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TheProle

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29. Yep that's what I was saying.

Reply to kentuck (Reply #22)

Fri May 8, 2026, 02:12 PM

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Does the Democratic Party need a special think tank? [View all] kentuck 23 hrs ago OP

They damn sure need better messaging and strategy. They don't use power well. CousinIT 23 hrs ago #1

We need a basic simple message to run on: Ars Longa 16 hrs ago #36

I have posted about the disappearance of the party between elections while the GOP hate mill keeps on spewing nonstop. usonian 23 hrs ago #2

+1 leftstreet 23 hrs ago #6

Wow Keepthesoulalive 23 hrs ago #12

You pointed out something I left out (and will edit in) usonian 23 hrs ago #15

We've waited 300 years Keepthesoulalive 22 hrs ago #26

And rewrite history as well. usonian 22 hrs ago #28

I understand what you are saying Keepthesoulalive 20 hrs ago #30

It was a digression. usonian 17 hrs ago #33

I am aware of corporate and government complicity in the holocaust Keepthesoulalive 17 hrs ago #35

Project 2029 yankee87 23 hrs ago #3

I am fiercely on board with that. gab13by13 23 hrs ago #9

Nothing happens without court expansion Fiendish Thingy 23 hrs ago #19

They need a second think tank bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #4

I don't want any talk of understanding, compassion, reconciliation. dalton99a 23 hrs ago #5

That's not a platform TheProle 23 hrs ago #18

I think it has to be both... kentuck 22 hrs ago #22

Yep that's what I was saying. TheProle 21 hrs ago #29

IMV we need a bona fide platform Prairie_Seagull 23 hrs ago #7

See my reply #2 usonian 23 hrs ago #10

When I started my post there was only Prairie_Seagull 23 hrs ago #13

One has to type quickly here. usonian 23 hrs ago #14

Bruce was/is one of my heros Prairie_Seagull 22 hrs ago #20

Share, if it offends people! usonian 22 hrs ago #21

It needs input from unwashed Democrats gab13by13 23 hrs ago #8

Ugh. Can we not say "unwashed?" n/t leftstreet 23 hrs ago #11

My use of the word unwashed is a literary word gab13by13 23 hrs ago #16

NO! Fiendish Thingy 23 hrs ago #17

project management rampartd 22 hrs ago #23

Progressive Policy Institute? Center for American Progress? Third Way? Roosevelt Institute? Brookings? WhiskeyGrinder 22 hrs ago #24

Headed by Obamas!!!! ALBliberal 22 hrs ago #25

This message was self-deleted by its author awesomerwb1 22 hrs ago #27

Set aside current management of the DNC... ultralite001 20 hrs ago #31

It would be WAY easier if we could get 67 votes in the Senate jmowreader 19 hrs ago #32

No. We just need to stop attacking each other to protect individual causes - haele 17 hrs ago #34