2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm not a NEW DEMOCRAT-are you? Some history about the NEW DEMOCRATS is needed. [View all]highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)Their policies have been devastating to the Democratic Party and to the country at large. Telecommunications Act, NAFTA, Crime Bill, deregulation of Wall Street and more. What a ridiculous legacy.
And the more rightward they go, the crazier the Republicans get. Witness Trump and the rest of those jokers.
We need to drift way back towards the Progressive roots our Party had in the mid-1900's, the day's of FDR and those after him. The Democratic Party held majorities in both houses for the large majority of those years and passed so much meaningful legislation, including regarding Social Security and Medicare.
No NEW DEMOCRATS for me, and if our candidate or candidates are one, they should get back to being Progressive if they want to beat Donald Trump.