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Originally posted by cthulu23
Democrats are socialists? Are you kidding? It was Clinton that "reformed" welfare and passed NAFTA.
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"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton, 6-28-04. That's not socialism? Are you kidding?
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When the Democrats dropped any pretense of the working-class populism that had defined their decades-long reign as the majority party of the New Deal, veering first left (under George McGovern) and then right (under Bill Clinton) in search of various patchwork electoral coalitions, a vacuum was created at the grass-roots of American politics.
In the post-Reagan era of Rush, Hannity and O'Reilly, the right has filled that vacuum expertly. Its commentators and candidates have channeled the old working-class resentment against bankers and corporate fat cats into mistrust of an even more shadowy enemy, the "liberal elite"
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nanofever-- now that I read the article and noticed that I actually summarized it perfectly, you might want to take a look at it yourself.