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In reply to the discussion: Why is DU's popularity waning? (Title edited, explanation within.) [View all]RiverLover
(7,830 posts)Really surprised. I often feel like I do when talking to my rethug family members about current events when here at DU. At first I thought maybe a bunch of republicans were here posing as Democrats, but now I don't think that. I think its just a bunch of well meaning people who vote for party & wear blinders on accepting facts like Bill Clinton right before leaving office, in 1999, deregulated banks with the repeal of Glass-Steagall and that allowed them to become too big to fail & play derivatives to crash the economy.
It happened. We don't want a repeat. We want our Democratic policies to be reflected in those with D behind their names. It doesn't make us anti-Democrats because we want to improve things. Core Democrat values could improve the US. We need people who will actually work to apply them in office.
Republicans fight for less regulations, more off-shoring of jobs, etc. We need to wake up to the fact that elected officials in our party have enabled that, pushed for it in some cases. Then if we see it, maybe we can change it.
But its off-putting to be demonized for wanting Democrats to be Democrats & for wanting the US to be a better place to live.