Why is ageism suddenly all the rage on DU?

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27. Hopefully, it is an under the radar campaign...

..to disqualify Hillary for the Democratic nomination as being "too old".
If that is the case, I will join my younger brethren.

OTOH, if you were born after about 1955, you haven't had the opportunity to hear, see, and experience what a REAL Democrat on the National Campaign Trail sounds like.

The History of the LABOR Movement has been erased from our History Books,
and from the National Debate. Many of our youth have NO IDEA why they get weekends off,
or how much blood was spilled so that they could have that and much more.


Come sit around the fire, my younger brethren, and listen to us Old Folk tell you about the Battles that were Fought & Won,
and about the Heroes who gave their lives,
about the mistakes we made,
so that you don't have to fight them all over again.

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[font size=3] established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.[/font]

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.

[font size=3]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.[/font]

Please note that the above are stipulated as Basic Human RIGHTS to be protected by our government,
and NOT as COMMODITIES to be SOLD to Americans by For Profit Corporations.

There was a time, not so long ago, when voting FOR the Democrat was voting FOR the above Democratic Party Values.
Sadly, this is no longer true.
Hopefully, you can return the Democratic Party back to the Working Class roots that built the largest, wealthiest, and most upwardly mobile Working Class the WORLD had ever seen.
If not, then I fear for your future.

It will be a tough fight.
I wish you well.




You will know them by their [font size=3]WORKS.[/font]