Thomas Frank calls out blind partisanship by Dems

[busterbrown]

66. But it all changed with few noticing.

Much of the blame has to be put on the our Party when we sadly stood by and watch Reagan begin the destruction of Unions...as well as vilifying our poor with the “Welfare Queen “ analogy..
But few of us became uneasy, we just went along with the flow, instead of drawing a big fucking line in the sand

Then came NAFTA(Clinton triangulation) and shortly after that Deregulation.. No lines drawn as well. By then the water was boiling, money was fluid, media became the internet and everyone wanted more.. Also by this point, The Fairness Doctrine was overturned so corporate media had little to fear

By 2007, When the recession began to roll and though Republicans were the driving this bus,were well in control of most major media outlets and were already pushing Trickle Down Economics as the solution ...

My point being, that we are now in the position we are, because Dems. sat down and covered their eyes and ears for 25 yrs and there was absolutely no push back on Republican Economic Ideology during this period.. There are absolutely no simple fix for us except to hope for more more progressive dem candidates winning primaries and then elections.. This will take time..