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I think you are seeing the effect Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2013 #1
Yes, but we actually didn't do it as a policy until Viet Nam, Cleita Feb 2013 #2
FDR wasn't in his grave yet, when the county began moving right.... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #53
There was that balance of powers thing between us Russia and emerging China. Cleita Feb 2013 #54
Well, the good general wanted to justify his existence. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #57
I agree with everything you said. Cleita Feb 2013 #58
Very sad business, indeed. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #59
If there was a way to make it sexy or at least as interesting as Cleita Feb 2013 #60
I have always loved history... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #62
Really? OMG! Cleita Feb 2013 #63
Yep... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #68
If you want another look at our secret history, please read the following book.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #78
Sounds interesting. Have noted it for my must read. snagglepuss Feb 2013 #109
I'd Say Marx Made Some Good Points!! YOHABLO Feb 2013 #83
Like I've said, Brainwashing liberalmike27 Feb 2013 #101
I do not think that you are being fair to Truman. wilsonbooks Feb 2013 #73
Welcome to DU wilsonbooks. Cleita Feb 2013 #74
I read McCullough's book years ago...still have my copy... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #76
I saw the tide turning just before Reagan. Backlash against all affirmative action, etc. freshwest Feb 2013 #29
If it is any consolation the tide really seems to be turning in the other direction neffernin Feb 2013 #44
Thank you very much for that view. Those voices are not heard very often. freshwest Feb 2013 #49
That's not any constellation. BTW, your attitude is very starry-eyed. nt Chef Eric Feb 2013 #51
Consolation that is neffernin Feb 2013 #85
So I wonder why some of us are more prone to right wing propaganda? SammyWinstonJack Feb 2013 #84
Essentially, that's exactly what it is. Oakenshield Feb 2013 #103
You are right. timdog44 Feb 2013 #3
This is how empires fail it seems. Cleita Feb 2013 #5
Half the eligible voters don't vote leftstreet Feb 2013 #7
They didn't vote for Romney. Diebold/ESS did. valerief Feb 2013 #98
Thanks for letting us know! A drone will arrive shortly. Sincerely, The NSA (nt) Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #4
Maybe not that extreme, but it seems the corporatists have slowly been taking over Cleita Feb 2013 #8
They don't need to physically drone us tblue Feb 2013 #25
meanwhile, corporations (and by extension, politicians) continue to work to marginalize our vote... Veilex Feb 2013 #43
Cenk Uygur makes an important point about this Enrique Feb 2013 #6
He does. He points out the truth and is considered a radical for it. n/t Cleita Feb 2013 #9
Exactly. And Cenk is not a Dem or a Republican - he is fed up truedelphi Feb 2013 #90
Political Class=Big Money Class HangOnKids Feb 2013 #91
Walter Karp's Liberty Under Siege deutsey Feb 2013 #100
Mr. Karp deserves a wider audience. bemildred Feb 2013 #104
I agree. deutsey Feb 2013 #114
"Indispensible Enemies" and "Politics of War" are the best, I thought. bemildred Feb 2013 #115
Bernie has always been the most left in the Senate since LBJ was. graham4anything Feb 2013 #10
Curious - what do you do for a living, Graham? grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #69
I Love Your Post! HangOnKids Feb 2013 #92
Raygun pandered to the vilest hate in people to undo the good that had been accomplished libtodeath Feb 2013 #11
Reagan was an evil pos pitbullgirl1965 Feb 2013 #27
That's it. All sugar coated like a wolf in sheep's clothing. freshwest Feb 2013 #31
40 years ago, I also would have been considered middle of the road LeftInTX Feb 2013 #12
Well, I wish they'd go back to not voting because their choices are not Cleita Feb 2013 #15
They have some very strange ideas LeftInTX Feb 2013 #19
+1 freshwest Feb 2013 #32
It Explains A Lot! HangOnKids Feb 2013 #94
I felt the same way 50 years ago and still feel that way today and don't consider shraby Feb 2013 #13
Unfortunately, the brainwashing is becoming effective. Cleita Feb 2013 #16
Yes, the brainwashing is VERY effective. I think the average Dem knows that, and we spend Nay Feb 2013 #41
Stop Admiring Her And She Is Not Decent HangOnKids Feb 2013 #95
Yes, speak up. sandpan Feb 2013 #113
I'm always stymied when they say that people are homeless because they want to be! Wtf. nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #105
Could you imagine a Senate Majority Leader Sanders? NICO9000 Feb 2013 #14
I don't think he wants the job. He mentioned also today about how Reid was effective in Cleita Feb 2013 #18
as the OP wrote in reply to you in post 18, Sanders is a fan of Harry Reid. graham4anything Feb 2013 #28
K&R Solly Mack Feb 2013 #17
The owners bought both parties. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #20
I agree. I don't think we can buy them back either. Cleita Feb 2013 #21
Look what they did to Occupy. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #22
Well, we are still going to have to risk it. Look at what the Egyptians and Syrians are doing Cleita Feb 2013 #23
What you propose is the surest way to give the 1% everything they want and you will starve. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #80
No, that boat sailed about 30 years ago. Dems would have had to start up its own info Nay Feb 2013 #42
+20,566 Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #24
The owners bought ALL/ANY parties, to use them against ISSUES, ALL of OUR issues. nt patrice Feb 2013 #26
The Harlem Globetrotters and the Washington Generals are both owned by the same company. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #77
... ALL of one party and ENOUGH of the other party. Festivito Feb 2013 #87
Bingo! 2naSalit Feb 2013 #110
Hear... Hear... WillyT Feb 2013 #30
Thank you WillyT. Cleita Feb 2013 #34
you and bernie are not alone :-) mettamega Feb 2013 #33
You are so right and this is a big concern for us. Cleita Feb 2013 #35
You're not a "left wing loonie", Cleita. The corporatists took over. K&R nt antigop Feb 2013 #36
You didn't stop being American and you didn't become a LW Loonie.... ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #37
Don't worry abelenkpe Feb 2013 #38
It's Madmiddle Feb 2013 #39
You're absolutely right: Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #40
Another self-avowed Left Wing Loonie here. Marie Marie Feb 2013 #45
It is a takeover of the world movonne Feb 2013 #46
I am very upset as well because I am very apprehensive as to what is going to happen Samantha Feb 2013 #47
The Overton Window has been successfully shifted DirkGently Feb 2013 #48
"Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #50
I feel the same way b/c everything you said was the truth! Dustlawyer Feb 2013 #52
I hear ya! We've been bought by corporate interests. raouldukelives Feb 2013 #55
Recessions tend to bring out the worst in us. SamHarris2012 Feb 2013 #56
You are probably right. Sadly. Cleita Feb 2013 #61
Sanders is left of your views. He's a socialist. Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #64
Rural people, whom I have lived among, are the biggest socialists around. Cleita Feb 2013 #66
I'm of the position that it's the POLITICAL class that's........ socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #65
I truly believe what you are saying. They are ignoring us. Cleita Feb 2013 #67
This is 100% correct if you simply look at the polling data grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #70
you're probably not a left wing loonie limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #71
I didn't leave the DEM Party. It left me. About 1996. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #72
The dem party did what it had to to win but lost its soul in the process liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #75
My view precisely. I was always kind of a middle-of-the-road Democrat. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #79
Then communism fell . . . caseymoz Feb 2013 #81
Hi Cleita Feb 2013 #82
The Kids Are Coming Cleita Indeed They Are HangOnKids Feb 2013 #96
"seems we have fallen into a decline" Festivito Feb 2013 #86
Anyone who doesn't drink the kool-aid is a far left radical. I posted a very similar silvershadow Feb 2013 #88
don't fall for that media induced crap. barbtries Feb 2013 #89
Message auto-removed HassistdieReinheitI Feb 2013 #93
Our son... GTurck Feb 2013 #97
Propaganda paid for by the same set who own and operate Washington. Octafish Feb 2013 #99
Thank you for posting this. Overseas Feb 2013 #106
Most Americans favor more social programs, spending on public education, access to health care, etc. YoungDemCA Feb 2013 #102
Thank you for this thread dmr Feb 2013 #107
America is going to hell in a handbasket pattiepcomedy Feb 2013 #108
The Pendulum Only Moves in One Direction AndyTiedye Feb 2013 #111
This is what the Kennedy & King assassinations were ALL about 99th_Monkey Feb 2013 #112
It started earlier than that. The industrialists/bankers wanted FDR destroyed. Selatius Feb 2013 #116
I believe you're referring to the Smedly Butler affair. 99th_Monkey Feb 2013 #117
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