Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

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43. I'm a GOTV activist in a purple state, sabrina - what do YOU want from

Sun May 10, 2015, 11:07 AM

May 2015

people like me? I don't support centrists in the primaries - if I am STUCK in the general with a centrist Dem I will be working against the GOP candidate - and doing it FIERCELY.

You want ALL of us activists to stop registering voters who stand closer to the center? Perhaps my years of GOTV activism in this purple state, as well as a decade and a half here at DU have made me and other left members here much more tolerant than some like. We saw what happens to ALL of our issues when GOP wins.

I'm not going to target fellow Dems here at DU when the Paul2016 operatives are working this place over and pushing the 'no difference' lie when so much IS at stake.

sabrina, remember Twin Peaks: The owls aren't always what they seem.

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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