Noam Chomsky: The Democratic Party is now in the hands of Moderate Republicans.

[elljay]

94. I could care less about what Chomsky says

but I am old enough to remember the Republican and Democratic Parties of the 60s. Today's Democratic Party has very similar positions to the now-extinct liberal and moderate Republicans of that era. It is a fact, whether you like it or not. Bill Clinton made no secret of his moving the party to the center ( meaning rightward) and Obama did make that statement about being a moderate Republican of that era. Look up Lowell Weicker, Jacob Javits, Nelson Rockefeller and even the policy positions of Nixon and Eisenhower. They are much closer to today's Democratic positions than to today's insane Republican positions. If you just can't accept that, then you will never understand why Bernie Sanders came out of nowhere, with no name recognition, money or support and pushed Hillary until the last week.