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In reply to the discussion: In 18 years since Naders run, what has been accomplished by attacking the Dem party from the left? [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Wheeee! That's a good one!
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"Some of the blame for that has to be assigned to those who pushed this party massively and unnecessarily to the right in the Nineties."
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You do realize that the Democratic party doesn't exist in a vacuum, right? Fact is, during that time, the entire country was tilting right (with a pendulum that hadn't yet begun to track back to the left again) that's the way it was. If the Democratic party shifted hard left (as you appear to believe it ought to have) then it would have become weak and out-of-touch with the reality of the times. Sometimes you have to go with the flow and ACCEPT REALITY and make the best of a situation that's less-than-ideal.
It wasn't "massively" and it wasn't "unnecessarily". Stop exaggerating.