Reply #6: More truth than I want to accept. To answer your question

[OHdem10]

when did this happen?

It started when Reagan set out to make changes.
Government being the problem in his view, he set about
giving Business more power. The Democratic Party affirmed
the changes when we developed the DLC becoming Republican
Lite.

This is not to be mean spiritied. I do not believe Reagan
had evil intentions. Instead, his theory could make sense
to a lot of people. The problem came later when people
seeing that it was destroying the middle class, did nothing.

Likewise, I do not believe DLC had evil intentions but
instead of sensibly pushing back against the Republican
Plan, they more and more affirmed it. The Blue Dogs
being Conservative do not appear to be able to see the bad
consequences pushing the Republican Reagan plan forward.

This is not said to create dissension but until our party
sees the truth, nothing changes. The Republicans believe
this ideology. How much longer will Democrats affirm it???