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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

RiverLover

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6. Coffee is GOOD. :-) lol

Reply to merrily (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 07:55 AM

Aug 2015

His words made Rolling Stone, too. Its a good thing. And yes, he's a good man. We need many more high profile people out there talking about this.

The average person on the street would think you were crazy if you told them the US is not a democracy anymore. How could we not be if we vote, after all? Yes, we could use more Jimmy Carters...

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Why Jimmy Carter Thinks the US Isn’t a Real Democracy Anymore [View all] RiverLover Aug 2015 OP

Uh, because he's an intelligent man..... daleanime Aug 2015 #1

And he isn't purchased by anyone RiverLover Aug 2015 #2

With all respect to Carter, it could not be more obvious that we are an merrily Aug 2015 #3

I think the point here is that a former president of the US is saying this. RiverLover Aug 2015 #4

VERY true, River Lover! I had meant to include that sentiment in my post, but forgot. merrily Aug 2015 #5

Coffee is GOOD. :-) lol RiverLover Aug 2015 #6

I don't know, river lover. merrily Aug 2015 #7