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[billhicks76]

136. The Country Moved To The Left As A Whole

It's called progress and its subtle. Were the 1840's right wing? There are historical contexts...slavery and oppression of women existed. But the pendulum swing between liberal and conservative is hard to quantify based on that. My experience is that the country was liberal in the 70s and conservative in the 80s. Liberal in the 90s and conservative after 911 but also changing demographically to the point where it really is mostly liberal in a permanent way. This is why we see the corporation/government nexus arming itself heavily against the public and turning the screws on us militarily, economically and socially. The Clintons may have been liberal in the 70s and 80s but they decided to play ball and align themselves with the Bush Family Crime Syndicate early on as far back as 1982 in my opinion. The rest has been for show. They definitely moved the center of the political spectrum of the Democratic Party further to the right which forced those on the right who wish to differentiate themselves culturally and religiously to move even further to the right into whackadoodleland. Is this an unintended consequence? I doubt it but who knows...maybe they just are greedy and self-aggrandizing and didnt know the effects on the country as a whole. Either way it sucks and Im ashamed to even be associated with the Clintons...I am a lifelong Democrat who has campaigned for countless Congressmen and Senators...the Clintons make my skin crawl though.