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In reply to the discussion: DU was for change, not progressivism... [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)in the 80's and agree with that poster. You seem to be looking for a way to justify Obama's statement, fine, knock yourself out, by looking at areas of intersection between moderate Republicans and Democrats in the 80's, though that isn't what Obama was doing.
And I feel you are mis-representing the Republican Party of the 80's, which on the far left of their spectrum, such as it was, may have had a few people a Democrat could point to as ok, but overall was horrific and put our country on the ruinous path that to this day we have been unable to correct.
It wasn't just some extreme right-wing of the Republican Party that did those things, it was their mainstream, which really means it was the corporations behind them, same as what is behind Obama and the Clintons.