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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

SHRED

(28,136 posts) Sat Aug 27, 2016, 10:41 AM Aug 2016

Kaine, Podesta, and Salazar [View all]

Is it against DU rules to point out these three as neo-liberals of concern?
Their records point to the opposite of Populism on many topics and harken back to when our party took a hard rightward turn during the DLC era.

Or are we just suppose to be blind "cheerleaders"?

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Kaine, Podesta, and Salazar [View all] SHRED Aug 2016 OP

in a word, yes. lapfog_1 Aug 2016 #1

Okay I hear ya... SHRED Aug 2016 #2

Maybe you could couch it as constructive criticism, which is allowed. Jim Lane Aug 2016 #3

Our country is at stake! Phlem Aug 2016 #4