Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

BrotherIvan

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17. EXACTLY! Why are Democrats running on a Republican platform of tax breaks????????

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 02:26 PM

Jan 2015

There was another thread about it to much applause. Yay! Let's prove that the Republicans were right all along and the REAL problem is taxes!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6074148

Democrats need to run on traditional Democratic values: education, health care and jobs, jobs, JOBS. Tax breaks are nice if you have a job that pays enough that you even have to pay taxes. Think about how many people you could get to come out to vote if your platform was raising minimum wage.

Lest we forget

I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign.

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Yep... 'How the Democrats Could Win Every Election' - DailyBeast [View all] WillyT Jan 2015 OP

More importantly they need to deliver on that populist rhetoric when they get into office corkhead Jan 2015 #1

Yeah there's that little tidbit. tblue Jan 2015 #2

Yeah. And stop appointing Righties® and Republicans to sensitive positions. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #3

Or fight your own party BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #13

Sarcasm aside... 3rd-Way will masquerade as Populist Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #5

Yep you got it...they reinforce the right wing meme for us. zeemike Jan 2015 #12

And the media reinforces their message. Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #14

Totally agree. zeemike Jan 2015 #21

EXACTLY! Why are Democrats running on a Republican platform of tax breaks???????? BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #17

Minimum wage is nice, LIVING WAGE is the PRIZE Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #23

TAX CUTS DON'T MATTER IF YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB. CrispyQ Jan 2015 #25

That would be a good one BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #27

Yes, exactly. 'When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #28

TWO midterms: it's almost like they wanted to lose! BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #29

Sadly the opposite is also true. When my Democratic representative didn't run A Simple Game Jan 2015 #11

Kicked Enthusiast Jan 2015 #4

So, if we are doing our jobs, we will become extinct. Indydem Jan 2015 #6

So your plan is what, exactly? F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #9

In California, there are plenty of wealthy Democrats BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #18

We need to make it easier for them to vote n2doc Jan 2015 #7

Mail-in ballots and/or a Voting Holiday! Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #10

+1 BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #19

Make it easier for likely Democrats to vote? Why bother, from what I can read here if Obama didnt randys1 Jan 2015 #26

Smaller scale plans? Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #8

Yeah, they got that backwards. abelenkpe Jan 2015 #15

And it was no accident. Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #16

Exactly abelenkpe Jan 2015 #20

Wish more people would recognize that +1 Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #24

Because the working poor are bloody exhausted on the end of the day. canuckledragger Jan 2015 #22

Pin of the week! demwing Jan 2015 #30

Syriza is interesting semanticwikiian Jan 2015 #31