It's a shame that Democratic abandonment of anti-war has left the door open to Ron Paul types
Same thing for support of spying and the security state...not to mention talk of cutting social security as well as the adoption of "deficit-cutting" austerity rhetoric.
But it's probably as good a sign as any that somewhere along the way we have lost sight of who we are and lost our way.
Time to start thinking about our political principles again and demand that our leadership represent them.
Why don't I attack Republicans more is a question I am sometimes asked... well the simple answer is that they will never listen to me. I have no influence with them, no leverage. But I do, or should, have at lease SOME with my own party. Collectively we all do.
That's why it is so important to work to effect change amongst ourselves because if we don't demand more from ourselves, who will?
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Vacuums are filled,
in Physics,
and in Politics.
I pray that the Democratic Party can find its roots,
and spark some kind of revival before 2016.
In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be [font size=3]established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.[/font]
Among these are:
*The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
*The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
*The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
*The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
*The right of every family to a decent home;
*The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
*The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
*The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.
America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens."
---FDR, SOTU Address, 1944
There was a time, not so long ago, when voting FOR The Democrat
was voting FOR the above values.
Sadly, this is no longer true.
[font color=firebrick][center]"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will STAND UP for Working Americans."
---Paul Wellstone [/font][/center] [center]
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for
"human happiness and well being"
And taxation of corporations.
What kind of a Democrat tells citizens they must rethink the programs they cherish and hold dear?
Permanent everlasting war, the incarceration of pot smokers, and spying on everyone in America are just some of the prices we must pay to keep the EPA and Medicaid.
But don't think about it too much.
Of course, that comes from Authority
. 
-p
No, no. You can't abandon something you never picked up in the first place. And the democratic party has never, ever been anti-war. Oh, anti-war people tended to vote Democratic, of course there's no oubt there, but the party itself never adopted the idea. Ever.
sufficiently pure, now he's a liberal god. The names may change, but the rhetoric is oddly familiar. No one is obligated to be a member of a political party, and the Democratic party is no exception. I say pick one more to your liking, and save yourself the aggravation. 
It wasn't when Woodrow Wilson lied to the American people and got us involved in World War I.
It certainly wasn't when FDR did everything in his power to get the U.S. involved in World War II.
It definitely wasn't when Truman went into Korea.
I'm 100% positive it wasn't when Kennedy and LBJ escalated Vietnam.
It's amazing how the four most beloved liberals on this site - FDR, Truman, Kennedy and LBJ - were far from being remotely anti-war.
The Democratic Party has never been anti-war. Even in 2004, they nominated John Kerry who voted in favor of the Iraq War.
Stop with the revisionist history.
I do find it amazing that the one Democratic president who actually ended a war, Barack Obama, is considered a warmonger.
When he ends the Afghan conflict, he'll still be considered the most pro-war Democratic president by the revisionists here on the left.
haha
Happy to K&R this.
