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betsuni

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16. The message has been consistent, many many many examples over the years.

Reply to Nixie (Reply #14)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 02:03 AM

Mar 7

Of course reference away!

The belief is that after the 1972 election the Democratic Party abandoned the white working class and unions in favor of Wall Street and corporations and shifted Right, have no progressive policies:

"Over the last 30 or 40 years the Democratic Party has transformed itself from the party of the working class ... to a party significantly controlled by a liberal elite which has moved very far away from the needs of the working families in this country."

"There are people in this country who are hurting, and they are hurting terribly. And for years they looked to the Democratic Party, which at one time was the party of working people, and they looked and they looked and they looked and they got nothing in return. And out of desperation, they turned to Donald Trump."

I find this very interesting!

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FWIW Bernie Sanders's private warning to Biden about the 2024 campaign (WP) [View all] dalton99a Mar 6 OP

The warning... Mike Nelson Mar 6 #1

Didn't read it all but I agree. underpants Mar 6 #2

It's always easier when you're not the man in the hotseat. All Mixed Up Mar 6 #6

Yeah he did.. and Thank Goodness for James Clyburn & Cha Mar 6 #7

Irony? Bernie could also help with this. Nixie Mar 6 #3

If you don't think he's been saying this, Cuthbert Allgood Mar 6 #4

The Democratic message has never just been "Orange Man Bad," obviously. betsuni Mar 6 #9

Thank you. And now we're rewriting the vast history Nixie Mar 6 #11

The message has always been that Democrats ignore the working and middle classes, have the same betsuni Mar 6 #12

There it is! That's exactly what I was referencing and remembering. Nixie Mar 7 #14

The message has been consistent, many many many examples over the years. betsuni Mar 7 #16

Not a single one of those quotations say the parties are the same. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 7 #19

His messaging is very well known. Now he's saying that there Nixie Mar 6 #10

If you seriously think he is saying there is no difference, Cuthbert Allgood Mar 6 #13

Unfortunately, yes, very serious about Bernie's messaging. Nixie Mar 7 #15

Preservation of Social Security! Even the Magats want their Social Security diva77 Mar 6 #5

I hope Bernie and AOC get out there and campaign. ificandream Mar 6 #8

+ less pointing to how bad trump is. hillary tried that. be positrive. you ended afghanistan. inflation is down, etcetc. pansypoo53219 Mar 7 #17

Hillary was positive, it's a myth that Democrats didn't/don't have a message except "We're not Trump." betsuni Mar 7 #18