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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Party in 2016 Primaries is either going to completely morph into a new [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)71. Caving to the South on the New Deal for one
by leaving most majority-black occupations not covered by Social Security. Obviously internment. Both JFK and FDR campaigned on cutting taxes, which doesn't go well with the zeitgeist today. JFK's hawkishness would be a hard swallow for a lot of younger supporters, too. And, hell, if one man represents the Democratic Party of the 1960s (what the OP wants to return to) it's LBJ -- do you really need a breakdown of all the ways his policies would alienate Sanders's supporters?
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The Democratic Party in 2016 Primaries is either going to completely morph into a new [View all]
Seeinghope
Mar 2016
OP
What? The Vietnam vets at my VFW post are both old and conservative. What's "abusive" about pointing
Recursion
Mar 2016
#16
Those grandchildren support the socialist left policies of Bernie Sanders by a large majority...
Human101948
Mar 2016
#56
No, the left, which is why I try to give others on the left with me advice (nt)
Recursion
Mar 2016
#68
Most of the vietnam vets I know want to have nothing to do with the VFW or the American Legion.
hobbit709
Mar 2016
#47
Do you know how hard it is to get a VFW, AL, IVAW, et al member to show a valid DD-214?
VulgarPoet
Mar 2016
#77
Perhaps you'd prefer a party indefinitely dedicated to appeasing the ways of Ronald Reagan?
highprincipleswork
Mar 2016
#10
So you think everything is fine. That the principles you endorse dropping mean...?
kristopher
Mar 2016
#19
Ask seeinghope, who specifically called out the "traditional" party of the 60s and 70s
Recursion
Mar 2016
#20
George Washington is often voted the greatest. Let's bring back slavery. N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Mar 2016
#63
Of course, because that's the reason for his rank, modern historians being notoriously pro-slavery..
whathehell
Mar 2016
#74
Yeah, the party they are dreaming off was a whole lot whiter, and had tons of dixiecrats.
KitSileya
Mar 2016
#54
Oh, my - "the Left really, really needs to get over the 1960s" - heh, or else find or
djean111
Mar 2016
#59
Funny...I thought Bill Clinton hatched a plan to let the Democratic Party win...
brooklynite
Mar 2016
#49
Let us all return to the 60's in our politic and turn left instead of right.
Kip Humphrey
Mar 2016
#80