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In reply to the discussion: The words "Democrat" and "Republican" are pretty much meaningless [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)we have been moving right for 40 years. Yes, we may take a couple of steps left now and again, but the march has been steadily to the right for 40 years. As I point out in another post on this thread, every Supreme Court justice has been more conservative than the one he/she replaced. Thurgood Marshall, arguably the most liberal Justice ever, was replaced by CLARENCE THOMAS, arguably the most reactionary justice since Roger Taney of Dred Scott fame. Thomas was appointed with the help of ELEVEN Democrats.
Yes, it is nice that gay couples can now marry in more and more states, but at the same time, women's reproductive rights are on their way back to the 19th Century. It's great that we got the ACA, despite its numerous shortcomings, but soon the SCOTUS will destroy it because the court has people like Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Anthony Kennedy on it, Justices confirmed by Democrats. Each of those justice was more conservative than the one who proceeded them.
It's nice that we wound down the War in Iraq, except that we are winding it back up again, and we are off to military adventure in Syria, and have Dems who, when push come to shove, will support war with Iran. Sure we got Sarbane-Oxley, but we also got rid of Glass-Steagall. We MIGHT get a beneficial Net Neutrality ruling from the FCC, but the CIA/NSA/FBI et al, are spying on us with impunity.
We elected a Black president!! How progressive of us. Except that racism is making a SERIOUS come back, and is now being normalized in society. And do we really want to discuss how much ground we have lost on gun control, taxation, education, welfare programs, unemployment compensation, banking regulation, infrastructure investment, prison reform, law enforcement misconduct, pension protection, union rights and environmental protection?