LIBERALS have a platform. Democrats don’t. Thus our teeth-gnashing frustration.
The Democratic Party establishment is running as fast as it can from a substantive policy platform of the type put forward by progressives like Sanders, despite the empirical fact that it has long had majority support across the board.
If Democrats would run on infrastructure renewal, universal healthcare, a green energy jobs bill, Wall Street reform, abolishing corporate political donations, expanding education access and a host of other populist policy positions, they would be presenting a true alternative path that would benefit the entire country.
What are they doing instead? Pretty much nothing of substance except watching Trump and the GOP set the entire country on fire, hoping they can ride the flames back into power without doing much to earn it.
JusticeDemocrats.org. Read the policy platform if you are interested in actual change that will actually help people.
@rrrob43…a false equivalence and misinformed comment. The racist regressives blocked President Obama at every turn. And if you want to defend this racism, then please start by explaining the birther lies.
As to Bush the younger, he was a bad president, but not nearly as bad a human being as trump. Bush, the snickering frat boy, caused a stupid, ill-considered, expensive war that simply got worse over time. He destabilized an already unstable region. But he also saved millions of African lives with his AIDS initiative.
Bush wasn’t mentally ill and he wasn’t an outright traitor, a serial liar, or a deeply racist, bullying fool. The current “president” is all of those things and more. Try to exercise a bit more discernment. These two men are nothing like each other.
As for President Obama, well, he’s intelligent, well informed, articulate, stable, thoughtful, empathetic, and more. Did he make mistakes, sure, but they were relatively minor compared to trump who daily rips apart American aspirational ideals and ethics, while enabling regressives to destroy large segments of our federal government. Take the State Department, where trump has gutted a national gem. Or the EPA, where trump appointed someone to oversee the destruction of our efforts to have clean water and clean air. Or the CFPB, where the regressives want to allow the big banks to screw the little guys. On and on the horror goes.
So, no, none of these three men have much in common. It’s foolish nonsense to think otherwise.
JLGs post contains a clue to what happened to leftist ideology in this country. “Liberal” programs failed so convincingly that by the 80s no one would vote for a “Liberal”, and they had to start calling themselves “Progressives” to get attention.
To everyone who made the word “Liberal” a dirty word, shame. Look up the word and it means people who care for Social Justice, (which they are now trying to shame anyone who Cares what happens to Others) Who love the Truth, who are forward looking, who are open to changes, and other good things. Progressives is a very good word, not as encompassing as Liberal but it will be an OK substitute. I would say that I Believe that most of us who used to call ourselves liberals believe in freedoms, and liberty, without all the micro – management..that goes on now. Just my opinion while staying up too late.
braindead Premium Member over 6 years ago
Does that mean Trump will invade some country in 2019?
You know just following the recipe.
JLG Premium Member over 6 years ago
LIBERALS have a platform. Democrats don’t. Thus our teeth-gnashing frustration.
The Democratic Party establishment is running as fast as it can from a substantive policy platform of the type put forward by progressives like Sanders, despite the empirical fact that it has long had majority support across the board.
If Democrats would run on infrastructure renewal, universal healthcare, a green energy jobs bill, Wall Street reform, abolishing corporate political donations, expanding education access and a host of other populist policy positions, they would be presenting a true alternative path that would benefit the entire country.
What are they doing instead? Pretty much nothing of substance except watching Trump and the GOP set the entire country on fire, hoping they can ride the flames back into power without doing much to earn it.
JusticeDemocrats.org. Read the policy platform if you are interested in actual change that will actually help people.
twclix over 6 years ago
@rrrob43…a false equivalence and misinformed comment. The racist regressives blocked President Obama at every turn. And if you want to defend this racism, then please start by explaining the birther lies.
As to Bush the younger, he was a bad president, but not nearly as bad a human being as trump. Bush, the snickering frat boy, caused a stupid, ill-considered, expensive war that simply got worse over time. He destabilized an already unstable region. But he also saved millions of African lives with his AIDS initiative.
Bush wasn’t mentally ill and he wasn’t an outright traitor, a serial liar, or a deeply racist, bullying fool. The current “president” is all of those things and more. Try to exercise a bit more discernment. These two men are nothing like each other.
As for President Obama, well, he’s intelligent, well informed, articulate, stable, thoughtful, empathetic, and more. Did he make mistakes, sure, but they were relatively minor compared to trump who daily rips apart American aspirational ideals and ethics, while enabling regressives to destroy large segments of our federal government. Take the State Department, where trump has gutted a national gem. Or the EPA, where trump appointed someone to oversee the destruction of our efforts to have clean water and clean air. Or the CFPB, where the regressives want to allow the big banks to screw the little guys. On and on the horror goes.
So, no, none of these three men have much in common. It’s foolish nonsense to think otherwise.
Holden Awn over 6 years ago
JLGs post contains a clue to what happened to leftist ideology in this country. “Liberal” programs failed so convincingly that by the 80s no one would vote for a “Liberal”, and they had to start calling themselves “Progressives” to get attention.
pam Miner over 6 years ago
To everyone who made the word “Liberal” a dirty word, shame. Look up the word and it means people who care for Social Justice, (which they are now trying to shame anyone who Cares what happens to Others) Who love the Truth, who are forward looking, who are open to changes, and other good things. Progressives is a very good word, not as encompassing as Liberal but it will be an OK substitute. I would say that I Believe that most of us who used to call ourselves liberals believe in freedoms, and liberty, without all the micro – management..that goes on now. Just my opinion while staying up too late.