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tenderfoot

(8,424 posts)
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 12:55 PM Jul 2015

Pro-Keystone douche Jim Webb: Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are ‘way far’ left — ...

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are ‘way far’ left — ‘not my Democratic Party’

Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb (D) slammed the liberal wing of the Democratic Party on Fox News Sunday this week and said that liberals who are against the Confederate Flag sound just as divisive and wrong-headed as Donald Trump’s remarks about Latino immigrants being “criminals” and “racists.”

Webb announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016 earlier this summer. After a discussion of national security issues with Fox News Sunday host Brett Baier, Webb asked if he might address the controversial nature of Trump’s statements.

“This kind of divisive, inflammatory rhetoric by people who want to be commander-in-chief is not helpful, and we have seen from the liberal side as well this kind of rhetoric as it goes to Southern white cultures,” he said.

At one point in the interview, Webb said he feels that the Democratic Party has “moved way far to the left.”

“In a party that seems to thrill to Bernie Sanders and maybe long for Elizabeth Warren, who are the Jim Webb Democrats?” asked Baier.

“I believe we can bring a different tone to the Democratic Party. You’re right,” Webb agreed. “The party has moved way far to the left, and that’s not my Democratic Party.”

more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/sen-jim-webb-bernie-sanders-and-elizabeth-warren-are-way-far-left-not-my-democratic-party/

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Pro-Keystone douche Jim Webb: Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are ‘way far’ left — ... (Original Post) tenderfoot Jul 2015 OP
Webb says: "...not my Democratic Party". Wilms Jul 2015 #1
And we REAL Democrats resent "Democrats" like you taking it over some years back! cascadiance Jul 2015 #4
This will probably get moved to GD:P. But Webb needs to exit, stage right n2doc Jul 2015 #2
According to a former Republican. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #3
Being a former Republican is not a bar to being a good Democrat. See Warren herself and even kelly1mm Jul 2015 #6
Hillary hasn't evolved from being a Goldwater Girl. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #7
Can you say bye bye Jim Boy!!! Wellstone ruled Jul 2015 #5
 

Wilms

(26,795 posts)
1. Webb says: "...not my Democratic Party".
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 01:00 PM
Jul 2015

Meanwhile, he joined, out of convenience, less than 10 years ago.

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
4. And we REAL Democrats resent "Democrats" like you taking it over some years back!
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 01:45 PM
Jul 2015

GTFO and be honest and declare yourself an independent member of the Corporatist uber party, which has underhandedly taken over both parties with your oligarchic agendas.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
2. This will probably get moved to GD:P. But Webb needs to exit, stage right
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 01:09 PM
Jul 2015

He is polling in the low single digits (2% average). That's not going to change and suggests that he is the one who is too far away from the Democratic Party.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
3. According to a former Republican.
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 01:34 PM
Jul 2015

Bernie and Liz actually represent views held by a majority of Americans. It would seem Webb and his Third Way friends are the outliers.

kelly1mm

(4,719 posts)
6. Being a former Republican is not a bar to being a good Democrat. See Warren herself and even
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 03:51 PM
Jul 2015

Hillary described herself as a 'Goldwater Girl'.

Shoot, Ronald Regan, Strom Thurmond and Rick Perry were all Democrast who turned Republican!

As the meme goes, views 'evolve'.

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