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Democratic Primaries

radius777

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16. LBJ was a conservative Southern populist,

Reply to denverbill (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 05:41 PM

Mar 2019

who was able to do bold things due to the tragedy and thus high support/sympathy the public had for the Dem administration. IIRC, both Medicare and Civil Rights Act were goals of the Kennedy admin, so LBJ was able to pass them "for the memory of JFK" in a sense.

But LBJ was no socialist, he simply was a mixed-capitalist safety-net Dem like any other.

JFK was an optimistic, pro-business centrist; WJC and BHO are in this mold, but they also supported the safety net like any other Dem, with certain cuts and improvements to modernize the system.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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What is a 'moderate' Democrat anyway? [View all] DonViejo Mar 2019 OP

What do you find in the middle of the road? Funtatlaguy Mar 2019 #1

the old terms don't apply anymore. also, i don't see the party moving Kurt V. Mar 2019 #2

This sounds about right Mr Tibbs Mar 2019 #6

Third Way, lol. aidbo Mar 2019 #3

Does this mean that everyone is 3rd way except Bernie and his crowd? leftofcool Mar 2019 #13

"If there's room for a different approach"? TCJ70 Mar 2019 #4

One who won't get my support. Anyone who thinks they can work with Republicans is Autumn Mar 2019 #5

Moderate Dems like Barak Obama and Bill Clinton get elected comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #7

Some notable extremists: Al Gore, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton. n/t denverbill Mar 2019 #8

So tell me which far left candidates have been elected president? comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #10

LBJ? Passed Medicare and the Civil Rights Act? denverbill Mar 2019 #11

I remember LBJ's presidency. I don't recall anyone calling him a leftist. comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #12

Pretty sure the left disliked his war in Vietnam, not his domestic policies. denverbill Mar 2019 #15

LBJ was a conservative Southern populist, radius777 Mar 2019 #16

2 of those 3 won popular vote, kerry lost narrowly. /nt radius777 Mar 2019 #18

According to this 538 graph, @51% of Democrats SELF-identify Hortensis Mar 2019 #9

liberal and leftist are two different things though, radius777 Mar 2019 #17

Oh, absolutely, adding the note that "mainstream" Hortensis Mar 2019 #20

Someone who understands Gwen Graham has easier election path than Andrew Gillum Awsi Dooger Mar 2019 #14

Keeping in mind that republicans consider all democrats to be extreme, GulfCoast66 Mar 2019 #19