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In reply to the discussion: Something I Noticed regarding the Difference Between Democrats and Republicans [View all]bluestate10
(10,942 posts)that they're divinely right, regardless of the holes in their arguments, or how much they ignore clear facts. You are exactly right. When republicans surged during the 2001-2005 in the face of a fearful public post 9/11 and democratic party disarray, the "pure" rightists in the GOP wanted more, we saw the case of a husband being prevented from having tubes removed from his vegetative wife, we saw unprecedented attacks on women's reproductive rights, relentless attacks on early childhood education and childhood hunger programs. Democrats cleaned republicans clocks in the 2006 midterm, things got better as Bush was restrained. Democrats made more gains in the 2008 election, including winning the Presidency. Once democrats had firm control, the unrealistic birds on the Left came out demanding politically unrealistic policies. Republicans pounced on the solid, but not adequate for the far Left progress that was made during 2 years on democratic control, and the far Left aided them by relentlessly attacking Democrats and our President for not doing everything the far Left wanted.
My sense is that the circumstances for 2014 will be different, thanks to un-relenting attacks again on women's rights, voting rights and food rights by republicans in Congress and in republican held states. A solid coalition is forming to oppose republicans, this coalition can be counted on to win elections moving forward and finally get the nation to the point that the, "pure' democrats, in their own self appointed viewpoint, couldn't fucking get it to in two centuries given their mindsets.