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In reply to the discussion: What the hell, DU? [View all]PATRICK
(12,229 posts)was that Obama's first election was stripped of concern with most major issues, reducing them to background dissatisfaction and the "First Black American President". Hillary would have been all about the "First Woman President".
In my memory and regarding most elections bad things get really worse and good things happen in increments with a lot of pain. A lot of illogical pain and evasiveness. All the unvisited Bush crimes(including election theft! Hello, politician, remember?), law enforcement stoutly and politely set aside, gratuitous gifts and silence on behalf of failed Republicans and acceptance of all too many fraudulent, criminal, immoral and stupid cheater ruling class progress in ruining literally anything worthwhile is a lot more than the desktop picture of the Dem program.
That is the main thing, remains the incredibly insane and ruinous philofoolery of the top of the American pond. As the rot and effects surface they have made the party as predictable as Reagan and Bush with the really good stuff included making it somehow all the more frustrating.
First, the fundamental nature of the party is not all that different from the past. The combative meanness of the coalition always resided in the punished South and has moved with vicious hypocrisy to the party of LINO, Lincoln in name only. The somewhat tamed and spoiled by near success Labor movement was too strident for the "bi-partisan" remains. So the second ball was cut off.
The fruits of this tree are bearing forth, just like the overweening power of elite corruption. Elite, what a word. So kind to themselves. Too much damn money wasted on ostensible claiming to create a wonderful society with half truths. Corrupted every single facet worth a damn.
The Dems seem to WANT to be blamed and be responsible adults about with the eternal surprise of getting impeached for other stuff entirely. Their super friends, and those who need to prop up some hope for progress nobly would deny them. And they just seem to double down on let down and seem more interested in themselves propping up failed Republicanism.