2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Thom Hartmann - How Stupid Has the Democratic Party Become? [View all]liberalmike27
(2,479 posts)That you immediately list a rift of social issues, as the only defining characteristics of what comprises a "lefty" democrat. Yet you totally omit all economic issues.
That's a little like eating green beans at a thanksgiving meal, and leaving out the turkey, the mashed potatoes, the deviled eggs, and the pies.
The core things that make you liberal aren't social issues. They're lie garnish, yea, we agree with them. But they don't pay payments on your car, your utility bills, the rent, save money, send you on vacations, keep you alive and steady between jobs. They aren't a $15 minimum wages, being pro-gay doesn't' create good jobs here in America or levy against trade agreements that deliberately ship whole factories away to third world countries, making unemployment higher, and inevitably dragging already low salaries down further, and increasing the disparity of wealth.
You define what is wrong with the modern neoliberal, what is wrong with Hillary, what has been wrong with Bill, and Barack, even Carter to some extent. Since Johnson, there really has been no real Democrat. It's time we got a Democrat back into office, that puts the meal back into thanksgiving. Social issues are great, but they don't pay the bills.