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2016 Postmortem

DemocraticWing

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9. The Democratic Party needed to change regardless of who won.

Reply to Red Oak (Original post)

Sun Dec 25, 2016, 12:27 AM

Dec 2016

The systematic oppression that our entire political system supports is unsustainable. The system will all fall down, the choice is that which Rosa Luxemburg described: Socialism or Barbarism?

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The Democratic party does NOT need to change! [View all] Red Oak Dec 2016 OP

We need to get a grassroots movement going to make sure elections are not stolen anymore. libtodeath Dec 2016 #1

Or we could focus on winning by the rules. Truth321 Dec 2016 #2

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #5

Careful there, new guy! EL34x4 Dec 2016 #7

We always need to change. Orsino Dec 2016 #3

BULL FUCKIN SHIT !!!! COMEY, Voter Suppression and RUSSIA !! Fuck all the other bullshit FUD is tryi uponit7771 Dec 2016 #4

They need to make inroads in rural areas again crazycatlady Dec 2016 #6

We lost. We didn't regain the Senate or the House, which we haven't had for the last 6 years. JCanete Dec 2016 #8

The Democratic Party needed to change regardless of who won. DemocraticWing Dec 2016 #9

Other than the presidency, we've been steadily losing seats all across government for several dionysus Dec 2016 #10

agreed Amishman Dec 2016 #11

We've been losing those seats, but not because we haven't reached out enough to white working class EffieBlack Dec 2016 #12