2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Before I die, I'd like to feel admiration for a living President [View all]basselope
(2,565 posts)But, then, I haven't voted for a democratic candidate since 2000 either.
There IS a difference between DLC democrats and radical republicans. DLC Democrats are moderate republicans and radical republicans are off the deep end.
If you look at several republican presidents (Eisenhower, Nixon and even to some extent Ronald Reagan, they had policies very VERY similar (if not to the LEFT) of Obama and Clinton (both Clintons). Obama and the Clintons fit right in with them. Bill Clinton was the natural progression of Reagan, he continued deregulation, brought us the 1996 telecom act, free trade, everything they wanted. Did he return the tax code to sane levels? No, he increased it SLIGHTLY... now people freak out when the top tax rate gets near 40% when it was 90% under Eisenhower, 70% under Nixon.
Hillary vs Trump is the choice between which road to hell do you want to take? They are VERY different.. but they both lead to the same place eventually.