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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22077561

“I’m not interested in anyone who is moving further away from the center,” said Cindy Bass, a Pennsylvania committee member from Philadelphia. “The center is where we have to be.”

They’re not going to change a thing unless people make them.

Find your local state delegate and personally tell them how you feel a centrist is only going to guarantee another Republican victory. They are listed here: https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Committee

Bernie Sanders is working behind the scenes to get a progressive in there but he can’t do it alone.

  • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    He ran as someone who would bring together Blue America and Red America in the spirit of bipartisanship.

    From the beginning, he intentionally reached out to Republicans.

    We worship an awesome God in the blue states, and we don’t like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the red states. We coach Little League in the blue states and, yes, we’ve got some gay friends in the red states.

    His 2008 acceptance speech at the DNC mentions “Republicans” five times, and never in a disparaging manner. It does not mention labor unions even once.

    Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and independents across this great land — enough! This moment — this election — is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive.

    The Bush-McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans — Democrats and Republicans — have built, and we are here to restore that legacy.

    I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a red America or a blue America – they have served the United States of America.

    The challenges we face require tough choices, and Democrats as well as Republicans will need to cast off the worn-out ideas and politics of the past.

    And I’ve seen it in this campaign. In the young people who voted for the first time, and in those who got involved again after a very long time. In the Republicans who never thought they’d pick up a Democratic ballot, but did.

    • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      3 days ago

      He ran as someone who would bring together Blue America and Red America in the spirit of bipartisanship.

      I really liked Obama in 2008, but his Presidency was unbelievably disappointing and hope crushing. He didn’t end the wars or give us universal healthcare, he didn’t tax the rich or give us the right to unionize without fearing for our jobs… also, Republicans hated Obama so much that the party elected Trump in 2016! So Obama’s “lie about being a progressive then pivot to centrist bipartisan bullshit” was absolutely a colossal failure.

      • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        You should reread his speeches. He didn’t lie about being a progressive. He was openly a centrist.

        He never promised single-payer health care or a public option. He promised to stop insurance companies from excluding people with preexisting conditions, which he did.

        He never promised to end all the wars. He promised to withdraw troops from Iraq and send more troops to Afghanistan, which he did.

        And he didn’t say anything at all about taxing the rich or helping unions.