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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton has big edge over me with black voters [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)DOMA - gone. A liberal value.
DADT - gone. A liberal value.
Universal Affordable Healthcare - law of the land. A liberal value.
Same-Sex Marriage - law of the land. A liberal value.
Lifting sanctions and resuming relations with Cuba - happening. A liberal value.
DREAM Act - happening. A liberal value.
$10.10 for federal contract workers (affecting 70% of workers with federal contractors) - done. A liberal value.
The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - law. A liberal value.
Stopping Republicans from doing away with Roe v Wade - successful. A liberal value.
These are just a few examples off the top of my head. There are many, many more. And these all originated through the Democratic Party. Is it enough? Of course not. But the majority of Americans aren't liberal. Left of center, yes, but, in their minds, not liberal. Yet. And the American people, although they mostly agree with Bernie Sanders, don't have a clue how our three co-equal branches of gov't make up a whole.
But was Rome built in eight years? Of course not. We need more time, and we need to understand that.
That's why it's important to get as many Democrats elected as possible instead of castigating them to the point that we develop an innate hatred for them and refuse to vote for them. Because the alternative is having Republicans win, and if they do, they'll undo everything we have accomplished so far. Guaranteed.