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Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are way far left not my Democratic Party
Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb (D) slammed the liberal wing of the Democratic Party on Fox News Sunday this week and said that liberals who are against the Confederate Flag sound just as divisive and wrong-headed as Donald Trumps remarks about Latino immigrants being criminals and racists.
Webb announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016 earlier this summer. After a discussion of national security issues with Fox News Sunday host Brett Baier, Webb asked if he might address the controversial nature of Trumps statements.
This kind of divisive, inflammatory rhetoric by people who want to be commander-in-chief is not helpful, and we have seen from the liberal side as well this kind of rhetoric as it goes to Southern white cultures, he said.
At one point in the interview, Webb said he feels that the Democratic Party has moved way far to the left.
In a party that seems to thrill to Bernie Sanders and maybe long for Elizabeth Warren, who are the Jim Webb Democrats? asked Baier.
I believe we can bring a different tone to the Democratic Party. Youre right, Webb agreed. The party has moved way far to the left, and thats not my Democratic Party.
more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/sen-jim-webb-bernie-sanders-and-elizabeth-warren-are-way-far-left-not-my-democratic-party/
Wilms
(26,795 posts)Meanwhile, he joined, out of convenience, less than 10 years ago.
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)GTFO and be honest and declare yourself an independent member of the Corporatist uber party, which has underhandedly taken over both parties with your oligarchic agendas.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)He is polling in the low single digits (2% average). That's not going to change and suggests that he is the one who is too far away from the Democratic Party.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Bernie and Liz actually represent views held by a majority of Americans. It would seem Webb and his Third Way friends are the outliers.
kelly1mm
(4,719 posts)Hillary described herself as a 'Goldwater Girl'.
Shoot, Ronald Regan, Strom Thurmond and Rick Perry were all Democrast who turned Republican!
As the meme goes, views 'evolve'.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)She just changed her residency.