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In reply to the discussion: The imminent backlash of the Democratic Left. [View all]Number23
(24,544 posts)That is the funniest thing I've seen all day.
I said upthread that one of the dumbest things about this forum was the perception that recs=power. 300 recs confers all power and sentiment of... something from somebody, but then when I post that President Obama, the official leader of the Democratic party, enjoys a 77-79% approval from his base, his REAL base, which actually DOES say something about how the Dem party feels about its leadership and thus itself, somehow that was far less significant than a post on DU with 300 recs.
Over 1500 INDIVIDUAL people polled to get that 77% approval number vs. 300 recs on a web site. And that doesn't include the socks, zombies, Naderites and groups that you mentioned. Again, the phrase NO FREAKING CONTEST comes immediately to mind, but then I don't dwell in LaLa Land.
And let me just say, that ANY thread that has me agreeing with Beacool must be a very special thread indeed. Because what she (and more than a dozen other folks) posted upthread is exactly right. That's probably the first time I've ever said that.