2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I feel the need to say something. [View all]Lorien
(31,935 posts)when I questioned Hillary's love of Fracking ("Fracking makes us energy independent!) Keystone XL ( "It will create jobs!" NAFTA ("It's just a free market trade agreement like any other. It doesn't cost jobs; too much regulation costs jobs!" attacking Iran ("They're a threat to Israel and we need to send a message to the world." Wall Street deregulation ("What really caused the crash was stupid people buying more house than they could afford." and on and on. I asked this fellow if he knew that his positions on the issues made him a Republican, and he became very defensive and said "Hillary is the DEMOCRATIC candidate, and I only vote for Democrats. Sanders is a Socialist and not a real Democrat! Socialism has never worked anywhere in the world!"
Honestly, the DLC has truly achieved it's objective of destroying liberalism within the Democratic party. It's now indistinguishable from the GOP of the 1990s when the DLC first began their campaign to turn Dems into "new Republicans." I never thought that they would get away with it back then, but by God, they sure have, and then some. PLEASE Hillary supporters; THINK HARD ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING, and WHY!