100 positive things about the Democratic party

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Can we do it? :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem:

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1. 1. Al Gore

[FreedomAngel82]

27. Al Gore senior!!

[BamaLefty]

2. 2. Bill Clinton

[TallahasseeGrannie]

3. Tolerance

[melissinha]

4. FDR

[FreedomAngel82]

28. Eleanor!

She's a hero to me.

[racaulk]

5. Howard Dean

:dem:

[BlueTarheel]

6. Barbara Boxer

:kick:

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7. Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter

[William769]

8. Hillary Clinton!

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9. Jesse Jackson Jr

[WI_DEM]

10. Medicare

passed by LBJ in 1965.

[mandyky]

11. So far no things, lotsa people

1 - Social Security
2 - Vetrans' Benefits
3 - Effective Programs
4 - Science Friendly
5 - Environmental Friendly
6 - Womens' Rights
7 - Pro Family and Children
8 - Equal Rights
9 - Civil Rights
10 - Workers' Rights

[MN ChimpH8R]

12. Robert F. Kennedy

[oregonindy]

13. Tamminy Hall was a long time ago.

[LittleClarkie]

14. They're NOT the Republican Party

There's one.

[LittleClarkie]

16. Generally in the business of helping folks less fortunate

and not lining their own pockets.

[LittleClarkie]

17. The Big Tent

Many, many different people and many, many different issues.

[LittleClarkie]

18. GLBT rights

Well, more than the Republicans anyway.

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15. A Womans Right to Choose

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19. Fighters for Justice

[belle]

20. Civil rights. The New Deal.

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21. John Kerry

[LittleClarkie]

24. I was trying not to say that

being one of the usual suspects who would, and all.

But I agree of course. It was his campaign that got me into the Dem Party in the first place after all.

[FreedomAngel82]

29. Same here

Kerry and Moore helped to make me a democrat.

[undeterred]

22. affordable health care for all is a goal

:dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem:

[derby378]

23. Thomas Jefferson

Someone's gotta go old-school here. HA!

[FreedomAngel82]

31. What about this guy??

[derby378]

38. Not happy with his whole "Trail of Tears" thing with the Seminoles

Especially since it defied a SCOTUS directive.

[NoPasaran]

41. He's okay in my book

[begin_within]

25. Much better food at their receptions and fundraisers.

[FreedomAngel82]

34. And democrats know how to party

Compare the last two conventions. The democrats win hands down.

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26. kick!

:dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem:

[FreedomAngel82]

30. John Kennedy!

[FreedomAngel82]

32. The first man in space

[Aristus]

39. Um....Glenn was not the first man in space, or even the first American.

Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union was first. First in space, and first to orbit, during the same flight.



Alan Shepard was the first American in space. In a sub-orbital Mercury flight.

John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth.

I take nothing away from John Glenn. He was a progressive Democrat amidst staunch conservative Republican astronauts. And in a reversal of conventional wisdom regarding Repubs and Democrats, Glenn was morally upstanding and faithful to his wife, while his astronaut colleagues in the Mercury program were running around drinking like fish and screwing everything in sight.

He recognized early on the important work the Democratic Party had done on behalf on the American people during the Depression. Offering federal employment to out-of-work skilled laborers, sound fiscal policies that leavened the horrible spiralling of the American economy, and hope to those in despair. He wanted to be a part of that progressive movement, and he has done us all proud.

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33. and his family

[FreedomAngel82]

35. Can't forget!

Can't forget Uncle Teddy of course. He's such a wonderful guy!

[FreedomAngel82]

36. Dick Durbin and Paul Hackett

New hero's in the making.

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37. unemployment compensation

[elperromagico]

40. Rural electrification.