Obama To Press Corps: I Can’t Make GOP Cooperate On Budget

[bvar22]

103. You are wrong again.

I live in today,
but I REMEMBER the Past.
Especially THIS Democratic Party Past:

"
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[font size=3] established for all—regardless 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, Economic Bill of Rights, 1944

I EMBRACE that Democratic Party past.
It is inscribed indelibly on my soul,
as are the stories from my father and grandfather who shed BLOOD for the hard fought Union Rights of the Working Class.

Those Democratic Party Values built the Largest, Wealthiest, and most upwardly mobile Working Class the WORLD has ever seen.

There was a time in MY living memory when voting FOR The Democrat
WAS voting FOR those values and RIGHTS listed above.
Sadly, this is no longer true.

It is revealing that you feel we have Moved On,
and fighting FOR the above Traditional Democratic Party Values is
"Living in the Past". There are certainly those here who agree with you,
but I don't.

I won't go gently into that Good Night.
I will continue to fight for the Values listed above,
even if YOU and the other "New Democrats" (Old Republicans) have moved on.


...but you know, its OK.
Thanks to the OLD Values and Working Class Policies of the OLD Democratic Party of the PAST,
my Wife and I HAVE ours.

*We are retired and drawing OUR Social Security (thanks FDR).

*We went to college, got our degrees and graduated DEBT FREE. (Thanks OLD Democratic Party)

*We were able to find and keep GOOD jobs with high wages, benefits, and health care BEFORE "Free Trade" and "Deregulation" (Thanks OLD Democratic Party)

*We were able to buy and pay off good property back when Banking was REGULATED,
and were smart enough to Cash In before the Bubble Popped. (Thanks OLD Democratic Party that protected us.)

*When we weren't happy with a job,
we were able to quit and shop around for a better one without the FEAR of today's "Free Trade" New Democrat perpetual high unemployment and "jobless recoveries" Invisible Hand Economics.
(Thanks OLD Democratic Party)

So, thanks to the legacies from the Past and the OLD Democratic Party
we are BENEFITING from the Past, but living nicely in the present.

The Working Class could have all those things again,
IF enough people studied, embraced, and DEMANDED the PROUD Working Class Values of the Old Democratic Party, but I guess you have moved on.
Too bad.
Unless you can produce some "change" things are very bleak for the American Working Class.
They have NO voice in either Political Party today,
but at least THE RICH won't have to suffer the inconvenience of a delayed flight. (Thanks, New Democrats!)

I fear for the youth who don't KNOW the past,
and will have to repeat all the old mistakes.
The hard fought battles of the Working Class from the 30s - 60s will all have to be fought all over again.
Good Luck to you.
It wasn't easy the first time.

Those who don't know History are condemned to repeat it.


--bvar22
an old, mainstream-center FDR/LBJ loyal Working Class Democratic Party Activist for over 46 years,
now a "Fringe Leftist" in today's "New Democrat" Centrist Party.


[font color=firebrick][center]"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will STAND UP for Working Americans."
---Paul Wellstone [/font][/center]
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Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed[/center][/font]