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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Man Who Made the Democratic Party What It Is Today (Al From), from DK
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/09/1343530/-The-Man-Who-Made-the-Democratic-Party-What-It-Is-TodaySome key excerpts.
[Al] From was one of the key organizers of this anti-populist movement, and he lays out [in his new book] in detail his multi-decade organizing strategy and his reasons for what he did.... In 2000...Clinton said of From, It would be hard to think of a single American citizen who, as a private citizen, has had a more positive impact on the progress of American life in the last 25 years than Al From....
This, um, counterintuitive take on government giving a hand up to historically economically oppressed minorities is how From and his DLC try to claim that undoing the progressive social policies of the the past century are not a rejection of them but in fact a direct inspiration and positive development of them.
To all the people wondering why Dems didn't run on raising the minimum wage in 2014, an obviously wildly popular idea, or why economic populism is something Dem strategists and politicians run from like a vampire runs from sunlight, there is your answer. Because the party has over a couple of generations now been bred to reject and fight those ideas like an immune system rejects and fights invading germs.
NAFTA. Privatization. The Imperial Presidency. The destruction of organized labor. Spending cuts. Handing power to corporations. Charter schools. Think of a bad idea promoted by the Democratic Party over the past generation or so, and you'll find Al From and his DLC behind it.
NAFTA. Privatization. The Imperial Presidency. The destruction of organized labor. Spending cuts. Handing power to corporations. Charter schools. Think of a bad idea promoted by the Democratic Party over the past generation or so, and you'll find Al From and his DLC behind it.
The whole thing is worth a read, and I tip my hat to 'Th0rn', who posted it over at Daily Kos.
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The Man Who Made the Democratic Party What It Is Today (Al From), from DK (Original Post)
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2014
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rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)1. k & r. Thanks for posting. nm
rurallib
(62,401 posts)2. so much of how America came to be at the low stage it is today
is hidden from the public. And in those hidden stories there seems to be some real nefarious characters.
Thanks so much for posting this.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)5. I just pulled it over from Daily Kos.
Th0rn's the guy to thank over there.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)3. fantastic look at how it went wrong
Phlem
(6,323 posts)4. K&R!
That is why Hillary has copied Warren's populist message, it's what we want so bad that we're easily fooled by lies from our officials. Although Warren sounds genuine.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)6. Respectfully...
... two things:
1st.) Hillary has not copied Warren's populist message, and
2nd.) Warren is genuine.
Just saying...