Im flummoxed. Nanjeanne 17 hrs ago #86

North Carolina's primaries are over. yardwork 17 hrs ago #87

My OP made no comment at all. I posted a Wash Post article and the actual Promise To America. Nanjeanne 17 hrs ago #88

These are your exact words in this thread: yardwork 17 hrs ago #89

Read my lips. I NEVER SUGGESTED ANYTHING ABOUT HOW SOMEONE SHOULD VOTE. Nanjeanne 17 hrs ago #91

Bashing Democratic candidates depresses the vote for them. yardwork 17 hrs ago #92

All of us at DU want to take back the House and we want all of our Democratic nominees to win Quiet Em 17 hrs ago #94

You seem to be either misunderstanding, misreading, or misinterpreting the poster's message. msfiddlestix 1 hr ago #125

Very red district here Cirsium 2 hrs ago #120

No arguments from me on that strategy. yardwork 1 hr ago #127

I see Cirsium 1 hr ago #128

I'm not surprised to see the two from North Carolina. yardwork Yesterday #9

I am mixed on this issue. Matthew28 Yesterday #12

My goal is to get a Democratic majority in Congress. yardwork Yesterday #18

But they are attacking other Democrats in a not so subtle way. CivicGrief 21 hrs ago #59

How are they attacking other Democrats? yardwork 21 hrs ago #60

They said it was. Read the articles. Nanjeanne 20 hrs ago #65

We're all aware how civics works. CivicGrief 17 hrs ago #90

"Yes, but who wants a majority if we must sacrifice being pure to get there?" ... or something 😂🤣🙄 QueerDuck 4 hrs ago #110

It seems laughable but here we are. yardwork 4 hrs ago #112

And are the progressives who have won their primaries against "strong" borders and against some level Nanjeanne Yesterday #23

We aren't in a big tent, I guess. aocommunalpunch Yesterday #26

I personally think the Dems MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #33

Which 'socialist' policies do they disagree with? NeoTrajan Yesterday #14

I suspect they're appeasing their corporate donors LearnedHand Yesterday #30

Here is my first stab at a list. yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #53

They probably disagree with the DSA's call to defund the police, abolish prisons, and release all convicts. lapucelle 4 hrs ago #114

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Me too politics doesn't work MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #34

they all need to be primaried hookaleft Yesterday #17

Many of them should be on the top of the primary list for 2028 Renew Deal Yesterday #20

Yeah, Europe is so extreme. However, I agree that "Socialist" is a loser in the .... ColoringFool Yesterday #21

Socialism is the bogeyman pushed by the pukes LearnedHand Yesterday #31

And they still will be labeled as Socialists from the right. CivicGrief 21 hrs ago #57

If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, Emile Yesterday #22

What a completely pointless clump of words. Oneironaut Yesterday #24

Post removed Post removed Yesterday #27

So corruption and neoliberalism are totally okay LearnedHand Yesterday #28

First of all Karma13612 Yesterday #29

They aren't trying to put forth any new ideas. They merely want to imply that these damn progressive Nanjeanne Yesterday #36

What this usually means is Bettie 21 hrs ago #63

You got it. Nanjeanne 20 hrs ago #64

They're really Eisenhower Republicans. The GOP doesn't want them. haele Yesterday #32

Eisenhower doesn't want them either. Nanjeanne Yesterday #37

Not one F***ng word in the Promise to America about (for profit) HMO HealthCare. Ars Longa Yesterday #35

That would impact the bottom line of Bettie 20 hrs ago #72

One could argue that this line does address that: RandomNumbers 41 min ago #135

13 out of 200? SocialDemocrat61 23 hrs ago #38

Rule: If even one Democrat can be used to suppress support for the whole party, we're off to the races. betsuni 17 hrs ago #93

What's the point of this.... Etherealoc1 23 hrs ago #39

More Fettermans. Emile 23 hrs ago #40

Democratic Socialism is now mainstream AZProgressive 23 hrs ago #42

Oh alright ...OK, from now on.... you get TWO bread crusts a day-- instead of ONE. Ars Longa 23 hrs ago #43

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My thoughts too! Emile 22 hrs ago #47

Every one of these candidates is the Democratic candidate in their district. yardwork 21 hrs ago #61

This is likely going to be a theme durablend 22 hrs ago #48

I'm for socialism, taxing the billionaires into nonexistence, labor's freedom of movement equals capital's Prairie Gates 22 hrs ago #50

What's wrong with socialism? Violet_Crumble 21 hrs ago #51

As MLK Jr said Nanjeanne 5 hrs ago #103

Thank you! H2O Man 47 min ago #133

... Nanjeanne 44 min ago #134

"We disagree with socialists," Suozzi said". yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #52

Democratic Socialists aren't socialists. They are the real centrists. pat_k 21 hrs ago #54

Please corect tthe headline. These people are not at the "center" of anything. Bluetus 21 hrs ago #56

It was the Wash Post description. Nanjeanne 19 hrs ago #73

I suggest putting it in quotes then, because it is an opinion of theirs, certainly not a fact. Bluetus 19 hrs ago #75

Got any details to go with that rhetoric? Raven123 21 hrs ago #62

Oh goodie. mr715 20 hrs ago #66

Not just tepid dishwater - sour sink water that's been sitting there for three days with grease and soap in it . . . hatrack 20 hrs ago #68

PTA is Vague Classic "No Labels" stuff : Zero mention of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid-- Ars Longa 20 hrs ago #70

"Fiscal discipline?" ... TAX THE RICH, and ... Martin Eden 19 hrs ago #74

A good start for the creation of a new Republican Deminpenn 19 hrs ago #78

The question is what are we going to do make difference in peoples lives. everyonematters 19 hrs ago #79

I'm glad my rep didn't sign that. 50 Shades Of Blue 19 hrs ago #80

Lol, gab13by13 18 hrs ago #81

I was almost convinced to vote for candidate Marlene Galn-Woods in Arizona but her decision to sign on to this in2herbs 18 hrs ago #82

Post removed Post removed 17 hrs ago #85

Aw, hell... duckworth969 16 hrs ago #96

Flipping a red district that Donald Trump won is an actual Nixie 14 hrs ago #97

I'm proud to say that we flipped two Nassau county districts blue in 2024, lapucelle 6 hrs ago #98

President Harry S Truman knew the type and warned us. Kid Berwyn 6 hrs ago #99

What a piece of shit document JBTaurus83 6 hrs ago #101

Al politics is local. - Tip O'Neill mzmolly 5 hrs ago #102

Putting lipstick on capitalism with colonial era values bucolic_frolic 5 hrs ago #104

You can NOT have "fair" capialism without some johnnyfins 5 hrs ago #105

Exactly JBTaurus83 4 hrs ago #113

The "Carville Fetterman axis" trying to look relevant n/t Munu 5 hrs ago #106

James Carville supported Conor Lamb in 2022. N/T lapucelle 4 hrs ago #115

Even a broken clock.... JBTaurus83 3 hrs ago #116

So the "Carville-Fetterman axis" doesn't actually exist lapucelle 2 hrs ago #119

I wasn't the one that posted that JBTaurus83 2 hrs ago #121

Well, mainstream is socialist. I really wish they would use the label communist instead of socialist KPN 25 min ago #140

"Full-time work should make it possible to ... afford healthcare...." area51 7 min ago #141