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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do we all recognize that the major parties in this country have shifted DRASTICALLY to the right [View all]Thirties Child
(543 posts)20. I cast my first vote in 1956, have seen a lot of shifting.
The Republicans are where the John Birchers were in the 60s, the Democrats where the Republicans were. When the Democrats shifted right, they left a vacuum on the left. Progressives can fill it.
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Do we all recognize that the major parties in this country have shifted DRASTICALLY to the right [View all]
vintx
Mar 2016
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the 2008 and 2012 Democratic Party platforms were well to the right of the 1956 Republican platform.
hobbit709
Mar 2016
#1
" trade agreements that short circuit democracy " <-ENDGAME FOR CORPORATE FASCISTS
vintx
Mar 2016
#9
What do you take away from this- (PDF) Note that these deals are - after 20 years about to go live
Baobab
Mar 2016
#54
My theory is that this is more than the standard robber baron greed. They know climate change is
GreenPartyVoter
Mar 2016
#40
Obama has been a transformative progressive president, the best at least since LBJ,
DanTex
Mar 2016
#3
There's that sports mentality. What you call "bashing democrats" I call trying to improve democrats
vintx
Mar 2016
#6
It's not a sports mentality. The future of the nation is at stake, and Trump needs to be defeated.
DanTex
Mar 2016
#7
The food stamps were part of an omnibus bill. FDR had a very heavily Democratic congress.
DanTex
Mar 2016
#46
Can you provide a specific example of a far left policy that was implement then and abandoned now?
Sheepshank
Mar 2016
#22
A poor agreement to be sure, but not hard evidence that the Entirety of Dems is lurching Right
Sheepshank
Mar 2016
#35
In addition, Bill Clinton making China a NTR country & ushering them into the WTO
RiverLover
Mar 2016
#39
In many, many ways, the Dems have moved left...it's easier to ignore those situations apparently
Sheepshank
Mar 2016
#42
"Hillary Clinton's Ghosts: A Legacy of Pushing the Democratic Party to the Right"
RiverLover
Mar 2016
#30
No. The Republicans have moved a long way right, while the Democrats have moved left a little.
Donald Ian Rankin
Mar 2016
#32
exactly, Dems took care of segregation, delineated and faught harder than ever for voter rights,
Sheepshank
Mar 2016
#41
*some* Dems took care of segregation & voter rights; others stonewalled & became
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#49
I think we all realize it, but Hillary supporters apparently celebrate it.[n/t]
Maedhros
Mar 2016
#38