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Progressive Race to the Bottom


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2019 Jan 29, 5:55pm   1,610 views  4 comments

by cmdrda2leak   ➕follow (1)   💰tip   ignore  


The old Democratic party championed the working classes, wanted secure borders to protect middle-class union wage earners, and focused generous federal entitlement help on the citizen poor. Civil rights were defined as equality of opportunity for all.

That party is long dead. An updated Hubert Humphrey or even Bill Clinton would not recognize any of the present “Democrats.”

Even the old wing of elite liberals is mostly long gone, with its talk of legal immigration only, opposition to censorship, pro-Israel foreign policy, let-it-hang-out Sixties indulgence, and free speech.

It was superseded by grim progressives who are not so much interested in a square, new, or fair deal for the middle classes, as an entirely different deal that redefines everything from the Bill of Rights and the very way we elect presidents and senators to an embrace of identity politics as its first principle.

Indeed, we are currently witnessing a quite strange series of North Korean–like reeducation confessionals, from repenting erstwhile liberals and now presidential hopefuls such as Joe Biden, Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris, and Kirsten Gillibrand. They and other would-be candidates parade before show cameras to apologize for their prior incorrect heresies, including their erstwhile support for drug laws, tough sentencing, and border enforcement.

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https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/progressive-politics-abolish-ice-tax-increases-free-college/

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1   FortWayneAsNancyPelosiHaircut   2019 Jan 29, 6:25pm  

Dems went to trash fast with anarchists in charge.

They like to murder babies, because they hate human race. They are party of true evil.
2   MrMagic   2019 Jan 29, 7:46pm  

HEYYOU says
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3   MisdemeanorRebel   2019 Jan 29, 7:47pm  

cmdrdataleak says
The old Democratic party championed the working classes, wanted secure borders to protect middle-class union wage earners, and focused generous federal entitlement help on the citizen poor. Civil rights were defined as equality of opportunity for all.


Another great VDH piece. Just read this a few minutes ago. Thanks, Commander!
4   Shaman   2019 Jan 29, 9:34pm  

MrMagic says
HEYYOU says
WTF! Just realized I have 25 ignores!


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My work here is done.

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