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In reply to the discussion: Heartbreaking.....I am Patient Zero in our New Economy [View all]CrispyQ
(40,807 posts)40. I wish I could rec your post, too.
I think the dems really lost it when they became afraid of Ronald Reagan & the media poking fun at the word liberal. They distanced themselves from the word & soon after, liberal policies as well. And here we are, 30 years later, still letting the repubs & the media frame the message. They should have stood proud & said, "Fuckin' A we're liberal & here's why!"
Now, way too many of our dems suffer from love of money. Oh sure, they are (mostly) pro-choice, pro-civil rights, pro-LGBT, but they are first & foremost, pro-1%.
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Indeed. I hear the new "liberals" saying they are socially liberal but economically conservative.
raouldukelives
Mar 2013
#71
And the next problem becomes that when you try to cobble together a couple of jobs
kcass1954
Mar 2013
#7
Yeah. The ones who take risks are the ones who deserve to go the bathroom when they need to.
Iris
Mar 2013
#25
Let's appoint a Wal-Mart exec as budget chief of the U.S. government, that'll help
just1voice
Mar 2013
#20
We're very quickly moving back to the days before labor unions: The Robber Baron
loudsue
Mar 2013
#47
It feels llike the war has started but only one side doing all the shooting.
dixiegrrrrl
Mar 2013
#75
I'd swap "smoke" breaks, only, for flex time that I manage for longer & shorter days of my choice
patrice
Mar 2013
#49
