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OK, so a prominent DUer was banned for disloyalty to the Democratic Party. [View all]
backscatter712
Dec 2015
OP
Democrats want to save the party from the Citizens United big money domination.
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#299
There are two sides to this class war and the Citizens United billionaires
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#322
You seem to be rationalizing why you support the wealthy 1%, the quid pro quo culture
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#327
Wrong! The party, OUR PARTY, IS being 'burned to the ground' by the corporate infiltrators
sabrina 1
Dec 2015
#357
Then they'd be in trouble, but they still have plenty of people who want to post
treestar
Dec 2015
#156
A Hillary supporter said she would vote for Trump if Sanders won, and she argued it for half a day
AgingAmerican
Dec 2015
#190
What I see is a rationalization for what's happening here. It isn't just Manny.
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#315
Did you know that threads complaining about DU bannings are not permitted in GD?
ucrdem
Dec 2015
#332
I didn't see the post in question, but isn't that Manny person very tongue-in-cheek?
PersonNumber503602
Dec 2015
#395
See that is exactly what people have noticed over the last now almost 15 years
nadinbrzezinski
Dec 2015
#363
They choose not to believe that; they don't read the TOS, don't know the history of DU....
Hekate
Dec 2015
#11
There's nothing scary about irrelevant people except their ignorance of DU history.
Hekate
Dec 2015
#88
So even if a D is a not liberal or even a bit of a progressive...I must support her?
Hepburn
Dec 2015
#56
I was witholding judgment about BS despite his fans here, but not so much any more....
Hekate
Dec 2015
#112
lolz. Then why on Earth break the rules/laws by trawling around in HER proprietary information?
Hekate
Dec 2015
#160
Sanders apologized to Clinton tonight because he realized his staff had wronged her.
MADem
Dec 2015
#257
Sanders shitcanned two more of those "steal the bern" staffers. I think Sanders has the right idea.
MADem
Dec 2015
#343
Bernie Sanders doesn't think it is NONSENSE. Good grief, the denial you're expressing is way
MADem
Dec 2015
#369
I think the comic book store owner running Sanders' campaign was talking out his
MADem
Dec 2015
#387
Well setting aside that Weaver was a campaign aide for Bernie for over 2 decades
Kentonio
Dec 2015
#389
Thanks for this document. I had not seen the full list of what the fired staffer had seached and
riversedge
Dec 2015
#384
That agreement he signed with Debbie Wasserman Schultz includes shared fundraising.
MADem
Dec 2015
#252
If Joe Lieberman were a potential candidate or say NJ Chrispy were to seek the dem nomination
Ed Suspicious
Dec 2015
#51
It's rather like agreeing to respect the boundaries of a DNC database, limiting it to the national
MADem
Dec 2015
#371
Well, the Democratic party will not get an absolute guaranty of loyalty from me.
backscatter712
Dec 2015
#18
Good to know, thanks for the heads up, I will work that much harder to find someone to
randys1
Dec 2015
#401
Not true. The election for Florida Governor when Crist was running as an IND against the
kelly1mm
Dec 2015
#38
The party was not even backing its own candidate much then. So, Crist lost and so did the Dem
merrily
Dec 2015
#65
Oh I remember the debates at the time. Set a bad precident. "Must not support
kelly1mm
Dec 2015
#195
Do you not remember the pumas? Many are still here and what did they threaten to do?
LaurenG
Dec 2015
#48
Wtf is that even about, "voting McCain." And I recall the PUMAs here quite clearly.
Hekate
Dec 2015
#175
I am trying to answer your questions. My point was that there were several people who
LaurenG
Dec 2015
#182
"the excuse for not getting liberal things done was the mean old congress would not let him do it"
NYC Liberal
Dec 2015
#224
manny was banned for advocating others not to vote for the Dem nominee but of course they are
Cha
Dec 2015
#147
Talk to Skinner .. he set the rules. it's his board. if manny didn't think he was so special that
Cha
Dec 2015
#207
Ever notice that 99% of the people who say that are Hillary Clinton supporters?
davidn3600
Dec 2015
#194
And in a race between them and a Republican, I will vote for them every single time.
NYC Liberal
Dec 2015
#221
No one has said they won't support Democrats. I will always support Democrats but choose
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#304
Thanks for so well expressing my position on this. It's about policies, not party. I'll support ..
Scuba
Dec 2015
#15
and even more - policies and principles before - way before - personality.
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2015
#20
Blind loyalty is what the Republicans are known for, evidently some Democrats want the same.
hobbit709
Dec 2015
#29
Party before Country, how Republican? I think some need to re-evacuate their priorities.
A Simple Game
Dec 2015
#81
K&R. If anyone is disloyal to the Democratic party it's DWS. It's suffered so
CharlotteVale
Dec 2015
#31
Beautiful rant! It would be spot on if it wasn't a bunch of hyperbolic bullshit.
Amimnoch
Dec 2015
#43
She campaigned for three Republicans and chaired the DNC during the historic losses of 2014.
merrily
Dec 2015
#72
Senator McCain and I are ready for that 3 am phone call, but Senator Obama is not.
merrily
Dec 2015
#89
Was what DWS's brainchild? The Senator McCain comment? Doubtful That was HRC's campaign is my guess.
merrily
Dec 2015
#98
Who the hell are you to tell people not to post here? That's an admin call, not yours.
merrily
Dec 2015
#78
When Bernie Sanders wins the nomination, are you joyfully supporting him?
marble falls
Dec 2015
#274
We progressives support Democrats all the way so inferring that we don't is
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#305
+++++++++++++ For being wise, and not doing a TOS violation. No one on any website, including DU
still_one
Dec 2015
#57
No, people are not compelled. But some want to make the declaration and say why they are making it.
merrily
Dec 2015
#69
"Earn" your loyalty? How about you work for the Party and change it? When have you EVER done that? n
Hekate
Dec 2015
#115
It's almost impossible to stop someone posting if they wanted to start a new account.
Kentonio
Dec 2015
#334
Pull the party to the left as much as possible. Threaten it all you want to achieve this.
pampango
Dec 2015
#128
Individualism used to be a Democratic Trait, Bernie never worked for Goldwater . n/t
orpupilofnature57
Dec 2015
#133
Which is kind of funny to me. YEARS of mocking and putting down the AA community, both here and
Number23
Dec 2015
#170
yep, the endless pleas of ignorance from someone whose opinions were held up as gold....
bettyellen
Dec 2015
#183
They didn't embarass themselves at all, be. They knew exactly what the hell he was doing
Number23
Dec 2015
#185
well, I think there was a % of low info DUers who just needed a figure to worship....
bettyellen
Dec 2015
#187
"I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever,
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2015
#148
He is loyal to the Democratic Party and in my opinion a better Democrat than those that
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#308
Some people don't like those that dare speak out. He never has advocated for anyone that
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#316
The country isn't it's elected officials. Similarly, the party isn't the chairperson or her favorite
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2015
#167
Wow...been coming here for a decade and a half and have never seen banning a guy as a malcontent
EndElectoral
Dec 2015
#184
HELL YEAH! And screw the Third Way/DLC/corporate lackeys that have taken over the DNC and
Roland99
Dec 2015
#209
I was banned from the Bernie group for vowing the vote for the Dem nominee.
McCamy Taylor
Dec 2015
#237
I inadvertently kicked a thread in the Clinton Group, no text at all, only the kicking donkey emoji
Fumesucker
Dec 2015
#295
How much more disloyal than "actively telling people to vote against them" can you get?
Donald Ian Rankin
Dec 2015
#290
Is that why Sanders signed a fundraising agreement with her? Is that why he is sheltered
MADem
Dec 2015
#259
She's so nasty she offered him a fundraising opportunity where he can make way more, faster, than he
MADem
Dec 2015
#263
It is very sad that some really do not know why a particular poster was banned. It wasn't because
still_one
Dec 2015
#260
I see one after another saying it was because he wouldn't vote for Hillary in the GE
still_one
Dec 2015
#333
Bring back a person who was advocating voting against the Dem nominee? really?! tia...
uponit7771
Dec 2015
#342
You said it very well. Our enemy isn't just the Republicons but the oligarch run Democratic
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#303
The meta premise of this OP is dead wrong and it has 450 recs... sigh... sigh
uponit7771
Dec 2015
#338
Yes... break TOS and get banned... don't know what is wrong about that posittion
uponit7771
Dec 2015
#351
No, ... that's not right... advocating for others to NOT vote for the dem nominee is against TOS
uponit7771
Dec 2015
#366
Now almost 500 recs...but you must be right and they are wrong about something else.
Rex
Dec 2015
#398
I would like to see the DU owners change the rules to allow disloyalty to the corporate owned
totodeinhere
Dec 2015
#354
I won't advocate for third party/write-in votes on a website dedicated to getting Democrats elected
LanternWaste
Dec 2015
#399