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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party
In reply to the discussion: No apologies from me, I can't imagine a more vomit inducing nominee for the Democratic Party [View all]rpannier
(24,791 posts)160. Zell Miller and/or George Wallace
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                        No apologies from me, I can't imagine a more vomit inducing nominee for the Democratic Party [View all]
							whereisjustice
							Feb 2015
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        Great post! Because I really expected President Obama to resolve all those issues!
        PBass
        Feb 2015
        #142
      
        
        For his first two years, Democrats had large majorities in both houses, greater than any Democrat is
        merrily
        Feb 2015
        #238
      
        
        "Y'all"?  just because I don't jump on the bash - Obama (and Clinton) bandwagon....
        George II
        Feb 2015
        #286
      
        
        there is a threshold where the consequences are so significant, the moral equity of one side
        whereisjustice
        Feb 2015
        #5
      
        
        Loyalty oaths are for J.Edgar Hoovr and Joe McCarthy.  They are not for this Group.
        merrily
        Feb 2015
        #264
      
        
        From what I see, I find it far fetched, at best, that Webb will challenge Hillary from the left.
        merrily
        Feb 2015
        #269
      
        
        Demand Publicly Funded Elections, end campaign contributions, a Super PACs, and the
        Dustlawyer
        Feb 2015
        #258
      
        
        Always more views than replies and more replies than recs.  But the thread has a lot of recs, too.
        merrily
        Feb 2015
        #244
      
        
        Every  DNC dime is being spent on her at the exclusion of building a responsive leadership
        whereisjustice
        Feb 2015
        #6
      
        
        As you obviously support Hillary perhaps you could give those of us that would rather
        A Simple Game
        Feb 2015
        #130
      
        
        He doesn't have to give you anything, and go ahead and puke your guts out
        politicaljunkie41910
        Feb 2015
        #185
      
        
        Indeed... thats why media groups and HRC fans keep spouting their inevitability garbage.
        Veilex
        Feb 2015
        #184
      
        
        Who cares about being "the base"? Nobody negotiates with or caters to automatic votes, there is no
        TheKentuckian
        Mar 2015
        #309
      
        
        Nope, I participate there as well. I'm gonna eat my cake and shit it out too.
        TheKentuckian
        Mar 2015
        #312
      
        
        That's what I always call it, and I would never have named the New Democrat Coalition the way New
        merrily
        Feb 2015
        #274
      
        
        Why don't you post that in GD or the Hillary Group or any one of the other groups where your posts
        merrily
        Feb 2015
        #255
      
        
        Oh, yes Clinton was a complete failure who left the country with an excess that Bush gave his buds.
        olegramps
        Feb 2015
        #108
      
        
        Yes, he was just a terrible president in whose presidency Americans suffered not.
        olegramps
        Feb 2015
        #285
      
        
        NAFTA and repeal of Glass Steagall dwarfed the importance of that modest surplus, which, btw,
        merrily
        Feb 2015
        #256
      
        
        Clinton and Greenspan BOTH actively lobbied for repeal so "veto proof" is a shibboleth .
        merrily
        Mar 2015
        #296
      
        
        I never said that he didn't support it; but it had the support of many Democrats in the Senate.
        olegramps
        Mar 2015
        #299
      
        
        What a Democratic President and his advisors push on Congress does impact Democratic Senators.
        merrily
        Mar 2015
        #300
      
        
        No one told the banks they had to make bad loans.  They told them they couldn't use race or
        rhett o rick
        Mar 2015
        #314
      
        
        I didn't say he signed it because it was veto proof. It was veto proof was only a fact.
        olegramps
        Mar 2015
        #316
      
        
        You don't get it.  The last time the DLC put up a candidate against a Bush was 2000
        rhett o rick
        Feb 2015
        #47
      
        
        What I think is that their owners don't care if HRC loses to Jeb.  They would be happy with either.
        rhett o rick
        Feb 2015
        #204
      
        
        Why take the chance again?  Nominate an honest progressive and break the chain of
        rhett o rick
        Feb 2015
        #217
      
        
        She is better than a Republican shtick doesn't work when her POLICIES are the SAME as the GOP
        Vincardog
        Feb 2015
        #111
      
        
        Perhaps you should post things like that in GD, or the Hillary Group or some other group?
        merrily
        Feb 2015
        #248
      
        
        Discussion if issues takes a back seat to mocking her personality and voice. Her cankles are next.
        Hekate
        Feb 2015
        #279
      
        
        http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/9378/10425744_2.jpg?v=8CDBD2ABE243CF0
        blkmusclmachine
        Feb 2015
        #11
      
        
        Agree. She will not win, instead her faux folksy banter will fall as flat as Romney's did
        whereisjustice
        Feb 2015
        #15
      
        
        You have it backwards.  She ran and lost against Obama. People didn't vote for her
        rhett o rick
        Feb 2015
        #48
      
        
        "Clinton came very close to winning."  And Al Gore came "very close to winning" in 2000. But they
        rhett o rick
        Feb 2015
        #171
      
        
        It's not necessary to get rude.  I understand that HRC lost the primary to
        rhett o rick
        Feb 2015
        #194
      
        
        I am not sure of the significance. She didn't win the primary. She lost.  Again, why choose her with
        rhett o rick
        Feb 2015
        #207
      
        
        Hafta disagee w/ u there JD. Wit the right coachin from advisors, Hillary can remake herself, appear mor folksy & feel ur pain.
        InAbLuEsTaTe
        Feb 2015
        #41
      
        
        I hope that all of your 47,000 posts are not as utterly foolish as the ones in this thread.
        PBass
        Feb 2015
        #147
      
        
        you should give a shit about who gets the nomination, blindly saying you don't care
        whereisjustice
        Feb 2015
        #23
      
        
        The hand wavin is what gets me. Hillary definitely needs to work on her speakimg skills -terrible delivery - not to mention her position on impt issues. 
        InAbLuEsTaTe
        Feb 2015
        #42
      
        
        I notice she wasn't too worried about the women and girls of Iraq when she voted for the IWR.
        Maedhros
        Feb 2015
        #172
      
        
        Really! I think private mail is more discrete.  When I accidentally posted in the BOG
        rhett o rick
        Feb 2015
        #77
      
        
        True, but I still respect their requests to delete posts when I post in a group by mistake.
        merrily
        Feb 2015
        #240
      
        
        I remember Anderson well, I think you are confusing Nixon and Reagan and neither
        whereisjustice
        Feb 2015
        #295
      
        
        Then stay home and don't vote. I don't think your one vote will matter anyway.
        demosincebirth
        Feb 2015
        #53
      
        
        The ONLY good thing about her being president would be how she would tear the GOP a new one.
        cui bono
        Feb 2015
        #55
      
        
        Kicked and recommended for hard truths that are very difficult for some of our members to accept.
        Scuba
        Feb 2015
        #62
      
        
        Yeah, I think we can win.  But if Hillary is our candidate, we lose whether she wins or not.
        Scuba
        Feb 2015
        #81
      
        
        The fact that H. Clinton can raise a lot of money shouldn't be the defining issue.
        rhett o rick
        Feb 2015
        #78
      
        
        I agree with your sentiment, but I can think of even stronger political ipecac:  Rahm Emanuel
        corkhead
        Feb 2015
        #63
      
        
        Yes, infection spread by the 1% of the population who believe they are immune by birth right
        whereisjustice
        Feb 2015
        #82
      
        
        Smugness?  Really?  The Democrats that ran a DLC candidate were also smug in 2000.
        rhett o rick
        Feb 2015
        #107
      
        
        Hey I get it. It is what it is.  H. Clinton has the big money behind her and it will be
        rhett o rick
        Feb 2015
        #116
      
        
        Some say the Democratic Party has deserted the workers, they have it backwards.
        olegramps
        Feb 2015
        #119
      
        
        DLC types are DYING to claim "The adults are back in charge" and kick out Obama's whole team.
        Spitfire of ATJ
        Feb 2015
        #131
      
        
        "Because there's  not a dime's worth of difference between Al Gore and George Bush"
        greenman3610
        Feb 2015
        #133
      
        
        Um... "we are literally fucking ourselves" if we sulk and stay home because she's the nominee.
        calimary
        Feb 2015
        #137
      
        
        I think we're in serious trouble. So it comes down to Hillary vs Bush (III) ? Time to pack the bags.
        YOHABLO
        Feb 2015
        #169
      
        
        Posts like yours are more appropriate for GD, the Hillary Group or some group other than this one.
        merrily
        Feb 2015
        #249
      
        
        I look forward to seeing this OP quoted verbatim far and wide as how "Democrats" think...
        Hekate
        Feb 2015
        #193
      
        
        Trolling with "rage bait" like this is the fastest way to get voted onto the "Greatest" page
        PBass
        Feb 2015
        #209
      
        
        Needed to be said to offset the Pravda like worship of a corp McCandidate, appointed heir apparent
        whereisjustice
        Feb 2015
        #223
      
        
        As usual, DU's right has little to no respect for the fact that is a group, not GD.
        merrily
        Feb 2015
        #250
      
        
        Tell us how you really feel, haha. While I wudn't use such strong language, like u, I'm definitely concerned bout Hillary as a candidate, but not just on the issues...
        InAbLuEsTaTe
        Feb 2015
        #259
      
        
        Plus, it still doesn't guarantee a damn thing except we get hosed either way.
        TheKentuckian
        Mar 2015
        #311
      
        
        She is the choice of the 1%. They owe her. She didn't make it in 2008 and imo, she won't make it
        sabrina 1
        Mar 2015
        #315
      
  