A New Brand of Democrat That Could Mean Trouble for Hillary...

[bvar22]

101. Pretty much nailed it, olegramps.

I am very embarrassed by The World and the Democratic Party we are leaving to our youth.
The History of the LABOR Movement has been erased from the History Books,
and the Party Leadership no longer embraces it.
I hope today's youth can look to The Past for a template for their future,
because it looks like they will have to fight the same battles fought by OUR parents and grandparents all over again.

We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. “Necessitous men are not free men.”[3] People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.

Among these are:

The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;

The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;

The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;

The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;

The right of every family to a decent home;

The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;

The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;

The right to a good education.

All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.

America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens.

---FDR, SOTU, 1944

There was a time, in MY living memory, when voting FOR The Democrat
was voting FOR the above Rights and Values.
Sadly, this is no longer true.

---bvar22