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In reply to the discussion: ''Over the last 30 odd years, Democrats have moved to the right and the right has moved ... [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)131. Yes, info was very hard to come by then
The mainstream media was probably less controlled then than it is now, so there was some actual discussion and debate about things like NAFTA. Also community radio stations were more vibrant back then, at least where I lived.
But finding out anything on our own was really hard. I remember working with an activist group during the run-up to the first Iraq war when poppy Bush was POTUS, trying to get to the bottom of what was happening, spending time in the public library loading microfiche into those little reader machines to see old newspaper articles.
Amazing how things have changed since then. now the larger problem is info overload and separating the mis-info from the info.
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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
cowards who are running along side of the republicans into the dark of night...
madrchsod
Jan 2014
#2
Want to realize how FAR to the Conservative Right the Democratic Party has moved?
bvar22
Jan 2014
#41
"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 but he was the first one to tax it, which was in effect a cut."
ProSense
Jan 2014
#100
I voted for Obama twice. So to some degree, I have to take responsibility for his bad decisions
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#120
+1. I have to laugh whenever I hear people call him a commie, but you can't convince them
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#19
True. The DC DEMS champion Bob Dole's 1996 HealthCare Scam, and claim it as their own.
blkmusclmachine
Jan 2014
#12
Having one big conservative party has effectively neutralized the progressives of the Party.
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#20
In 2008 Cheney and Bush assumed a very unusual behavior. Both shut the F up and crawled out
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#44
Communism?? Ah shit, I completely forgot about Communism. I been worried about corporate fascism.
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#124
Some among us want to badly to believe they are "free" because they get to vote.
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#47
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 have to rely on comedians for the truth in this nation ". Sad state of affairs. nm
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#123
it is hard to advance a progressive agenda when 40% of the country thinks what would have been once
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2014
#28
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
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
I looked at all four of those links. None included DU'ers saying our government is tyranny.
Scuba
Jan 2014
#61
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
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
Question: When the Democrats gain influence (e.g., the White House and the Senate) ...
Scuba
Jan 2014
#83
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
No, "left" would mean more stringent regulation than Glass-Stegall. Dodd-Frank is less stringent ...
Scuba
Jan 2014
#107
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
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
Obviously a stupid comment. But he's still right more often than a whole lot people are...
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#118