DU rules: Democratic Candidates and the Democratic Party

[DeepModem Mom]

Democratic Candidates and the Democratic Party

Constructive criticism of Democrats or the Democratic Party is permitted. When doing so, please keep in mind that most of our members come to this website in order to get a break from the constant attacks in the media against our candidates and our values. Highly inflammatory or divisive attacks that echo the tone or substance of our political opponents are not welcome here.

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Do not post broad-brush smears against Democrats or the Democratic Party.

[MonkeyFunk]

1. Thank you DeepModem Mom

Some people seem to need a reminder.

[DeepModem Mom]

2. I posted same a while back in GD Politics. Like it or not, them's the rules. nt

[EFerrari]

3. Is this escalation really necessary? Can't we just step back a little?

[LoZoccolo]

6. Escalation?

These are the rules you agree to!!!!

[DeepModem Mom]

7. I posted the same in GD Politics recently. Not trying to escalate...

just trying to inform. I had to look up the rule myself, and figured most other DUers didn't make a habit of studying the rules.

[EFerrari]

11. I see. Thanks, DeepModem Mom.

:)

[Name removed]

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[mmonk]

5. They will get praise when they deserve it and admonishment

when they don't. We are the party. We're supposed to be the boss. We elected them to serve us.

[BlooInBloo]

8. In primary season, there's nothing but ripping on Democrats...

... Exacerbated by the recent appropriations failure.

[KittyWampus]

10. I am all for Progessive Dems doing their best to unseat Conservative Dems

that seems like the ticket.

[BlooInBloo]

12. And replace them with better Democrats - totally.

[Cameron27]

9. We can criticize our own,

but advocating for candidates outside the party is against the rules.

[Marrah_G]

13. Thank you for posting this

:applause:

[cui bono]

14. Rules are made to be broken.

Just kidding. ;)

[EFerrari]

15. This is GD. We take our rule breaking VERY SERIOUSLY here.

lol

[rubberducky]

17. Now that was funny!

[WillyT]

18. LOL !!!

:rofl::hi::rofl:

[MuseRider]

20. LOL indeed!

Good one.

[Vidar]

28. Snark.

[WillyT]

16. But As A Life-Long Democrat (Still Registered) If I Think...

a candidate or the party in general has its head firmly implanted up its ass, I get to say that... right???

:shrug:

[Occulus]

19. This is a MUCH better way to present it

That's twice now I've put one person on ignore and left you off it because you're actually... well, reasonable.

Thanks for just quoting and not lecturing. You did it right- the other one, well, didn't.

[LibertyorDeath]

21. "Do not post broad-brush smears against Democrats or the Democratic Party."

You mean like the DLC are a bunch of corporatists

Is that the kind of broad brush your referring to?

[Usrename]

22. Fascist corporatists, drunk on Empire.

I think that's what they mean.

[ClassWarfare2008]

26. No, that's not a smear

They admit to being financed by corporations, don't they?

[LibertyorDeath]

29. I know I just like pointing out the obvious

Especially when a poster decides to tell us all what we can and can't post.

Like your user name

Cheers

[kster]

23. If our Democratic Leaders have a CULT LIKE SILENCE about secret vote counting machines

We have to keep bowing down before them? Thats not the Democratic Underground that I know, correct me if I am wrong.

[JMDEM]

24. What if...

Just for speculation --

What if someone is a Democrat by registration, talks and acts like a Republican, and runs as an independent against a Democratic nominee -- say for the Senate seat of some Eastern Seaboard State. Can we sling mud at that person then? And if said person is elected as an independent, but he is still supposedly a Democrat, can we still sling mud that this hypothetical individual?

[Truth2Tell]

27. Once they run as an independent

then they are not a Democrat, last time I checked. Doesn't matter who they caucus with.

I assume that I could bash Bernie Sanders to no end if I so chose. No?

[Solon]

30. Actually Bernie Sanders was the "special case" because he won the Democratic Primary...

refused to accept the nomination, and the DNC fully backed him. Technically he WAS the "Democratic" candidate in the Senate race.

[Truth2Tell]

32. Kewl

I guess I won't bash him then. :)

[Solon]

33. it was funny, when both he and Lieberman were running, the Lieberman supporters...

were trying to call us Bernie supporters out as being hypocritical in supporting him and complaining about Lieberman. We of course, didn't take the bait and in fact told them that the situations were completely different.

[ClassWarfare2008]

25. There is no Democratic nominee until August 2008.

Just thought that needed to be in the discussion.

[Solon]

31. Question, is this a broad-brush smear of the Democratic party, or just accurate?

We have two political parties whose sole purpose for existing is trying to lock out any alternative viewpoints. You have party "stalwarts" i.e. brownshirts, on both sides browbeating those who dare to think or act different. You have two parties who have an almost 98% incumbency rate in what is supposed to be a democracy, because both are guilty of things like Gerrymandering, gaming the system to ensure they remain in whatever power they have. At the same time, they play politics games with the lives of people who have no fucking clue what the fuck is going on, and we are supposed to support this shit?

[ruggerson]

34. A far more diplomatic version of what I wrote in GDP

hear hear :)