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packman

(16,296 posts)
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 11:45 AM Sep 2018

Damn Liberals and Dems- What have they ever done for us?

A list form all of the accomplishments and achievements and victories of Progressives, Liberals and Democrats over the last century given at the site (too long for a single posting)

But it goes without saying, every single leap forward over the last century has been the result of Democratic, Liberal and Progressive policies, positions and goals. Every step backward is most assuredly the result of Republican and Conservative policies, positions and goals.

So yes, everyone, the Republicans are right. The Democrats have no plans for the future and have done nothing in the past, aside from protecting people from pollution, racial discrimination, barriers to the handicapped, dangerous products, poisonous food, bank failure, hazardous workplaces, overwork, unemployment, handguns, extreme poverty, hunger, and deadly diseases; and aside from providing public education, money for college, balanced budgets, the right to vote, a decent retirement, electricity, the Internet, time off for family, access to government and credit records, and the best examples of peace and diplomacy in our time.

What have the liberals ever done for us?

Everything.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2005/10/14/156663/-

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Damn Liberals and Dems- What have they ever done for us? (Original Post) packman Sep 2018 OP
Brought peace? FiveGoodMen Sep 2018 #1
Have to agree with you on that one, could have done better packman Sep 2018 #3
Excellent! sheshe2 Sep 2018 #2
How about humanism? The incredible new idea that Hortensis Sep 2018 #4
 

packman

(16,296 posts)
3. Have to agree with you on that one, could have done better
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 11:56 AM
Sep 2018

But we don't seem to enjoy war making as much as the Repukes do.

sheshe2

(83,751 posts)
2. Excellent!
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 11:52 AM
Sep 2018

Bookmarking to pull up whenever I hear anyone say that both sides are the same. Or when I hear the phrase 'spineless Democrats'!

Thanks, packman.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. How about humanism? The incredible new idea that
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 12:16 PM
Sep 2018

individuals matter in themselves, not just as contributors to a group or leader, and had individual inalienable rights. THAT's a biggie.

As Benito Mussolini mused on the subject, "Fascism is the state. Liberalism is the individual." He was badmouthing liberalism, of course. Like Hitler, and now Putin and people like Scott Walker and Brett Kavanaugh, he wasn't exactly an admirer of our Democratic Party and its liberal and progressive principles and values.

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