# What is wrong with the Democratic Party?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-the-democratic-party/591907>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 8, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-the-democratic-party/591907 "2011-08-08T03:22:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-the-democratic-party/591907/1 "2011-08-08T03:22:21Z")

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No debating, please. Just vote for one of the options listed. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-the-democratic-party/591907/2 "2011-08-08T03:26:46Z")

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can’t vote, don’t want to debate. so I’ll quote Lewis Black:

“The Republicans are a party of bad ideas. The Democrats are a party of _no_ ideas.”

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-the-democratic-party/591907/3 "2011-08-08T04:05:40Z")

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The OP started a similar thread that was also closed. He’s asked for clarification on the other closure, but starting a thread identical to one that was just closed is not the right way to protest a decision.