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Fiendish Thingy

(24,630 posts)
1. Maybe
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 09:21 AM
21 hrs ago

But I don’t see it as a “takeover” so much as ending the artificial suppression of progressive policies and finally permitting them to take their rightful place as the foundation of Democratic Party values, with hollow centrism relegated to the kids table in the Big Tent.

I prefer my presidential nominees to have some experience governing, but with clean hands and a clean conscience free of corruption.

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How The Progressive Takeover Could Happen [View all] VBNMW_Realist 21 hrs ago OP
Maybe Fiendish Thingy 21 hrs ago #1
What "hollow centrism" did President Biden promote? yardwork 20 hrs ago #5
Joe Biden was the most progressive president since LBJ Fiendish Thingy 20 hrs ago #7
I agree 100% yardwork 19 hrs ago #8
Agree Peppertoo 19 hrs ago #11
A progressive takeover of what? lapucelle 21 hrs ago #2
Do John Fetterman. yardwork 20 hrs ago #3
John Fetterman is not a centrist either, but he is closer to the center than any of the others. lapucelle 19 hrs ago #9
Yes, and people complained about Manchin The Revolution 14 hrs ago #18
Thank you, I love those charts and was just thinking how I miss them! betsuni 18 hrs ago #13
1932 comes to mind. viva la 20 hrs ago #4
I agree that Democratic candidates need to make big promises. yardwork 20 hrs ago #6
The ACA never came close to covering 'everybody else'. The alltime low unisured # still left nearly 26 million uncovered Celerity 19 hrs ago #10
ACA was never thought to be finished, of course, like Social Security or Medicare. Improving laws is Congress's job. betsuni 17 hrs ago #15
Obviously. yardwork 15 hrs ago #16
John Conyers introduced his Medicare for All bill in every Congress beginning in 2001 lapucelle 17 hrs ago #14
There was John Dingell Jr as well. sheshe2 14 hrs ago #19
We're currently experiencing what a president with 30-40% of the public not caring about experience can do EdmondDantes_ 18 hrs ago #12
Which Primary Are You Talking About? MineralMan 15 hrs ago #17
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