In the discussion thread: Mustn't we reevaluate our party since it is is going through a right wing realignment? [View all]
Response to Armstead (Reply #43)
Thu May 12, 2016, 03:35 PM
whatthehey (3,660 posts)
154. And yet funnily enough
This Pre-DLC DINO Corporatist Oligarchic Clintonite Bankster 1976 Dem Party platform reads remarkably akin to our current version, replete with concern for free trade, reducing regulatory and bureaucratic overreach, ok with gun ownership, etc. Both rail against much the same evils.
It's a bit stronger to the left on health care (I wish they'd have carried out those promises), a bit more explicitly pro-union, but a fair bit more rightward on welfare, positing a must-work-for-welfare scenario that draws aghast comparisons to slavery whenever raised on DU these days. I've attached both links for comparison. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=29606 https://www.democrats.org/party-platform |
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