Barack Obama

OKNancy

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35. Just read an article about the Japanese internment camps

Wed May 27, 2015, 06:47 PM

May 2015

reminded me that no one is perfect.

It's like some sort of romanticized idea about the past.
Roosevelt had many other imperfections.

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"I was so naive...I had no clue so many Democrats hated Democrats" [View all] steve2470 May 2015 OP

Well isn't it the first rule of all Progressives.. to attack the Democratic Party? TerrapinFlyer May 2015 #1

+1. "Progressive" is a misnomer. Hoyt May 2015 #6

Got that right. Cha May 2015 #18

Not all PROGRESSIVES are saints--and it's not a synonym for 'liberal.' MADem May 2015 #45

Good history. No wonder it's often like dealing with tbaggers Hoyt May 2015 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author merrily May 2015 #53

so many "democrats" hated democrats JI7 May 2015 #2

yes steve2470 May 2015 #3

Do establishment Dems represent us well? RobertEarl May 2015 #39

Democrats tend to act like yippy dogs. JoePhilly May 2015 #4

well stated, good analogy nt steve2470 May 2015 #5

No. Badly stated RobertEarl May 2015 #43

totally agree TerrapinFlyer May 2015 #7

When I hear that sentence my heart sinks. Maraya1969 May 2015 #10

+1. "Endless sniping". I plead guilty as well, but your analysis is spot on! Tarheel_Dem May 2015 #16

How does endless sniping create the opposite of better candidates? Demit May 2015 #58

Take DU as an example ... JoePhilly May 2015 #60

I am saving this mcar May 2015 #61

Thanks!! JoePhilly May 2015 #62

I will mcar May 2015 #67

You said "endless sniping creates the OPPOSITE of better candidates." Demit May 2015 #63

Look, if you want to waste your time whining ... feel free. JoePhilly May 2015 #64

You sure take up a lot of space dodging a question. Demit May 2015 #65

I answered you ... you just don't like the answer. JoePhilly May 2015 #66

Right you are, and in enough detail that anyone open to facts should recognize the truth. Hekate May 2015 #69

You left out drones and NSA nikto Jun 2015 #73

Totally! treestar Jun 2015 #72

Just because a person posts on DU rock May 2015 #8

Exactly.. they can have any anonymous agenda they want. Until they slip up that is. Cha May 2015 #26

K & R. n/t FSogol May 2015 #9

It's Where The Core Of The Democratic Party Has Gone colsohlibgal May 2015 #11

"This site is filled with more progressive democrats, apparently, than neo democrats." OilemFirchen May 2015 #13

And if your vote for Stein, who will not win the presidency, happens to put a GOP in office, okay? freshwest May 2015 #14

Well said, fresh. Cha May 2015 #30

"Neo Democrats"? This site is filled with mean spirited hate.. slinging ignorant cheap pot shots Cha May 2015 #28

Nice knowing you. Hope you enjoy GREEN UNDERGROUND during the general electon. MADem May 2015 #46

I thought we would have a deeper understanding of realpolitik. yallerdawg May 2015 #12

That's a great post. But I do feel at times, as many others do, that it's waste here. freshwest May 2015 #15

We're just freer thinkers than them. LoveIsNow May 2015 #17

Who are "we" and who are "them"? OilemFirchen May 2015 #22

Democrats and Republicans LoveIsNow May 2015 #25

Okay, then. OilemFirchen May 2015 #27

Okay, then. LoveIsNow May 2015 #38

The OP was about "Hate".. and this has been true. "Rage Bait" is all the rage.. Ignorant Cheap Pot Cha May 2015 #40

not me... I am a party person. OKNancy May 2015 #34

Damn skippy! nt MrScorpio May 2015 #19

The same people would have complained bitterly about FDR. PBass May 2015 #20

"Rage Bait" is exaclty what they go for.. the more ignorant the better. Oh yeah, FDR wouldn't have Cha May 2015 #37

Completely unrecommended. Enthusiast May 2015 #21

What is a "false" Democrat? OilemFirchen May 2015 #23

Excellent post MissDeeds May 2015 #29

Who cares? As was stated in the OP.. this is the Barack Obama Group. If FDR were President now Cha May 2015 #31

Yeah...that swell integrated military--wait a minute, wait a MINUTE!!!! MADem May 2015 #47

How Sad for all those Black Sailors.. Yeah, the good ol days. I figured there would have been Cha May 2015 #50

Whining and shite being the key words here when we don't agree. Enthusiast May 2015 #55

Like I said this is the Barack Obama Group stated clearly in the OP.. So you don't come in here Cha May 2015 #56

Just read an article about the Japanese internment camps OKNancy May 2015 #35

Big Anti-Bernie pile-on starting on Facebook.... radhika May 2015 #24

Not sure why a few didn't read in your OP that this is the Barack Obama Group? They have the whole Cha May 2015 #32

K&R! hrmjustin May 2015 #33

Good for Skinner! sheshe2 May 2015 #36

me neither carolinayellowdog May 2015 #41

The VAST majority of members here are progressives. OilemFirchen May 2015 #48

Most Democrats don't hate Democats. NanceGreggs May 2015 #42

The good news is that this place in no way represents Democrats in the real world. nt onehandle May 2015 #51

+1 million. nt MADem May 2015 #54

Exactly. n/t FSogol May 2015 #70

Good for Skinner. brer cat May 2015 #44

K & R Iliyah May 2015 #52

dems hating dems RedstDem May 2015 #57

the "hate" is ugly and ignorant and I'm not even sure they are Dems. And, this is the Barack Obama Cha May 2015 #59

Yeah, I've seen some viciousness too. nt Stellar May 2015 #68

21 Major Hogwash May 2015 #71