Democrats Can Kick Ass by Returning to Their Past
I’ve read all the suggestions and analys e s of the Democratic Party, and, in my estimation, they are all full of shit. I have watched the changes in both polit i ca l parties for about 68 years, a nd I can tell you what is wrong with both of them . For Republicans, it began in 1981 with the beginning of Reagan’s first term. Reagan demanded absolute loyalty, no dissent from any Republican was allo wed: Reagan’s word was infallible. During this same period, support for what would be come the Christian Religious Right, and for the super-rich be came part of the party’s platform : trickle-down economics. Over the next 44 years, it would move further and further to the right. To win elections, Democrats also moved further to the right, abandoning their principles and being the party of positive change: of moving bravely forward into the future. They forgot that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the most popular president in history ...