Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

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39. I take it battle by battle - I never saw it as a wave one way or another.

Reply to sabrina 1 (Reply #38)

Sat May 9, 2015, 07:27 PM

May 2015

Most of us are a mixed bag.

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I'm taking stock. [View all] merrily May 2015 OP

The pendulum is swinging back nt LiberalElite May 2015 #1

That is another thing: a friend who is very knowledgeable about politics was merrily May 2015 #5

Ok ...I am so stealing this for song lyrics. L0oniX May 2015 #2

Oh good. Royalties! merrily May 2015 #6

You are already DU royalty. L0oniX May 2015 #7

Awww, thanks. merrily May 2015 #12

Something happened to bring us together. NYC_SKP May 2015 #3

"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." merrily May 2015 #9

Agree with all the not-so-long-agos about the media tularetom May 2015 #4

"I never thought that DU had completely abandoned a commitment to the middle class" merrily May 2015 #11

I've been here since early days and the left voice has always dominated DU. blm May 2015 #8

You and tularetom both use the term" abandoned" in connection with DU. I did not. merrily May 2015 #10

I was adding my view of DU to what you offered. blm May 2015 #15

No resentment. No tone. Just pointing out how my perception differs from yours. merrily May 2015 #16

Just offering the longview, mer. blm May 2015 #17

Again, not my perception or the perception of many on DUs left, but I appreciate knowing yours. merrily May 2015 #18

Well, I'd say many of us lefty old-timers here at DU are not so quick to jump in and mix it up blm May 2015 #20

I know very long time DUers who left or were banned who agree with me. I also know of them by merrily May 2015 #21

mer, there are ALOT of DU members….Many who haven't contacted you and don't know you. blm May 2015 #25

Jaysus. merrily May 2015 #26

You mean the people who were--uh-- Jackpine Radical May 2015 #29

Not too obscure for me. merrily May 2015 #30

PS. What happens inside DU, while captivating for a posting junkie like me, is not in the same merrily May 2015 #19

Yes, I knew he was a centrist. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #27

I never bought into the idea that he was a lefty, so I couldn't be blm May 2015 #31

This is what I have seen on DU over the past number of years. Defense of the extra-judicial sabrina 1 May 2015 #38

I take it battle by battle - I never saw it as a wave one way or another. blm May 2015 #39

Oh, it is a wave, and not just on this forum. Which is why so many have found other ways sabrina 1 May 2015 #40

What I meant by mixed bag is that many members ARE a mixed bag. blm May 2015 #42

During his first campaign Nite Owl May 2015 #36

Yes. In my defense, though, Clinton had been the most recent Democratic President. merrily May 2015 #37

most of that went away when Obama and his first congress abandoned his campaign Doctor_J May 2015 #33

My point was I didn't see the great 'left has no voice here' shushing here that blm May 2015 #35

Fine, you didn't see it. Maybe because some of the policies being espoused over the past sabrina 1 May 2015 #41

I'm a GOTV activist in a purple state, sabrina - what do YOU want from blm May 2015 #43

Ah, that Zeitgeist MannyGoldstein May 2015 #13

Major suckage is part of the human condition, I fear. But, I am hopeful again. merrily May 2015 #14

The important thing is like-minded people connecting Demeter May 2015 #22

DU does not respond well to criticism of the Democratic Party. The easy part is making silly whereisjustice May 2015 #23

.... merrily May 2015 #24

Thanks, I completely agree with this post dreamnightwind May 2015 #34

Lt's hear it for lefties!! Lifelong Protester May 2015 #28

Time to Make a Stand! Cosmic Kitten May 2015 #32