Populist Reform of the Democratic Party
In reply to the discussion: Huddle Up: WEDGE ISSUES [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)ago: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026592890 Also: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12778005
Democrats I know IRL love Bernie and said they would vote for him as soon as I said he had announced informally back in May, or love Bernie, but fear the McGovern myth. In the latter case case I discuss the facts of that with them.
Actually, the myth is that both Mondale and McGovern were too liberal to win and this post contains links to a lot of DU posts that are relevant: http://election.democraticunderground.com/12779277. However, the people I know IRL know Mondale was not a liberal. In fact, a couple literally laughed audibly at the notion.
So, I use only the info on this thread with them. http://www.democraticunderground.com/12778825 Several of them never heard of the DLC and all that goes along with that, so I throw that in. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026211673
Plenty of threads in the Populist and Warren Groups give additional info on Hillary and/or Bill Clinton.
As far as DU, if I think someone may be overlooking something, or y be unaware of something, I'll post it. Otherwise, it depends strictly on my mood at the moment. I don't see us changing any minds here. As far as the general public, Bernie will take care of it.