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In reply to the discussion: Chomsky: The Majority of Today's Elected Democrats Are Moderate Republicans [View all]dflprincess
(28,075 posts)30. Today's mainstream Democrats have no interest in fair wages, health care for all or
reducing income inequality.
Before Bernie came along, damn few of them ever mentioned any of those issues. A few more may be paying lip service but most of them have Clinton's "no we can't" attitude than any commitment to making it happen.
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Chomsky: The Majority of Today's Elected Democrats Are Moderate Republicans [View all]
imagine2015
May 2016
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Then Chomsky can feel free to start his own party that reflects his views. This isn't rocket science
Trust Buster
May 2016
#1
All you won is the probable fracture and destruction of the party and the country. Some win.
FighttheFuture
May 2016
#166
Don't spend those "winnings," they may be confiscated and your candidate may be shown the door.
leveymg
May 2016
#178
Time for loyal center/right Democrats that own the party to throw Chomsky under the bus
Feeling the Bern
May 2016
#71
Yep. . .party over principle. Join the Party then you can criticize it
Feeling the Bern
May 2016
#186
The So called Democrats won the right to rule over the Democratic Party
All in it together
May 2016
#104
"Our party"? Do you have as much influence and control as big business and Wall Street in the party
imagine2015
May 2016
#12
He is expressing Truth to Power. I pity you that that concept is so foreign to you.
FighttheFuture
May 2016
#169
Wake up and smell the divided "our party". The leadership of "our party" has been
rhett o rick
May 2016
#185
A lot of people have been trying to tell and say that or have even many times already said it
nolabels
May 2016
#38
I've said it many times here as well and yes it's obvious but no one in the media or
onecaliberal
May 2016
#70
Sort of like when a lot of the younger people told the party we want more than one choice
nolabels
May 2016
#76
First time I'm actually glad to reside in a red state. ...I don't have to vote for the flip side of
SammyWinstonJack
May 2016
#86
Isn't it about integrity of ones self or not to let Trump get the go. Pretty hard decision.
bkkyosemite
May 2016
#139
Today's mainstream Democrats have no interest in fair wages, health care for all or
dflprincess
May 2016
#30
Says a lack of action by mainstream Democrats. They don't even talk about these issues
dflprincess
May 2016
#49
Pray tell me, how could you get Lieberman, et al, to vote for single payer? The public option?
CrowCityDem
May 2016
#109
They fought for the ACA because it was a way to make sure the insurance cartels remain in
Gene Debs
May 2016
#122
Affording coverage is not the same as affording care, as all too many of these feel-good
Gene Debs
May 2016
#183
The Economic Bill of Rights is a good deal more than fair wage and health care
dflprincess
May 2016
#195
Noam is correct, of course. The Sanders Campaign is the last, best hope to save FDR's Party...
NewImproved Deal
May 2016
#26
Anything that stops people from voting for liberal Democrats only helps RW Republicans.
baldguy
May 2016
#34
Academics study, understand, and explain. They aren't there to lead cheers for "the party.'
Ed Suspicious
May 2016
#39
We legalized gay marriage, marijuana, passed most of a proper health care plan...
joshcryer
May 2016
#36
Harry Enten" Hillary Clinton Was Liberal. Hillary Clinton Is Liberal (FiveThirtyEight)
LiberalFighter
May 2016
#67
Legislators like to pretend we live in a center-right country. That's just not true ...
Scuba
May 2016
#84
Whether or not he's registered to vote has no bearing on whether his statement is true. But then,
Gene Debs
May 2016
#124
Can somebody link to this wonderful pre-DLC pre-Clinton platform the DINOS ruined?
whatthehey
May 2016
#92
If you want to address the problem of a "lack of excitement for her," there'll have to be
Gene Debs
May 2016
#146
In the sense that more republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act in 1964 than Democrats,
pampango
May 2016
#112
Can we ever get through a Chomsky post w/o the words corporatist or neoliberal???
Gomez163
May 2016
#125
compared to where conservatives are...I'll take moderate republicans....they are the ones who
beachbum bob
May 2016
#128
At what point in time were elected Democrats much further left than they are now? n/t
hughee99
May 2016
#142
I agree with Chomsky. Which leads me to ask the GOP trolls here wtf they're problem with Hillary is?
tenderfoot
May 2016
#189