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George II

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75. Mighty quiet, dear.

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Thu Jul 29, 2021, 07:24 PM

Jul 2021

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Pro-Sanders group rebranding into 'pragmatic progressives' [View all] lapucelle Jul 2021 OP

Wonder where Nina Turner will fit in with this wryter2000 Jul 2021 #1

Biden moved them to the middle? Budi Jul 2021 #2

I guess some of them finally accepted the fact that pragmatism helps accomplish long term goals. lapucelle Jul 2021 #3

Biden moved toward the left and they toward the center Tom Rinaldo Jul 2021 #5

Naaah. Biden was there long before 2020 arrived. Budi Jul 2021 #28

Nice research. Yep, Joe Biden has always been center left, and a good man Tom Rinaldo Jul 2021 #72

Pres Biden Appointed Sanders to Cha Jul 2021 #61

Bit the hand that reached out to him, did he? Budi Jul 2021 #84

Exactly.. some "working relationship.." Cha Jul 2021 #88

Word... Kahuna Jul 2021 #108

So basically they are not trying to own what many other Dems have already promoted because LizBeth Jul 2021 #4

They are dropping their push for medicaid for all and a green new deal. lapucelle Jul 2021 #8

Totally hear you. All the damage they caused. I shake my head. LizBeth Jul 2021 #9

I'll never forget or forgive them for 2016. Paladin Jul 2021 #15

TY.. well said. Cha Jul 2021 #18

I don't enjoy being that vengeful to a bunch of liberals. Paladin Jul 2021 #19

I hear ya.. I don't like it either. Cha Jul 2021 #22

+1. And our opportunity for a first woman president not to mention the SC. LizBeth Jul 2021 #37

And the creation of a trump-worshipping cult... Paladin Jul 2021 #39

Yes. LizBeth Jul 2021 #50

I'm a long time DUer. Almost 20 years. I totally sat out 2016 on DU... Kahuna Jul 2021 #109

You were wiser than I was. (nt) Paladin Jul 2021 #110

Welcome the establishment Our Revolution! LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #80

Brilliant... lapucelle Jul 2021 #86

Don't they know that Biden already cancelled federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry lapucelle Jul 2021 #87

They're too busy telling elected officials what to do to actually see what they've already done. George II Jul 2021 #91

Of course not. It's assumed Democrats do nothing progressive and have bad intentions. betsuni Jul 2021 #93

Amen! "Pragmatic progressives"...AKA DEMOCRATS. Nixie Jul 2021 #100

Thank you, lapucelle! This is and has always been the point with the brand builders. Nixie Jul 2021 #99

They managed to erase Al Gore from history, erase the history of the Democratic Party betsuni Jul 2021 #107

So....Our Revolution Is Turning INto Me. Jul 2021 #6

Our Revolution needs to do a lot more than just pay lip service comradebillyboy Jul 2021 #7

Agreed... lapucelle Jul 2021 #11

I share that sentiment but I doubt it will ever happen. comradebillyboy Jul 2021 #12

Glad they didn't do the Third Way thing. jalan48 Jul 2021 #10

Are you glad that Our Revolution is attempting to rebrand as a group of pragmaticists? lapucelle Jul 2021 #13

Absolutely! jalan48 Jul 2021 #14

Hopefully they'll update their website so folks won't be misled when they're making donations. lapucelle Jul 2021 #16

As long as they don't start shilling for Wall St I'm good with the rebranding. jalan48 Jul 2021 #20

Democrats don't shill for Wall Street. As for Our Revolution, it's a dark money organization. lapucelle Jul 2021 #29

K & R Thank You, lapucelle Budi Jul 2021 #31

LOL jalan48 Jul 2021 #36

What's funny, that Democrats don't shill for Wall Street or that OR is a dark money group? lapucelle Jul 2021 #38

I'll go with yes and no. jalan48 Jul 2021 #48

Ummm... OR's rebranded that old 2016 meme. Keep up! Budi Jul 2021 #51

So you're saying that Democrats shill for Wall Street and Our Revolution is not a Super PAC? George II Jul 2021 #56

Prove your Accusation of Slurring the Democratic Cha Jul 2021 #59

Mighty quiet, dear. George II Jul 2021 #75

Just as I thought.. Frickin Crickets. Cha Jul 2021 #79

... lapucelle Jul 2021 #90

Which statement caused the "LOL"? George II Jul 2021 #46

Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #78

+1 betsuni Jul 2021 #83

What's this "shilling for Wall Street" BS? George II Jul 2021 #44

Apparently he thinks it's ROLF funny to say "Democrats don't shill for Wall Street". lapucelle Jul 2021 #58

It means that Democrats accept that the U.S. is a capitalist country and always will be. betsuni Jul 2021 #60

They're skirting around the edge of FEC regulations... George II Jul 2021 #89

We're already there for a long time Cha Jul 2021 #17

Now Our Revolution is denying its a "rebranding". lapucelle Jul 2021 #21

Of course they are.. We were "into Cha Jul 2021 #25

Our Revolution denies its a rebranding, but twitter is having none of it. lapucelle Jul 2021 #26

I hope they would know it... it's Cha Jul 2021 #27

"We didn't rebrand. We are just trying to change the way we are seen by the public." lapucelle Jul 2021 #30

Oh great.. they got a clue. Now Cha Jul 2021 #32

In other words they're rebranding. George II Jul 2021 #57

In other words, they're rebranding, AND they don't understand what the word "rebranding" means. ShazzieB Jul 2021 #65

Many words were given new and wrong definitions. betsuni Jul 2021 #76

Do they just make this shit up as they type ?? Budi Jul 2021 #33

Parts of it were in the 2016 platform as well. lapucelle Jul 2021 #34

So now they're "expanding Medicare" instead of insisting on the nebulous "Medicare for All".... George II Jul 2021 #47

Expanding Medicare was in both the 2016 and 2020 Democratic platforms. lapucelle Jul 2021 #85

I believe Hillary Clinton proposed that years ago, even before running in 2016. George II Jul 2021 #92

To little to late. sheshe2 Jul 2021 #23

It's always good to finally understand what can get done and to... brush Jul 2021 #24

Bernie handed the OR operations over to Nina Turner. Budi Jul 2021 #35

Too bad for Turner. When she was a state rep. she showed promise. brush Jul 2021 #40

Profound statement there, brush Budi Jul 2021 #42

Thank you. brush Jul 2021 #94

She hasn't been in office for more than 7 years. George II Jul 2021 #49

well said, brush. TY. sheshe2 Jul 2021 #73

Yup. James Clyburn is a very SMART man. Budi Jul 2021 #41

You're right to suggest that they listen to seasoned leaders who know how get things done, but lapucelle Jul 2021 #70

AOC can be a pain at times. True enough. It should be all about negotiating. brush Jul 2021 #71

But I thought Hillary Clinton was a..oh never mind. ismnotwasm Jul 2021 #43

So the group that is now a Super PAC and was once headed by Nina Turner has decided to become... George II Jul 2021 #45

Well the odds of greater fundraiser hauls would increase by sounding like Biden Budi Jul 2021 #54

Fundraising by promising a revolution is bound to dry up after a few years. betsuni Jul 2021 #64

New name: "HILLARY's REVOLUTION " Budi Jul 2021 #66

She's the one who said, "I'm a progressive who likes to get things done" so yes. betsuni Jul 2021 #68

Yup. They may as well call it Hillary's Rev since they're now using her policy platform Budi Jul 2021 #69

We would have been stronger together. If more of the folks who support Our Revolution had adopted lapucelle Jul 2021 #96

Populism and conspiracy theories were popular for some stupid reason. betsuni Jul 2021 #97

Oh, did someone finally read the Democratic Party platform and realize their fictional neoliberal- betsuni Jul 2021 #52

We still need far left progressives to move the Overton Window to the left Poiuyt Jul 2021 #53

Another step Left of Joe Biden & you're over the cliff. Budi Jul 2021 #67

Agreed mvd Jul 2021 #98

What one thing have they done to get their "big ideas" enacted into law? mcar Jul 2021 #111

We've tried, and we've begun to get more support mvd Aug 2021 #112

Well, they've soiled our Democrats' proud identity as "progressive" Hortensis Jul 2021 #55

They've used those slogans as a purity test for so long, I image it's going to take awhile betsuni Jul 2021 #62

Easy because they won't even try to live up to them. Hortensis Jul 2021 #63

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Skittles Jul 2021 #74

This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #77

Yeah, President is the Leader.. they're following Cha Jul 2021 #81

After the Wall fell in Berlin DFW Jul 2021 #82

To me that all looks like a reflection of some Democratic leadership unity building. nt ShazamIam Jul 2021 #95

If so DFW Jul 2021 #101

I should have added, I think it's great, but I have a lot of reservations. ShazamIam Jul 2021 #103

And I have at least as many. DFW Jul 2021 #104

In the U.S. the only certainity in politics has been a strong steady movement to authortarianism. ShazamIam Jul 2021 #105

Europe has a lot of "been there done that, hate that" from first-hand experience DFW Jul 2021 #106

No. It's theft Budi Jul 2021 #102