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    From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to All on Sun Jun 28 19:20:04 2026
    Does it make any sense to favor a regular Democrat over a "Democratic-Socialist" or vice-versa?

    To me it makes no difference. They have the same bosses, and Democrats have favored socialist policies for at least the past few decades.

    This fake "stop the socialists" stuff is just a back-up plan for the Democrats. "Help stop socialism by voting for the non-socialist Democrat!"

    (Nice try)

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  • From Matthew Munson@1:105/420 to Aaron Thomas on Sun Jun 28 20:48:29 2026
    Does it make any sense to favor a regular Democrat over a "Democratic-Socialist" or vice-versa?

    if your district has no prayer to elect a republican, re-register as a Democrat to retain the regular Democrat and then re-register right after.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Jun 29 06:53:01 2026
    Aaron Thomas wrote to All <=-

    Does it make any sense to favor a regular Democrat over a "Democratic-Socialist" or vice-versa?

    Not at this time.

    To me it makes no difference. They have the same bosses, and Democrats have favored socialist policies for at least the past few decades.

    This fake "stop the socialists" stuff is just a back-up plan for the Democrats. "Help stop socialism by voting for the non-socialist
    Democrat!"

    I think there are plenty of Democrats who are now (finally!) seeing where the party is going. They know that the vast majority of Americans will reject socialism and if they stick with the Democrat party, they are going to go down.

    The problem with those people is that they spent the last X decades tieing themselves to the "Democrat" label. They can't move to the Republican side because Republican's won't trust them.

    So they are trying to craft a Narrative to save their jobs.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Matthew Munson on Mon Jun 29 06:55:22 2026
    Does it make any sense to favor a regular Democrat over a "Democratic-Socialist" or vice-versa?

    if your district has no prayer to elect a republican, re-register as a Democrat to retain the regular Democrat and then re-register right after.

    But what advantage is there in electing a regular Democrat?

    The Soros family donated to Eric Adams's campaign (the so called "regular Democrat") and then the Soros family donated to Mamdani's campaign (the so called "socialist Democrat.")

    So for George & Alex Soros, for example, there's no difference; they'll take either one.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Mon Jun 29 07:02:10 2026
    I think there are plenty of Democrats who are now (finally!) seeing
    where the party is going. They know that the vast majority of Americans will reject socialism and if they stick with the Democrat party, they
    are going to go down.

    The good thing about the so-called "Democrat Socialists" is that they're open about it.

    But the bad thing is that through the eyes of some, this trick legitimizes "regular Democrats."

    "Vote for me because I'm not a socialist, I just want to socialize medicaid, food, and rent."

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