They sure as hell aren't lefties as a party. True lefties would be against the stupid war on drugs, which enslaves the poor and underclass and is incredibly expensive and insane), would work to abolish the federal death penalty and the death penalty in all the states, would fight for older people and children by cutting the obscene and wasteful "defense" (more like "offense"
spending and protect Medicare and Medicaid, would promote the attributes and agenda of the ACLU, including free speech, free press, freedom to petition the government for redress, etc., would pass a law to prevent blatant discrimination against homosexuals, which is currently legal under federal law (except under Pres. Clinton's executive order for federal employment situations), would work to correct the invidious remnants of discrimination in this country in the corporate culture, where blacks make up less than 2% of the managers in Fortune 500 companies (there are only 6 black CEOs in that group, and women are scarcely better represented than that), would punish companies for shipping jobs overseas, not rewarding them, would pass sensible gun control and laugh at the insipid NRA, would refuse to give one dime more for "corporate welfare," would aggressively regulate the predatory banks and insurance companies, and would tell the GOP to kiss their collective asses and tell them to get lost if they continue to be obstructionist assholes. Now THAT's a party I could get behind!!
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