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[MIAMI HERALD] Centrist Dems begin arguing against far-left agenda as 2020 play

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Os Trigonum, Jul 24, 2018.

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  1. Sweet Lou 4 2

    Sweet Lou 4 2 Member

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    You mean like giving farmers $12 Billion in Welfare? That kind of Welfare State?
     
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  3. glynch

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    Hey, great post !!
     
    #43 glynch, Jul 24, 2018
  4. glynch

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    Are you getting radical now?

    Hillary only proposed $9.50/hr if I recall before that radical Bernie shamed her into around $11.00 hr iirc.

    Btw would you like to live on $10/hr. lol
     
    #44 glynch, Jul 24, 2018
  5. glynch

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    Poor thing she was uncomfortable because the folks at the rally said they had partly gotten involved in politics because "they were tired of being ANGRY (omg!!!). She then unintelligently said that they should do something about things besides be angry.
     
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  6. Bobbythegreat

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    Why not just make the minimum wage $50 an hour? According to the foolish logic behind "living wages" that would make everyone have enough money to live right?
     
    #46 Bobbythegreat, Jul 24, 2018
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  7. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    I make 9 right now so yes. Don't assume
     
    #47 pgabriel, Jul 24, 2018
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    Like the Tea Party of 2010, I think this strategy of letting "local" elections (state level and below) go more leftward could work out for 2018. Progressives could win on local issues.
     
    #48 dmoneybangbang, Jul 24, 2018
  9. Invisible Fan

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    I don't mind a shakeup to party establishment. They got a long way to go though.

    A workable platform should be on top of the list.
     
    #49 Invisible Fan, Jul 25, 2018
  10. AleksandarN

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    How is that debt coming along?
     
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    Who is running the government now? Who looks up to dictatorships wantedly hoping he had the authority and control they have?
     
    #51 AleksandarN, Jul 25, 2018
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    No give me those billions of dollars in tax cuts. Oh wait...
     
    #52 AleksandarN, Jul 25, 2018
  13. glynch

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    Of course there is the inconvenient truth that the noted left wing extremists at the Carter Center and similar folks found the elections legitimate. So I guess you equate Jimmy Carter with Putin.
     
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    I think FAR LEFT is where the Moderate Right use to be

    Rocket River
     
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    Sure, the current FAR LEFT in America is similar to where the moderate right was in Russia 100 years ago. I assume that's what you were saying.
     
    #55 Bobbythegreat, Jul 25, 2018
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    I misspoke, I meant Maduro, who certainly has interfered with election results.

    You cannot help yourself, can you? When it comes to Venezuela you have to swoop in like a white knight.

    Venezuela has been an absolute and complete failure.
     
    #56 Nook, Jul 25, 2018
  17. Os Trigonum

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    Jimmy Carter warns Democrats about going too far to the left and engaging in talk about impeachment

    https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/f...ns-his-president-against-drifting-to-the-left

    more at the link
     
    #57 Os Trigonum, Sep 13, 2018
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    #58 Os Trigonum, Sep 15, 2018
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    I think it'll be the other way around, conservatives need to worry about going too far right. More corporation slobbering, more racism, more religious wingnuttery is going to scare away moderates...not fighting for free healthcare...which polls show, most of the country wants anyhow.

    As for the whole impeachment thing...whatever. It's politics. The Democrats may do it if they get the power at midterms or they may not, if they don't it'll be because of some calculation that it's better for 2020 to keep Trump in office for the following 2 years.

    It's politics. Trump spent his campaign talking about how he was going to lock up Clinton and look what happened with that.

    With that said, if Mueller's investigation concludes and finds high crimes on Trump then impeachment is necessary.
     
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  20. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    Meanwhile is Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Denmark - socialist democracy is thriving.

    DD
     
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