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Hekate

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11. Really sorry about your county. Our Dem clubs (plural) are much more vital and inclusive...

Sat Jul 22, 2017, 05:13 PM

Jul 2017

Dem Women, Democratic Service Club, Dem Part of (city) -- and that's not all of them. The city is under 100,000 population and the county is under half a million.

Certain areas have serious money to donate, and in the past I have volunteered at receptions and fundraisers I certainly could not have afforded to sit in at. One was for one of our Senators -- but earlier in the day she was at a $35 per person event held by one of the high-rollers at his estate that was attended by several hundred happy Dem volunteers like me, and from the quality and quantity of the food and drink, I am pretty sure it was barely break-even as a fundraiser and was really a big thanks for all us worker-bees.

It can be done. I wish you well.

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Democrats being just a big city party for some groups but not others has already failed. [View all] LBM20 Jul 2017 OP

If Dems go after rural votes they've failed. If Dems go after white wasupaloopa Jul 2017 #1

No,they must go after ALL of them, as I said, with a strong overarching economic message. LBM20 Jul 2017 #2

This. Skidmore Jul 2017 #15

Whch People? Exactly? Me. Jul 2017 #3

You don't think they count as people? BainsBane Jul 2017 #14

In which county do you live? MineralMan Jul 2017 #4

thank you. +++++++++++++ JHan Jul 2017 #7

+1000 sheshe2 Jul 2017 #8

Thank you. Skidmore Jul 2017 #16

+1000 JustAnotherGen Jul 2017 #17

"There is no 'they.' There is only 'you.'" betsuni Jul 2017 #18

+1000. We are "they." Hortensis Jul 2017 #41

There is no they, only we... Wounded Bear Jul 2017 #43

Speaking as someone who's been to many a committee meeting crazycatlady Jul 2017 #5

Really sorry about your county. Our Dem clubs (plural) are much more vital and inclusive... Hekate Jul 2017 #11

+1000 Duppers Jul 2017 #36

Back when I was a young guy who earned little, I still went to those MineralMan Jul 2017 #42

Good post and good responses. Hortensis Jul 2017 #44

I live in a small rural town way up in the mtns and I guarantee samnsara Jul 2017 #6

Amen, Sara. +++++ Duppers Jul 2017 #38

They'd better have more than a message. cloudbase Jul 2017 #9

Just one small point in your Op. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #10

You have nailed THE issue of the 21st century... Moostache Jul 2017 #29

Notably, Dems did not make these people the kind of fools Hortensis Jul 2017 #47

"They heard our message--and rejected us. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #48

And the vast majority are not going to change. On the plus side... Hortensis Jul 2017 #49

Democrats need all the help they can get... kentuck Jul 2017 #12

Conservative Democrat ... GeorgeGist Jul 2017 #52

When you refuse to look at exit poll data BainsBane Jul 2017 #13

+1 betsuni Jul 2017 #19

Wow Me. Jul 2017 #21

Thank you. Bains. nt sheshe2 Jul 2017 #22

A...freakin'...men....thank you! Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #27

Sorry, you posted a significant factual error Awsi Dooger Jul 2017 #34

Clinton ran against Trump, not Obama. BainsBane Jul 2017 #39

Great post Gothmog Jul 2017 #51

+1 Starry Messenger Jul 2017 #53

I don't believe in "exit polls". Lord_at_War Jul 2017 #54

What the fuck? ismnotwasm Jul 2017 #20

The Democratic party didn't decide to "be mainly an urban party," to "go corporate" (whatever pnwmom Jul 2017 #23

Civil Rights. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #24

Not a fan of remaking the Democratic Party in the image of the GOP BainsBane Jul 2017 #25

LOL Skittles Jul 2017 #26

A strong message of economic justice will help Warpy Jul 2017 #28

The modern economy has little use for people with no skills/infrastructure (rural America). LonePirate Jul 2017 #30

There are so many racist dog whistles in this post, I'm not even sure why I'm replying... Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #31

Great post, thank you! At least the OP didn't have "neoliberal" in it. betsuni Jul 2017 #32

Lol...that was all that was missing! Thanks! Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #35

Thank you nini Jul 2017 #46

so things like this are allowed but people are not allowed to post things objecting to it JI7 Jul 2017 #33

True. betsuni Jul 2017 #37

What is it that you object to? SharonClark Jul 2017 #55

I wake to another day of division/ dems are failed crap OP But I see a lot have already spoken up lunasun Jul 2017 #40

I must have missed the Dems not working on help for the unemployed and poor nini Jul 2017 #45

Can you articulate the Republican "strong, clear, simple jobs message"? muriel_volestrangler Jul 2017 #50