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scarletwoman

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3. My objection remains: I want a name that invokes PRINCIPLES not Personalities.
Sun Nov 30, 2014, 06:49 PM
Nov 2014

A name that looks ahead, not backwards.

We can stand for the PRINCIPLES of the New Deal and the Second Bill of Rights and trust busting without calling out dead presidents. I'd rather spend time and energy explaining the PRINCIPLES than explaining what the name "Roosevelt" has to do with what we're what about.

Teddy Roosevelt was a happy Imperialist. FDR ordered the Japanese-American internment. The Roosevelt name is not without its dark sides. Why burden ourselves with the historical baggage that comes with invoking the Roosevelts when what we need to do is forge a new movement in the here and now?

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I don't mind the "Party" tag, Kermitt Gribble Nov 2014 #1
My objection remains: I want a name that invokes PRINCIPLES not Personalities. scarletwoman Nov 2014 #3
I appreciate getting an explantion of what went down with the initial "naming" poll. scarletwoman Nov 2014 #2
Did all the hosts agree to these three choices? rhett o rick Nov 2014 #4
Each of our three hosts has signed off on the current list demwing Nov 2014 #5
Ok, I'm in. rhett o rick Nov 2014 #6
I like the last choice. F4lconF16 Dec 2014 #7
Reform is a tired, too often used term Cosmic Kitten Dec 2014 #8
I appreciate your opinion demwing Dec 2014 #9
Yep, it's just opinion Cosmic Kitten Dec 2014 #10
Could we maybe call it the New Deal Wing of the Dem Party? I know how angry the Third Way sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #11
Thats what is confusing? Cosmic Kitten Dec 2014 #12
Let me cut to the chase demwing Dec 2014 #13
Unfortunately, NO. I can't see where this is going Cosmic Kitten Dec 2014 #14
The point of the group is to end the takeover of the Dem Party by Corporate sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #15
I am on your side, ok. Cosmic Kitten Dec 2014 #16
I think we agree. What this group is trying to do is to figure out to get that balance sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #17
Yes, your points deserve a thread of their own. Cosmic Kitten Dec 2014 #18
Your last sentence reminded me of a scene in Michael Moore's 'Capitalism, A Love Story'. sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #19
Great post. Those among us that support HRC and the Third Way are afraid rhett o rick Dec 2014 #21
Honestly, as much as I believe FDR was the best Prez ever, Zorra Dec 2014 #20
Teddy Roosevelt jeepers Dec 2014 #22
I agree demwing Dec 2014 #23
It would make a good slogan jeepers Dec 2014 #24
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