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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Tue Dec 29, 2015, 01:51 AM Dec 2015

Was there ever any good reason for the DLC to exist, or for the DLC take over this party? [View all]

Corollary question: would anything be worse for the people Democrats have the greatest obligation to fight for and defendhe poor, people of color and working-class people in general-if the DLC had never existed?

12 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Unlimited
	No, there was no good reason for the DLC to ever exist or to take over the party
	10 (83%)
	Yes, there was good reason for the DLC to exist, but not for it to take over the party
	1 (8%)
	Yes, there was good reason for the DLC to exist AND for it to take over the party
	1 (8%)
	Not really sure
	0 (0%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Was there ever any good reason for the DLC to exist, or for the DLC take over this party? [View all] Ken Burch Dec 2015 OP

Of course there wasn't. They just sold themselves as the way to counter Nixon's southern strategy Warpy Dec 2015 #1

Was there ever a good reason to post murielm99 Dec 2015 #2

Great post daybranch Dec 2015 #3

1980, 1984, and 1988 come to mind 1939 Dec 2015 #4

Whoever formed it had their reasons treestar Dec 2015 #5

Of course there was. The Koch brothers wanted to own both parties, so they started the DLC. Scuba Dec 2015 #6

The story that's pushed is to convince people that the Party was in disaster mode HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #7

The DLC should have formed their own party meow2u3 Dec 2015 #8