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In reply to the discussion: How Many Here Love The Fact That We've Gone From Democratic Base... To "Far Left" ??? [View all]Cerridwen
(13,260 posts)9. They were by default. At least those who could stomach the options
of supports business and some of my rights versus supports business and none of my rights.
If any of the "far left" continued to participate in electoral politics, they voted Democrat.
The rest faded from view in disgust.
Well, if by "far left" you mean:
What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?" If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then the record of this party and its members demonstrate that we are not that kind of "Liberal." But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."
The "far left;" the 21st "liberal" boogeyman of the "The New Democrat" and the right.
Link to PBS from the old days: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/jfk-nyliberal/
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How Many Here Love The Fact That We've Gone From Democratic Base... To "Far Left" ??? [View all]
WillyT
Aug 2013
OP
The far Left never was and is not currently the Democratic base. Let's get that straight.
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#7
Heck, it used to be not just the far left that always said NO to those attacking Social Security...
cascadiance
Aug 2013
#32
I don't give a shit about republicans, I want that party to vanish quickly. What I do care
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#24
I understand where you're coming from I think, but I do want to point out that I saw some
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#67
And what used to be considered the 'far left' has been reduced, thanks to bi-partisan attacks from
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#68
the BASE is closer to the CENTER than you far-black-helicopting-hysterical leftists want to think!
burnodo
Aug 2013
#8
I was informed today that neo-DUers in our midst but the accuser hasn't graced me
Luminous Animal
Aug 2013
#12
The political parties of note in this country have "evolved" to the right in recent decades
burnodo
Aug 2013
#18
You're wasting your time. Some people on DU, including the OP view themselves as the
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#28
Here's how the "sensible" Dems collaborated in war crimes and crimes against humanity. Back in
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#69
unfortunately current dems leadership is from the republican wing of the democratic party nt
msongs
Aug 2013
#26
I'm just glad they dropped that "Libertarian right" bullshit. But even they didn't believe it for
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#50
So, here's the thing. Both parties' "bases" are on the right of their coalitions, currently.
Recursion
Aug 2013
#63
Centrists are NOT and NEVER have been "a halfway point between far left and far right"
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#89
You're absolutely right-- the reality is something that would never, ever sell if they
Marr
Aug 2013
#90
Du is not now nor ever has been representative of the Democratic base...While progressives have
Rowdyboy
Aug 2013
#81
Those among us who consider themselves 3rd party or no-party progressives have never
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#86
Anyone who says that the Democrats are a party of the extreme left
Fortinbras Armstrong
Aug 2013
#87