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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

WillyT

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8. Aw Manny... My Brother In Snark...I Am SO Tired Of This Crap...

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Reply #7)

Thu Nov 27, 2014, 03:04 AM

Nov 2014

I've learned recently that the FDR coalition/philosophy is dead...

That the NeoLibs are the future...

And that we must keep looking forward... even though we wrote a winning playbook 70+ years ago...

I'm grateful I live in California, but even that may go by the wayside.

I AM PISSED!

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Must Read: 'Who Will Save the Democratic Party From Itself?' - NYT [View all] WillyT Nov 2014 OP

After all that we've done MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #1

Yep... WillyT Nov 2014 #2

I like the cut of your jib, good man. MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #7

Aw Manny... My Brother In Snark...I Am SO Tired Of This Crap... WillyT Nov 2014 #8

It's only dead to the Third Way. We can make sure it isn't dead. They hate it when we sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #9

Those Fireside chats were awesome. MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #10

Ah, but we thought we elected the next Roosevelt in 2008. Remember this TIME mag cover? hedda_foil Dec 2014 #15

I think it's already run out of gas pscot Nov 2014 #3

Me Too... And It Kills Me... WE Wrote The F*ing Playbook !!! WillyT Nov 2014 #4

Where is the Dem. plan, and strategy anymore- Same with the CBC, Congress. Black Caucus appalachiablue Nov 2014 #5

I opt for "genuine" over the "how to act" in order to win. L0oniX Nov 2014 #6

What a great post! sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #11

In the words of Saint Reagan, "You ain't seen nothing yet." Enthusiast Nov 2014 #12

the public held the Democratic Party “in worse regard than at any point in the past 30 years.” Scuba Nov 2014 #13

And I echo "I too will no longer support the "lesser of evils" candidate just because he or she has rhett o rick Nov 2014 #14

While a good article, it's nothing new... Eleanors38 Dec 2014 #16