Are NeoDems saying the Democratic platform has sucked all these decades?

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If you listen to the New Democrats...you would think that the debate on issues like abortion, separation of church and state, Affirmative action, and social welfare are something new. The New Democrats (neodems) are pretending that we haven't already had a debate that brought compromise on these issues. That millions of Blacks and Women didn't march in the streets for equality, choice and the right to vote. That workers didn't organize to fight sweatshops, child labor and to attain social security, better wages and working conditions.

The laws and policies in place right now on these issues are the result of decades of activism, negotiation, debate and compromise. But now the Moderates want to start over and re-negotiate these issues with the uncompromising right wing of the GOP and their fanatical religious followers. This looks like a repudiation of everything the Democratic party has ever accomplished or stood for over the last half a century. What the Neodems seem to be saying is that they now want to re-negotiate these issues because the new far right extremists in power won't accept them as they stand.

It seems to me that the NeoDems are saying that we've always been wrong on these issues or that they never really believed in them in the first place. That they're willing to compromise and concede on issues central to the Democratic platform suggests that they think the party took the wrong stance and now want to make a 'new deal' with the not-so-loyal opposition.

The New Democrats are trying to rewrite history and are ignoring why many became Democrats in the first place. Democrats have already fought the battles and made the compromises. The end result is the policies and laws on the books today. But now the Moderates want to change all of this so they can gain a bit of political advantage in a marketplace of bigoted, racist, corporate ideas. They want to refight the same battles over again...but this time they intend to lose ground in the name of political opportunism. This is an affront to all the Americans that have fought so hard for decades to bring these bits and pieces of justice and equality for the 'commoners' and the have-nots.

This brings a battle on a second front: Progressives fighting NeoDems to keep the party's legacy and tradition intact and from being sold off bit by bit to right wing and corporate interests for the sake of 'winning'.