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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
23. I didn't join until November or December of 2010.
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 01:49 PM
Mar 2020

The ACA was done then and the Website was having typical Rev 1 issues. Republicans took advantage of people's hesitancy about the ACA (but, how things changed for those idiots 8 years later). I remember people on the far left complaining about the ACA and other never before passed legistlation, it was not good enough, as Ed Schultz bellowed on MSNBC as he demanded that people sit out the midterms, Cenk was on MSNBC for a short while doing the same thing. Once Biden is in office and starts cleaning up the mess that Trump is making, I hope that people are smarter this time around and realize that he needs a strong democratic Congress behind him to pass the type of legistlation that the far left wants. If often hesitate when I use "far left" because everyone here is on the Left, there are a decent number of Center-Left people, lots of Left-Center people like me, even more True Left people, then a few of the type of people that became Sanders supporters (written not to dismiss them, most all are very sound people).

I know that with my own politics, I overlap some with the Center-Left and True Left, but I am also in my own space politically, for example, a lot of people that are True Left have deep concerns about the form of capitalism that we have, those Center-Left mostly embrace capitalism, I also embrace capitalism but only in the sense of being a social democrat that sees capitalism as a useful tool for achieving greater benefits for society.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Ugh. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #1
What argument? Biden won. Nt USALiberal Mar 2020 #5
Yes he did. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #8
I think it will be re-labeled. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #2
Yeah PatSeg Mar 2020 #4
Yep..."General Discussion: Election" until November 4th. Miles Archer Mar 2020 #25
I don't like that name, "General Discussion: Election" Yavin4 Mar 2020 #28
Yeah.. we still need a spot. General Election Cha Mar 2020 #26
Oh gawd, please no (keep the drama llamas isolated from GD). n/t! demmiblue Mar 2020 #3
+1 ancianita Mar 2020 #10
Oh Yeah.. 'Cause there's no "drama" in GD with Cha Mar 2020 #27
We'll always have Tulsi... bluedigger Mar 2020 #6
! denem Mar 2020 #9
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We should close it anyway. There's no point in discussing a primary race that is over. tritsofme Mar 2020 #7
What about Tulsi? She's a 1-percenter here on DU. aikoaiko Mar 2020 #11
But, but........ MyOwnPeace Mar 2020 #12
I've been on DU since 2006 or so treestar Mar 2020 #14
Did a forum like this one exist before? nt Blue_true Mar 2020 #16
Yes - I recall the 2016 one treestar Mar 2020 #17
I didn't notice the 2016 one. I had come back to DU after a couple years off of it. Blue_true Mar 2020 #21
I joined around the time of the 2006 election treestar Mar 2020 #22
I didn't join until November or December of 2010. Blue_true Mar 2020 #23
Keep it as GD Politics, or no-virus forum. question everything Mar 2020 #15
... Blue_true Mar 2020 #18
maybe the virus should have its own forum treestar Mar 2020 #19
Great idea! question everything Mar 2020 #20
I think there should at least be a little after glow time mikelgb Mar 2020 #24
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