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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

RiverLover

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6. A national tragedy.

Reply to Enthusiast (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 12:23 PM

Jan 2015

Thanks for posting. We need to know & remember when exactly Wall Street took over our govt. It was this day, when the powers that be so eloquently repealed Glass-Steagal.

November 12, 1999

The spin..."our communities will reap the benefits..."protect the rights of consumers"...like crashing the economy & wrecking "consumers" lives in 2008.

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The Robert E. Rubin wing of the Democratic Party, the "Establishment Dems" [View all] RiverLover Jan 2015 OP

This OP steps on some powerful toes, but...K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Jan 2015 #1

Bunions be damned. Jackpine Radical Jan 2015 #2

Thanks Enthusiast! RiverLover Jan 2015 #3

... Enthusiast Jan 2015 #5

A national tragedy. RiverLover Jan 2015 #6

K & highly R'd L0oniX Jan 2015 #4

The corporate coup d'etat began in earnest, under Clinton. No way would Dems have allowed a sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #7

Been beat up for saying the same as you. Wellstone ruled Feb 2015 #8

'There are none so blind as those who will not see'. As a once blind partisan, I know how much sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #9

+10 appalachiablue Feb 2015 #10

I recently read how an "Establishment Dem" was all FOR Justice John Roberts RiverLover Feb 2015 #11