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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts)
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 06:05 PM Oct 2017

Do you want a Progressive America? Vote for Progressives in the primaries.

America is not a Center-Right country. It is governed by a Right Wing sect and run by Center-Right ideologues. America is a Progressive country based on the value set people by large majorities or pluralities. So why is it that we do not see a government that reflects the people?

https://egbertowillies.com/2017/10/19/vote-progressives-primaries/

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Do you want a Progressive America? Vote for Progressives in the primaries. (Original Post) egbertowillies Oct 2017 OP
Indivisible and other liberal groups BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #1
Vote for progressives at *EVERY* level! Initech Oct 2017 #2
Some fear change and keep voting for the 'status quo' left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #3
Yep. Eko Oct 2017 #4
I will be voting for Democrats, as always. murielm99 Oct 2017 #5
I watched a small group define themselves as progressive while labeling the majority of Dems as Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #6
I'll take ANY Dem over awesomerwb1 Oct 2017 #7

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
1. Indivisible and other liberal groups
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 06:14 PM
Oct 2017

have had a surge of new Dems running in so many local races. They are smart and using the Tea Party methods which proved to be successful. The article fails to mention the effects of gerrymandering, big money funding mostly GOP campaigns and issues, and the ultra right wing media as major factors in giving us the GOP stronghold on this country.

Initech

(100,063 posts)
2. Vote for progressives at *EVERY* level!
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 06:17 PM
Oct 2017

Doesn't matter if it's for a comptroller position, the mayor of your city, the school board... your district representative, senator, governor... any win for us is a win for America. GOTV!!!!

Eko

(7,281 posts)
4. Yep.
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 06:38 PM
Oct 2017

That's not cool man.
"They have successfully made most Americans believe that their vote does not matter because they really cannot change anything beyond the options given within two rails, the Establishment Democrats on the Left and the Establishment Republicans on the Right."

"Several organizations including Our Revolution and Brand New Congress are seeding America in local and national elections with Progressive candidates. And note the keyword is Progressive, and not Democratic or Republican."

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Mediumsizedhand

(531 posts)
6. I watched a small group define themselves as progressive while labeling the majority of Dems as
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 07:41 PM
Oct 2017

central right. I watch a upset within my party from smears and lies. I am done with a small group owning the definition of progressive demanding all others follow suit, when reality the majority, vast majority of our Democrats are progressive. The populists do not get to own the term progressive. Imo.

awesomerwb1

(4,267 posts)
7. I'll take ANY Dem over
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 08:22 PM
Oct 2017

what's coming thanks to the bannon-trump-miller-sessions cabal.

Let's take back the country first(some say save it) and then we can sort out the left to center degrees.

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