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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Note to AOC: 39 of the 41 House seat pickups in '18 were moderates [View all]Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)81. You are very welcome. :) eom
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Note to AOC: 39 of the 41 House seat pickups in '18 were moderates [View all]
scheming daemons
Jan 2020
OP
Why am I not surprised so many DUers are opposed to someone pulling the party leftward?
LonePirate
Jan 2020
#6
This is Democratic Underground, not Moderates Underground. Hard to know that from your post.
LonePirate
Jan 2020
#17
Thekaspervote was not saying that you have to be a Moderate to be a Democrat...
Sloumeau
Jan 2020
#23
She's not going to pull the party leftward if she alienates everyone first.
TwilightZone
Jan 2020
#11
We're not; we're lifelong liberals who are opposed to being called "center-conservative"
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2020
#14
If you hate being called center-conservative, then stop supporting those types of candidates.
LonePirate
Jan 2020
#16
Let me offer up a different source with a much greater distinction between them.
LonePirate
Jan 2020
#21
They ran a true left pol in UK and now they have conservative rule...same is happening throughout
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#39
Joe Biden is not a centrist nor is he conservative. So you should seriously stop.
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#38
Biden is indeed a centrist. And we live in a time needing bold, new solutions, not centrist ones.
LonePirate
Jan 2020
#41
He is not a centrist period. He is a lifelong progressive and I for one am sick of some calling
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#75
Perhaps some of use view winning elections as more important than pulling the party leftward in
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#37
Some of us view any candidate as being able to win instead of only candidates closest to the right.
LonePirate
Jan 2020
#40
The "Get Out we don't need you! and "How could you leave us, we needed you?" is in full force.
Gore1FL
Jan 2020
#44
LOL. Liberal Democrats are much further from the populist right than are those on the populist left,
The Valley Below
Jan 2020
#45
I have seen no evidence of that. Biden's views can be translated into policy...hers won't be. the
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#76
Easy. The Democratic Party is a liberal party and not a socialist party.
The Valley Below
Jan 2020
#43
And yet another slam on the party. 1984 was NOT the last time we had a candidate who ran against
The Valley Below
Jan 2020
#65
"my game" of backing up statements with links? I'm sorry you can't back up post 65.
Gore1FL
Jan 2020
#71
Your "game" seems to be attacking every Democrat since 1984 as Republicans.
The Valley Below
Jan 2020
#72
Baloney. You keep saying that the Democratic Party "is more the 1970s GOP than it is liberal."
The Valley Below
Jan 2020
#74
Perhaps you are too busy attacking me to read my posts or to document your assertions.
Gore1FL
Jan 2020
#86
You are the person who keeps comparing today's Democrats to Nixon-era Republicans and
The Valley Below
Jan 2020
#87
No. I said not one nominee since Mondale actively campaigned against Reaganomics.
Gore1FL
Jan 2020
#88
No, you said The Democratic Party is "more the 1970s GOP than it is liberal."
The Valley Below
Jan 2020
#89
The Democratic and Republican parties have both moved to the right in my lifetime.
Gore1FL
Jan 2020
#90
And while she rails about "billionaire" big donations to other candidates, she accepts them herself.
George II
Jan 2020
#27
Which was one key point in the Speaker's careful decisions regarding impeachment.
LiberalFighter
Jan 2020
#35