• @TropicalDingdong
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    They may have governed to the right, but that’s not what got them elected. Both of those candidates campaigned as progressives, or adopted highly progressive platforms.

    You know. Campaigning. The part where you get elected?

    And the two Democrats who campaigned to the center right, Hillary and Kerry, both lost their elections.

    To be clear: We’re talking about campaigning right now, not governance.

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      That’s exactly what got them elected. They took moderate stances on things. They didn’t campaign on progressive ideas at ALL. The last progressive candidate we saw was Bernie, and he was deemed too extreme.

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        45 months ago

        No, they didn’t. Not at all. You are just re-writing history to fit your narrative.

        Obama ran on holding wall street accountable (he didn’t) and on fixing healthcare/

        Biden xeroxed Bernies entire platform. Like verbatim.

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          Not rewriting history, just happen to remember it with a bit more clarity than you it seems. I don’t have on rose-tinted glasses, as I criticize every politician. I don’t have a horse in this race, so I’m not blinded by confirmation bias.

          • @TropicalDingdong
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            just happen to remember it with a bit more clarity than you it seems

            No, you don’t. You are just making shit up. GO look up their platforms.