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Hortensis

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5. I remember when the DSA was respectable and were

Reply to BGBD (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2020, 09:07 PM

Apr 2020

cautiously suspicious of Sanders' character and goals. That was last election. This time apparently the organization's socialist old guard has fallen to Sanders' populists. They used to be more careful about accepting people who applied for membership (wouldn't accept me when I applied), but they won't be the first organization to be destroyed by an influx of people with different ideas.

In fact, that happened to our Democratic Republican Party approximately 200 years ago now.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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I remember when the DSA was respectable and were Hortensis Apr 2020 #5