• the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    7 days ago

    When they had a chance to do m4a right and had the votes i recall screaming back at the insanity of the television. the message we were being fed of

    bipartisanship

    … how important it was for Dems to be …ugh… bipartisan, and include Republicans input and help from committees on up.

    That was a major foundation crack in my belief in them as a representative party.

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      6 days ago

      Obama campaigned on codifying Roe v. Wade in 2008. Fast forward to Dems controlling the White House, Senate, and House of Reps in 2009, and all of a sudden “it isn’t the time.”