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beardown

(363 posts)
12. Microcosm of being in current Democratic party
Mon Dec 14, 2015, 01:05 PM
Dec 2015

The Democratic party left me around the middle of Clinton's terms. Working from within has you slammed as an idiot or traitor for voting for candidates who share pre DLC and Clinton values, instead of the latest dem corporate owned slightly less bat crap insane as repubs are on anti-work, anti-civil liberties, anti-woman candidates. The powers that be just keep getting more insane repubs so the more corporate dems seem to have not shifted ever more right.

While I've actually thought about the same idea and joining, I've decided not to because of various reasons. Don't want to pay dues to them. Don't want them using increased memberships to leverage their agenda. Believe it's effectiveness is akin to joining the KKK to help steer them to becoming the second coming of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

If as one poster noted, you have to be a member for 5 years to vote, then even more reason plan won't work.

Very good to think outside of the box to improve the current climate as the current box is too toxic to get anything done now.

Keep them coming.

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