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In reply to the discussion: The Nation article: we must transform the dem. Party [View all]synergie
(1,901 posts)I'm unaware of the dogma you have created, or has been crated for you. I find it interesting that the actual people who cast votes for corporate deregulation are never credited for their actual actions. Guess that's some sort of state secret? (It's not, there is a record of who voted for what, and if one understands how our government works and which branch does what one might learn some things.)
Look, politics is a bit more complicated, and the people were actually agitating for free trade, welfare reform and cops on their streets, cause these were issues that were affecting their actual daily lives.
Some are often blind to what was actually going on in the 90's, and how politics actually works, preferring instead to make up names and attack for reasons they cannot put a finger on, but they feel deeply are REASONS!!1!
We can't let a cult of personality and slogans blind us to what true Democratic positions actually are, doing so self delusion.
Bottom line, we either care about facts or we just make up things as we go along because we're too lazy or ignorant to do our homework. I'm a woman who likes to actual do the work and know what's going on, and who thinks empty slogans are a terrible way to judge principles. You might say it's what makes me a principles gal.