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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

merrily

(45,251 posts)

13. "Progressive" means different things to different people, and, IMO, that is deliberate.

Reply to demwing (Reply #12)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 12:50 AM

Jun 2015

It's like "Middle class." No one knows what it actually means when a politician says it, but each of us assumes we do.

However, you're correct. It's bypassing the point. Whatever label one uses, the person who did the things I described in my prior post is not my candidate.

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A liberal might, a progressive populist wouldn't demwing Jun 2015 #12

"Progressive" means different things to different people, and, IMO, that is deliberate. merrily Jun 2015 #13

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