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Edwin Edwards says Democrat party needs to move to the center
WWLTV ^

Posted on 09/19/2011 6:47:19 PM PDT by astuddis

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, a longtime Democrat, says he tells state Democratic leaders that the party needs to move to the center and persuade people that it doesn't advocate socialized government.

Though the Democratic Party has faced a string of losses in Louisiana and hasn't attracted well-known candidates for any statewide elections this fall, Edwards says he believes the party will attract people again. He compared politics in Louisiana and the nation to the swing of a pendulum, saying no one party stays victorious forever.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: edwards; edwinedwards; louisiana; socialism
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To: astuddis

I know how to save the Democrat party.

Disband it.

Oh wait. Thats how to save America.


21 posted on 09/19/2011 7:50:34 PM PDT by barstoolblues (proud member of the sunzab itches club)
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To: astuddis

I know how to save the Democrat party.

Disband it.

Oh wait. Thats how to save America.


22 posted on 09/19/2011 7:50:49 PM PDT by barstoolblues (proud member of the sunzab itches club)
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To: astuddis

Listen to the crook. It’s important.


23 posted on 09/19/2011 7:52:14 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: astuddis
and persuade people that it doesn't advocate socialized government.

But they do advocate socialized government, and they have "persuaded" people by their repeated actions that they advocate socialized government. That is what they are . . . and they have been trying for a long time by deception to "persuade" that they aren't socialists. the people are wising up and no longer believe them. They have been lied to too many times.

24 posted on 09/19/2011 7:53:48 PM PDT by RatRipper (I'll ride a turtle to work every day before I buy anything from Government Motors.)
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To: astuddis
The only time the JACKASS party speaks of "center" is when they are facing defeat by astronomical margins. Once elected, they jump far left again and alienate their own base that put them in power.

Their only play is to claim the right is "too left" or "too right", regardless what reality shows.

25 posted on 09/19/2011 7:54:31 PM PDT by RasterMaster ("To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: astuddis
This really means: "Democrat party needs to pretend to move to the center."
26 posted on 09/19/2011 8:02:24 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: astuddis

Like I care what some crook politician thinks.


27 posted on 09/19/2011 8:03:36 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: astuddis

Back to 1989....


28 posted on 09/19/2011 8:20:29 PM PDT by yup2394871293
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To: ModelBreaker

Cor-rect.


29 posted on 09/19/2011 8:21:34 PM PDT by yup2394871293
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

Edwards is like the living personification of the democratic party.


30 posted on 09/19/2011 9:50:14 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: astuddis

Perhaps the dems should nominate more crooks to higher office...

Oh, wait... the democrat party IS a criminal organization.


31 posted on 09/20/2011 2:08:33 AM PDT by ScottinVA (With "successes" like the Libya adventure, who needs failure?)
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