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In reply to the discussion: And this is how the Democratic party gets pulled ever further rightward. [View all]Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)as usual, you are RIGHT ON. There IS a vacuum and there will be someone or something to fill that void and personally, it will be a happy day for me. After 30 years of being a Democrat, I changed in 2004 to Decline to State, now No Party Affiliation and this is exactly why. The Democrats don't represent me anymore.
Clinton started this bullshit because the Republicans were outspending the Democrats by a 3 to 1 ratio so he stole their ideas -- their corporate-friendly ideas and they've never looked back. I can think of only a handful of legislation that has benefited We the People in the last 20 years. Everything else, EVERYTHING ELSE has benefited the 1%. Our Constitution is ripped to shreds, our safety nets have been eliminated, our protections against the 1% have been worn away and there are Democrats who not only don't fight for it, they're actively engaged in supporting the erosion of these protections. The Patriot Act is the most obnoxious example but there are hundreds more. The Bankruptcy Act, the Fairness Doctrine, the elimination of Glass-Steagall, the IWR, NAFTA, the War on (Some) Drugs -- all supported by most Democrats. And now? SS & Medicare -- the Sacred Cows that are, all of a sudden, and with our President leading the way, now in real peril. NONE of this represents FDR Democrats and NONE of this represents liberals. All of this legislation represent the 1% and our Democrats cheerily vote them in knowing that the Party Faithful have nowhere else to go. Right up until the time they do have somewhere else to go. It's been too long since Liberals have had a voice and the fact is, that the two major parties will not be able to keep third parties out forever. When that happens BOTH parties will have some reckoning to do. They can adjust and decide to represent We the People again or they can go into obscurity. It's their choice.