2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The one thing that will stop Bernie Sanders.....his supporters [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)I watched the New Dems rise within the Democratic party. From their founding in 1985 to Bill Clinton's election in 1992 was 7 years smart boy. Wow, I wonder what an intelligent person could learn during that time about the New Dems and their policy positions. If only they had a Think Tank. Oh, wait, they did, The Progressive Policy Institute which still exists today.
Their Mandate for Change was endorsed by Clinton during his election. He made it a centerpiece of his New Dem policies and worked tireless with congress to enact more of it then many realize. Maybe many didn't read what that was really about. I guess those might be some of the ones who fell for the marketing. Oh, by the way, did you know that the PPI modeled the marketing campaigns after the Heritage Institute and CATO? I did. And now many more know. That Mandate for Change was not in sync or inline with the traditional Democratic party platform and positions.
Actually yes, appealing to corporations by influencing policy was a bad thing. The only thing was that Democrats assumed that only the GOP did that. Have you forgotten The Powell Memo that gave rise to the Heritage Foundation and ALEC? And perhaps you are also ignorant of the works David Harvey who traces the roots of neoliberalism to that early 1970's memo.
I know this is a stretch for the uneducated but for those with intelligence and those capable of research, the connections have been there for well nigh 40+ years. By the time of Clinton's election in the 1990's, yes neo-liberalism and the New Dem's were actually a thing able to be studied, understood, and warned against.
Sorry to burst your little bubble, but you are trying to rewrite history, not I. But what do I expect. You will insult me by claiming I am a 'fringe' voter or a member of the 'PUB'. That's all you have at this point. Nothing more. You have the arrogance of a New Dem. You assume the party faithful will hold their noses and vote. You assume that left leaning independents will get in line and vote for your candidate as well. You might be very surprised this time around. Enough time has passed to see who the New Dems are and how badly they govern from the center right.