Reply #4: The DLC cites Clinton as evidence for everything [View All]

[IrateCitizen]

They're a broken record who base their entire strategy on two Presidential victories in which their candidate failed to win a majority either time -- one in which there was a significant third-party challenge (Perot) and another in which the Republican candidate was essentially an also-ran (Dole).

In fact, the DLC-model could be cited as a primary reason for the exodus of the working class from the Democratic Party. Since the DLC would rather recruit affluent, socially-liberal segments of society while actively voicing their intention to abandon attempts to pursue the working class vote through progressive economic policies, the working class has gradually left the ranks of the Democrats over the past 25-30 years.

Of course, this also might have something to do with the Democrats' failure to stand up for unionization, considering that white men who belong to unions STILL vote decisively Democratic -- it's just that their numbers have dwindled to some 9% of the work force due to New Democrat complicity in enabling corporations to smash unions, or at the very least refusing to stand up for unions.