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4. Beautifully stated. And where does that leave the rest of America?

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''Over the last 30 odd years, Democrats have moved to the right and the right has moved ... [View all] Scuba Jan 2014 OP

Agree 100%. Sadly. djean111 Jan 2014 #1

cowards who are running along side of the republicans into the dark of night... madrchsod Jan 2014 #2

HAHA! True! grahamhgreen Jan 2014 #3

Beautifully stated. And where does that leave the rest of America? JDPriestly Jan 2014 #4

s-c-r-e-w-e-d. nt antigop Jan 2014 #6

+1 harun Jan 2014 #71

So right, unfortunately. kairos12 Jan 2014 #5

Maybe instead of the Republicans splitting in two... Kablooie Jan 2014 #7

the replaced the Whigs in pretty short span of time yurbud Jan 2014 #73

30 years ago creeksneakers2 Jan 2014 #8

+1 hibbing Jan 2014 #10

greedy, stupid Democrats Skittles Jan 2014 #15

And today, Saint Ronnie wouldn't make the cut in his own party Bettie Jan 2014 #32

Want to realize how FAR to the Conservative Right the Democratic Party has moved? bvar22 Jan 2014 #41

Reagan ProSense Jan 2014 #74

Yes. Reagan sucked, bvar22 Jan 2014 #87

So you're promoting Reagan's hypocrisy? n/t ProSense Jan 2014 #88

Speaking of hypocrisy. bvar22 Jan 2014 #92

"As conservative as Reagan was, pledging to NOT cut our Social Security wasn't too much for HIM. " ProSense Jan 2014 #95

Reagan didn't cut SS creeksneakers2 Jan 2014 #99

"Reagan didn't cut SS but he was the first one to tax it, which was in effect a cut." ProSense Jan 2014 #100

...and neither Clinton nor Obama has seen fit to "untax" Social Security. bvar22 Jan 2014 #128

Clinton expanded the tax, but ProSense Jan 2014 #129

Quite Sad And So True colsohlibgal Jan 2014 #9

What does it say that so many Democrats think he's Progressive? [n/t] Maedhros Jan 2014 #13

Yeah, that's scary too. RC Jan 2014 #70

For most people, politics is emotional. Maedhros Jan 2014 #75

It shows, in large part, that they lack an immediate better option... nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #116

It shows that they don't have a clue what "Progressive" means. Maedhros Jan 2014 #119

I voted for Obama twice. So to some degree, I have to take responsibility for his bad decisions nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #120

But you're not insisting he's a Progressive, either. [n/t] Maedhros Jan 2014 #122

+1. I have to laugh whenever I hear people call him a commie, but you can't convince them El_Johns Jan 2014 #19

K & R L0oniX Jan 2014 #11

True. The DC DEMS champion Bob Dole's 1996 HealthCare Scam, and claim it as their own. blkmusclmachine Jan 2014 #12

Damn skippy. Myrina Jan 2014 #14

It was Clinton, Rahm zentrum Jan 2014 #16

Don't forget xxqqqzme Jan 2014 #62

Completely agree. zentrum Jan 2014 #93

How right you are.. Dwight Eisenhower really would not recognize truedelphi Jan 2014 #64

The DLC was funded by the Koch Brothers, bvar22 Jan 2014 #127

That's horrifying. zentrum Jan 2014 #130

It IS horrifying, bvar22 Jan 2014 #132

They communicate by ham radio .... MindMover Jan 2014 #17

Creeping normality progressoid Jan 2014 #18

Having one big conservative party has effectively neutralized the progressives of the Party. rhett o rick Jan 2014 #20

Damn, that is one great post right there. Enthusiast Jan 2014 #24

In 2008 Cheney and Bush assumed a very unusual behavior. Both shut the F up and crawled out rhett o rick Jan 2014 #44

huge dem turn out can overcome the "rigging" questionseverything Jan 2014 #57

I will have to read that. nm rhett o rick Jan 2014 #78

An old guy with cancer and Enthusiast Jan 2014 #76

Communism?? Ah shit, I completely forgot about Communism. I been worried about corporate fascism. rhett o rick Jan 2014 #124

it was more that a democratic win was a foregone conclusion. unblock Jan 2014 #84

Funny how politicians have to run on progressive values. gtar100 Jan 2014 #37

Well said dreamnightwind Jan 2014 #46

Some among us want to badly to believe they are "free" because they get to vote. rhett o rick Jan 2014 #47

Exactly dreamnightwind Jan 2014 #50

Good point. The right to vote is a necessary but not sufficient condition of freedom. n/t pampango Jan 2014 #51

Good way to put it. In some countries they get to vote but only one candidate runs. rhett o rick Jan 2014 #79

We must go forward, not backward! Upward, not forward!" Maedhros Jan 2014 #90

Hear, hear, well said. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #49

Spot On! BodieTown Jan 2014 #52

Most excellent post n/t Titonwan Jan 2014 #56

Indeed! Saviolo Jan 2014 #94

The Democratic Party playbook sulphurdunn Jan 2014 #110

Bill totally nailed it there. Enthusiast Jan 2014 #21

"We have to rely on comedians for the truth in this nation ". Sad state of affairs. nm rhett o rick Jan 2014 #123

C'est vrai. ..... Explains why things are as FUBAR as they are now. marmar Jan 2014 #22

"and the right has moved into the mental hospital" TBF Jan 2014 #23

Meant as a comedic remark, but...... RoverSuswade Jan 2014 #97

I can't argue with that at all! nt TBF Jan 2014 #98

du rec. xchrom Jan 2014 #25

Yep. nt LWolf Jan 2014 #26

Agreed! nt valerief Jan 2014 #27

it is hard to advance a progressive agenda when 40% of the country thinks what would have been once Douglas Carpenter Jan 2014 #28

I disagree that 40% of the country thinks this way. Scuba Jan 2014 #29

in terms of issue by issue - I agree with you. I'm sure issue by issue - there are many Tea Party Douglas Carpenter Jan 2014 #31

But it's much worse than you think. Many will not even admit that A Simple Game Jan 2014 #35

Good question. Here's the answer, in order. ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2014 #55

Or more likely, A Simple Game Jan 2014 #66

Sadly true. nt DLevine Jan 2014 #30

He's not even a republican by standards 50-60 years ago. pangaia Jan 2014 #33

Bravo Liberalynn Jan 2014 #34

We have discussed this before... freebrew Jan 2014 #36

One more explanation of this movement here on DU... Demenace Jan 2014 #38

I don't recall ever seeing anything that resembled "government is tyranny" here at DU. Scuba Jan 2014 #39

Only screaming that the US government is "facist" and a "police state" ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2014 #58

Thank you for pointing out the obvious... Demenace Jan 2014 #60

I looked at all four of those links. None included DU'ers saying our government is tyranny. Scuba Jan 2014 #61

FEMA isn't the government? The NSA isn't? The military? ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2014 #67

None of those posts had DU'ers saying those agencies were tyranny, or much else. Scuba Jan 2014 #68

false equivalence noiretextatique Jan 2014 #69

Reading comprehension... Demenace Jan 2014 #106

100% Truth. Democrats need to take their party back! reformist2 Jan 2014 #40

Is Barack Obama significantly to the right of Bill Clinton? Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #42

I'd put them on similar ground, what I call "corporate Democrats". Scuba Jan 2014 #43

So it's not really fair to say that Democrats have moved to the right "over the last 30 years" Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #45

Probably somewhat of an unfair argument dreamnightwind Jan 2014 #48

Spot-on reply, thank you. Scuba Jan 2014 #63

Dreamnightwind, it is also true that truedelphi Jan 2014 #65

Yes, info was very hard to come by then dreamnightwind Jan 2014 #131

k and r frwrfpos Jan 2014 #53

Bill's right. Titonwan Jan 2014 #54

So how do we escape from the corporate $$$ grip. INdemo Jan 2014 #59

Only escape is stopping the Corpo dollars harun Jan 2014 #72

Exactly INdemo Feb 2014 #133

and he schtups Coulter and plagiarizes Bill Hicks reddread Jan 2014 #77

The "lesser of two evils" isn't as less as it should be and the greater evil has gone nuts. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2014 #80

I have ProSense Jan 2014 #81

Question: When the Democrats gain influence (e.g., the White House and the Senate) ... Scuba Jan 2014 #83

What ProSense Jan 2014 #85

That's it? DADT and one good Democratic Senator? Scuba Jan 2014 #101

Wait, ProSense Jan 2014 #102

Dodd-Frank is not a shift to the left, it's a shift back toward the center, but only a bit. Scuba Jan 2014 #104

"Dodd-Frank is not a shift to the left, it's a shift back toward the center" ProSense Jan 2014 #105

No, "left" would mean more stringent regulation than Glass-Stegall. Dodd-Frank is less stringent ... Scuba Jan 2014 #107

That makes no sense ProSense Jan 2014 #108

Sorry, ProSense, but you stated "Everytime the Republicans gain ground (enough to influence) ... Scuba Jan 2014 #112

You cannot escape the fact that Dodd-Frank moves to the left after the repeal of Glass-Steagall. n/t ProSense Jan 2014 #113

To the left of a far-right absence of regulation, yes. To the left? No, Dodd-Frank's still right. Scuba Jan 2014 #114

And it's still ProSense Jan 2014 #115

I'll let you split the hair that it's left of the repeal, but not that it makes the OP nonsense. Scuba Jan 2014 #117

"250+ DU'ers agree." ProSense Jan 2014 #121

You can see it right here on this forum whatchamacallit Jan 2014 #82

His Words Echo My Complaints fredamae Jan 2014 #86

And that imaginary Mason Dixon boomerbust Jan 2014 #89

In the 1980s I worked very hard, bvar22 Jan 2014 #91

As a voting Democrat for nearly five decades democrank Jan 2014 #96

What ProSense Jan 2014 #103

Here's a video link to that quote. robertpaulsen Jan 2014 #109

Great clip, thanks! n/t whatchamacallit Jan 2014 #125

Couldn't agree more! bvar22 Jan 2014 #126

He also said Obama is "too white" for Liberals. great white snark Jan 2014 #111

Obviously a stupid comment. But he's still right more often than a whole lot people are... nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #118