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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: NY Times Op-Ed: The Simple Reason the Left Won't Stop Losing [View all]pampango
(24,692 posts)18. Perhaps a 'socialist' can't be elected in the US. At least 'socialist' ideas are acceptable.
"More than half of Democratic voters now identify as liberal. Most favor Medicare for all. A growing number are unhappy with American capitalism."
It looks like Sanders will not be president. I am not happy but that is the way the game is played. At least some of his 'socialist' policies (which work just fine in capitalist Europe) are proving popular with Americans too. The future looks better.
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From the beginning of Bernie's campaign he painted the Democratic party as the enemy
still_one
Mar 2020
#5
a candidate incapable of team building and welcoming a variety of views fares poorly nt
msongs
Mar 2020
#6
I trashed this NYT op because it's not accurate. Democrats didn't lose in 2008 and 2012 when
abqtommy
Mar 2020
#10
I don't really talk too much about the popular vote from 2016 because I feel it lets James Comey
StevieM
Mar 2020
#23
Personally I think the Democratic Party has gotten old and comfortable* and scared
pecosbob
Mar 2020
#11
Thank you for expressing the losing attitude referred to by the NYT so well.
highplainsdem
Mar 2020
#16
Thanks for voting anyway, every time. I've voted in plenty of elections where I
highplainsdem
Mar 2020
#21
Good analogy, but wasn't that Matt Gaetz I saw playing with matches in the cloak room?
pecosbob
Mar 2020
#27
+1, he was trying to burn the mask off his face ... he forgot how he put it on
uponit7771
Mar 2020
#28
Perhaps a 'socialist' can't be elected in the US. At least 'socialist' ideas are acceptable.
pampango
Mar 2020
#18
"The biggest lesson is simply this: The American left doesn't care enough about winning."
Ferrets are Cool
Mar 2020
#26