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In reply to the discussion: Noam Chomsky: The Democratic Party is now in the hands of Moderate Republicans. [View all]ellennelle
(614 posts)isn't that the guy who dropped the only nuclear bombs on humans in history?
isn't he the guy who helped shove out the best VP in our country's history, henry wallace, who established all those FDR programs everyone - except the radical right - loves so much?
i believe those are the programs truman considered 'radical'; the henry wallace folks.
i believe he also got us into that war in korea, for what damn reason has never been clear.
that was what started our trend toward empire. not anything to be proud of.
see, centrist democrats are those who are pulled to the right by those money guys, the ones who line their pockets with the blood of our youth and the tears of our hard-working citizens.
bill clinton and the DLC pulled the party all the way into bed with that icky ilk.
this is a source of great shame, not pride.