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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:34 PM Original message |
A nostalgic look at the Old Democratic Party. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. yesyesyes |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes Please !! /nt |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not to derail the thread... |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Rec'd, especially as it refers to opposing monopolies. We gave up that battle since the 80's. |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. This ol' Yellow Dog ..K&R..my daddy would be so proud today....n/t |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Another look at the old Democratic Party: |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. I like this one better: |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Hey, now why didn't Huey ever get around |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. The Democratic Party could learn a lot from Huey Long |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. He was a fascist corrupt white supremacist. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. A Fascist? No, despite his authoritarian tendencies he was still democratically elected |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Democracy is more than deciding things by 51% |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. What non-white supremacist could hold any office in Louisiana in that time? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Huey Long could. That's what made him unique. nt |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. It did. The Kingfisher scared the crap out of the parasites. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
50. Yeah, Huey was good at hobnobbin' with the Mob too. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. "Progressives" longing for the rule of segregationist Huey Long! I've seen it all, now |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Conservatives don't play nice, neither should we. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
47. I can't believe some of this bullshit today. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Me too |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. I hope you're not black or Japanese. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. or you could go back to when Republicans were anti slavery |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. The point of the thread is that the Democratic party/coalition |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. So... throw out the baby with the bathwater? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. You mean the one with Dixiecrats that prevented civil rights bills for 30 years? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Back then the democratic party was more worker oriented. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Working class whites fled to the Republican party. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Deleted message |
anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Fuck no. I just wish we could find a way to regain those votes without having to resort to racism. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Yeah, blame it all on "civil rights" |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Oh shit |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. You must have loved the concentration camps and Jim Crow. nt |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I don't think the OP said any of that. nt |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. He wants the Democratic party to be like it was in 1932. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Fascism is a right wing movement. Left wingers cannot be fascist. nt |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Me too. I want my party back. Then our country can return to the people |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. I miss that Democratic Party too. |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. That's relevant today. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. kick |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. I miss that Party |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "Prejudice and religionism" What? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. Guess we will have to start a Progressive party to maintain what used to be Democratic principles. |
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C_Lawyer09 (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Third parties are trying |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. It is very disconcerting to wake up and find we live in a corporatocracy... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I'd settle for a 2nd Party. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. +1000 |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. Back by popular demand. I would love to see it! Thanks for posting. K & R nt |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. This is the party that I was raised to believe in |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
46. That was the party I believed in - |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
49. K&R n/t |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
51. K&R |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
52. K&R!!!!! |
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