I have been called a bleeding heart liberal many times

[rbrnmw]

I am proud to own the label. If by bleeding heart they mean I think EVERY AMERICAN should eat and have food security in one of richest countries in the world, that folks should be paid a LIVING WAGE Damn Straight I have a bleeding heart where you folks have no heart at all. How can anyone not care that fellow Americans are eating Ramen Noodles and that's all they can afford? Mothers not eating some days so their kids can. That is really happening all over the Country. I would rather have a bleeding heart than no heart at all. Happy Valentines Day DU

[Xipe Totec]

1. This should be the State Flower of Massachusetts

Bleeding Heart Liberal and proud of it.

[rbrnmw]

2. beautiful flower nt...

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. One type of orchid I take it

[Xipe Totec]

6. No, actually. It's in the poppy family

And it's called the Bleeding Heart.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprocapnos

[zeemike]

17. And it is a very old traditional garden flower.

My mother always had them in the garden.

[MsPithy]

19. I've always known them as Dicentra.

They are really old, did the name change?

[Xipe Totec]

21. Synonyms

Dicentra spectabilis
Diclytra spectabilis
Fumaria spectabilis

I guess botanists have been arguing about it for a while.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Thanks, beautiful

[bkanderson76]

12. The Pic is beautiful...makes my day, thank you

[ChiciB1]

13. Well, Count Me In...AND

I happen to have some of those "bleeding hearts" growing in my yard. Easy to transplant and start new ones too!

One of my very favorite... guess I can wear the label and be proud too! For many, many years!

Actually though, lately when I'm called a liberal I'm now telling those who point fingers at me that I'm really a SOCIALIST, but please don't spread it around!!

[Octafish]

23. Perfect color, too.

"Pinko," the Old Guard called me.

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. I would say ...

your thoughts put you pretty squarely in the mainstream of Democratic thought.

[rbrnmw]

5. I wish we had more Congress Critters who felt that way

Instead they are going along with republicans and cutting the poorest Americans safety nets all to hell. I don't understand at all the cold-hearted way it was done. They should give us an explanation as to why they would do that.

[1StrongBlackMan]

14. We can have exactly that ...

Get Out The Democratic Vote in 2014 and beyond!

[democratisphere]

7. This isn't just a democrat or bleeding heart liberal position; it is the humane human position....

that SHOULD be innate to ALL people. Those that don't care about their fellow Americans or others in this world are heartless and unconscionable. Many members of our Congress are heartless and unconscionable.

[rbrnmw]

9. yes they are

it's so sad we have people starving in America and we have fellow citizens who want to kick them deeper into poverty.

[allan01]

8. re: have been called a bleeding heart liberal many times

raisies hand . ive also been called a comunist pinko pig too .

[Pretorius]

10. Ramen Noodles and Diabetes

Imagine those subsisting on Ramen Noodles while living with diabetes, high-blood pressure and the general stress of poverty? Unable to afford regular doctor visits for recurring needed prescriptions? Only a matter of time before the sodium from the Ramen Noodles causes it all to collapse. Doomed to a much shorter life expectancy, these are the people they call "entitled"...sick.

[RC]

26. We use Ramen Noodles here,

but we toss the flavor salt packet. The noodles themselves are ok.

[rbrnmw]

11. VERY SICK

and they get votes from some of the very people they are sentencing to an early death by their policies. I just don't understand.

[CaliGal]

18. Because they've been brainwashed

They have been brainwashed by Fox News and all the Conservative BS that GUNS and the hatred of GAYS is more important than anything else. Above their own well being. That their life sucks "Because of those Damn Liberals and their policies".
That is why. The South used to vote Democrat, until Fox News came along....

[rbrnmw]

25. I don't hate many people but the folks at Fox

deserve contempt and scorn and Hannity deserves all the hate he dishes out to come back at him doubled
Fox News is toxic waste

[NorthCarolina]

15. Anyone who doesn't walk lock-step with the Corporatists is considered looney left fringe. nt

[rbrnmw]

16. very sad but true

[Auntie Bush]

20. thanks, that was a nice rant. I'm proud to be a bleeding heart liberal too.

Happy Valentines Day to you too and all of DU.

[rbrnmw]

24. Thank You

[RC]

27. I have been told I'm too libertarian or right wing for this site.

So, I made this.



I have no idea how they came up with me not being Left enough because I "don't support Obama". I'm against war. The drone war is obscene. The NSA is a criminal enterprise, Snowden up held his oath to defend the Constitution, and both Obama and Hillary a little to far to the Right to be good Democrats. The people need to come first. Corporerations are not persons or people.

[7wo7rees]

28. I wear the label with pride

My opponents are heartless, bloodless vampires. Why have a heart if it doesn't bleed?