2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I am Very Disappointed with the Democratic Party [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)I remember you and the times on DU you are speaking of and the change in views on voting and liberals and the rest. And I remember your DU moniker.
Once Obama was elected everything changed. We were not allowed to speak about certain subjects or be critical of any of his policies that conflicted with what he promised in his campaign when he ran. Those of us who questioned were told that Obama was always a "Centrist" and that his books foretold his policy and that we really hadn't listened to his speeches carefully enough andbecause of that we were totally "ill-informed" and had no right to expect different policies that what we were getting.
We Lib Dems were in effect told to "stay in line" for almost eight years now. Drones, more war, invasions, bank bailouts where none were prosecuted, just fined, and all the rest as I've seen our country change and our kids having college debt beyond them being able to cope and fewer prospects than anytime I can ever remember in the USA. But, we should not be complaining, we are told. The Republicans caused it all and refused to work with Obama and Hillary will be able to do what Obama couldn't.
So....I understand where you are coming from and I thank you for saying it.