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In reply to the discussion: Debbie Wasserman Schulz needs to go. [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)75. Where is this "hard Left" of which you speak?
It is a myth created by NeoRepublicans with a "D" after their names.
Are you speaking of the mainstream/center FDR/LBJ Democrats
who STILL believe in THESE traditional Democratic Values?
"In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established[font size=3] for allregardless of station, race, or creed.[/font]
Among these are:
*The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
*The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
*The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
*The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
*The right of every family to a decent home;
*The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
*The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
*The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being." FDR
Among these are:
*The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
*The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
*The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
*The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
*The right of every family to a decent home;
*The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
*The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
*The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being." FDR
Is THIS the "Hard Left"?
There was a time not so long ago when voting for the Democrat
was voting FOR the above values.
Sadly, that is no longer true.
---bvar22
formerly a mainstream/Center LDR/LBJ Working Class Democrat
NOW labeled a Hard Leftist in today's New Democrat Centrist Party.
Rock Boned Republicans like Arlen Specter are now quite happy and welcomed into today's Centrist Democratic Party, while upholders of FDR's principles are banned, marginalized, redistricted, attacked from the center, isolated, cut of from Party support, denied positions in the White House, and exiled from the Democratic Party.
Debbie Wasserman Schulz would have been banned from DU for her performance in Florida in 2010
where she supported REPUBLICANS over Democrats.
She should have NEVER been given the position at the head of the DNC.
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"I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the Fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign."
---President Harry Truman
QED:2010[/font]
"I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the Fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign."
---President Harry Truman
[font size=4]Leadership! "The Buck Stops HERE!" NO Excuses![/font]
You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
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Let's see. Wasserman, a Florida congresswoman, vs Howard Dean, a governor...
Woody Woodpecker
Jun 2012
#42
Well at first I thought she was going to do very well. She does have a knife for a tongue and
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#108
I didn't know I was on a bandwagon. I was just giving my own opinion. However,
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#138
That bad? Now I see why she is DNC chair. At the time, I thought ... progress ... a progressive
davidwparker
Jun 2012
#166
Fine with me. And she can take Bill Clinton with her. He is becoming a liability.
NC_Nurse
Jun 2012
#14
Lately he keeps contradicting Obama. First, on Mitt's Bain record and then on extending the Bush tax
NC_Nurse
Jun 2012
#43
They probably both agree with the upcoming wage-lowering, anti-union "free-trade" agreement.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#146
She seems pretty great to me. She said the WI recall has nothing to do with Prez election...
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#15
The DLC types will see this not as their own failure, but as an impetus to move farther to the right
Erose999
Jun 2012
#28
Yes. In fact, they are working on another wage-lowering, anti-union, "free-trade agreement.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#145
Couldn't agree more. Was Tim Kaine not centrist enough? We need a Doctor in the house...
truebrit71
Jun 2012
#38
I would back Dr. Dean in a heartbeat to return to his chairmanship, and shape policy from there.
Woody Woodpecker
Jun 2012
#41
There's more money to be had being a right wing Democrat than an FDR Democrat.
Selatius
Jun 2012
#163
DLC dems win by loosing. If they wanted a winner in charge we would still have Howard Dean.
Exultant Democracy
Jun 2012
#57
Well, after being told that there's no room for leftists in the Party for so many years
Pab Sungenis
Jun 2012
#60
don't take it personally, Pat... it's an unfortunate MO for the poster in question
inna
Jun 2012
#161
i'm not trying to stir up anything, let alone shit - and i do find your comments offensive
inna
Jun 2012
#174
I totally agree. I can understand why President Obama didn't get involved BUT the DNC knew
jillan
Jun 2012
#63
Every Dem Party state leader who doesn't have recent big wins under their belts
shcrane71
Jun 2012
#71
When I heard DWS drives an Infiniti I puked in my mouth a little. Out of touch AND anti-union?
Romulox
Jun 2012
#81
I knew she was bad ever since she fought against Bush impeachment way back when...
cascadiance
Jun 2012
#98
Yes, she does need to go. We need someone who wants to win in November and who will go all out
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#143
Government 101: The Party Chairman is a powerless figurehead when the party controls the White House
Hippo_Tron
Jun 2012
#150