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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (419189)

10/1/2019 11:16:43 AM

From: koan

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Do you really think women will be fooled by Nikki Haley? The Republicans always think that all they have to do is run a woman. It never works out.

Most women today will vote for a liberal man over a conservative woman every time. They know that what is important is the party, not the gender.

The women voted for Obama over Hillary because they saw him as more liberal.

There is a reason why the Democrats have 93 women in the House and the Republicans only have 13 and two are not running again.

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There's nothing wrong with the Republican Party that Nikki Haley 2020 couldn't cure, especially if we go hard left.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (419189)	10/1/2019 2:21:12 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542147

There's nothing wrong with the Republican Party that Nikki Haley 2020 couldn't cure, especially if we go hard left. I share that worry.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (419189)	10/1/2019 3:19:07 PM
From: Jamie153	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542147

Wow. How does a party fix itself when it can't do what it says it'll do such as balancing the budget? Everyone is a flaming liberal. Some of us are openly liberal while others hide in the closet waiting to attack us when they lose because they pandered to people who are not liberal.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (419189)	10/1/2019 5:39:30 PM
From: Alex MG	Respond to of 542147

>especially if we go hard left. twitter.com David Rothkopf Sorry...but have to. Have read too many articles recently about the Dem "shift left." Since when is it "left" to think public lands and the environment should be protected? Left like Teddy Roosevelt you mean? Since when is it "left" to be a strict constructionist & believe the 2d Amend. which very narrowly grants a right to bear arms to support a "well-ordered militia" means granting military grade assault weapons to everybody? Left like Nixon appointee Warren Burger you mean? Since when is it left to want to stand up to Russian aggression and to defend America vigorously against foreign enemies? Left like Ronald Reagan, you mean? Since when is it left to want a fair tax system that has the richest paying a larger share because they can afford it and because it helps those who have the least? Left like Dwight Eisenhower you mean? Theodore Roosevelt also supported breaking up big corporations. Nixon supported stronger environmental regulations. George W. Bush supported more humane policies toward immigrants. Chief Justice Burger presided over Roe v. Wade. The problem is not that the Democratic Party has shifted left. The problem is that the country shifted right for a while and now is shifting back to its natural center. The problem is with journalists using labels reflexively and to frame stories in the same old hackneyed ways. A little history & a little thought & a quick look at polls that show the majority of all Americans supporting virtually every major initiative that is described as "left" will force us to drop the labels & look at things as they are. It will allow us to see something promising. It will allow us to be open to the possibility of the emergence of a New American Majority reflecting the will of the electorate to undo the damage of the past three years...and of the past 40...and to restore a focus on decency, justice and a desire for a better tomorrow That's not "left." That's right.