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Post 1968 I don't think the democrats had much for any real ideas. Granted much of what democrats say today was pretty much what republicans had for ideas long ago.
Obamacare came from Romney care which came from Hillarycare which came from some bush 41 republicans
cap and trade was a republican idea.
The democrats really don't have a base because they pretty much killed much of it off. Unions for example have been abandoned by the left. Clinton voted in NAFTA and we've put on environmental restrictions and want to mandate bennies that were normally fought for by the unions. Why join a union if you can sit around and get the same stuff for free?
So the political divide is about what again? Abortion? It's going to still be legal. Guns? Same thing. Same sex marriage is going to be legal eventually in every state as it is pointless to fight against it. at the same point the religious right needs to basically end.
gun control is a dead issue as is the environment. It is employment that is the big issue. When unemployment is 8+% then nothing else matters.
It is hard for the left to fight for higher wages and bennies when there are less jobs. You have to allow the government to do things to attract businesses. If you don't give them a reason to be there then they will leave. I've seen this on a local and state level so naturally it happens on a national level.
The Democrats' Duty: Bring the GOP Back from Crazy
The Republicans' Duty: Bring Democrats Back from Evil.
Randy H
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2012 Aug 9, 12:36pm
Today's neocons are indistinct from whack-a-mole "simply living" hyper vegan luddite freaks. They're both just extremists trapped in an endless loop trying to out-extreme their own compadres.
freak80
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2012 Aug 9, 11:27pm
The democrats really don't have a base because they pretty much killed much of it off. Unions for example have been abandoned by the left. Clinton voted in NAFTA
Bingo. The Democrat base used to be working class "blue collar" Catholics.
Now it's the Castro District.
Google: 2016 Movie for a location near you. It explains Obamas anti-American roots and training. Quite an eye opener.
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http://www.esquire.com/_mobile/blogs/politics/republican-party-0512
The Democrats' Duty: Bring the GOP Back from Crazy
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the Republican party, root and branch, from its deepest grass roots to its highest levels, has become completely demented.
INTO THE WILDERNESS /// Both parties have spent time in exile, and both parties have deserved it. But this year, with the GOP nominating process having devolved into a heresy trial, there's a moral obligation to cast the Republicans out until they come to their senses.
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