• peregrin5@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Responding to Boxer’s criticism during that night’s town hall in New Hampshire, Sanders said, “Of course I am a Democrat and running for the Democratic nomination.”

    He sometimes considers himself a Democrat. You are correct that being a Democrat means being a member of the party but the party platform can and has changed, usually to meet the views of its constituents. And even so, Democrats like Nancy are notoriously bad at defending the party platform. That’s one of the problems. They promise certain things they don’t always deliver. By your definition that makes her a bad democrat.

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      4 days ago

      When it’s impossible to make whatever happen while being an independent because of the choke hold the 2 party system has. And yes I brought up changing the platform, what about the incongruity I brought up in that comment? And I didn’t say they have to defend the platform well. Though that weak defense is more due to the secret platform of appeasing the biggest donors to the party. That’s why I bring up understanding what the party is vs what you want it to be. Right now all the voting members of the democratic party are upper class serving the interests of the even wealthier class.