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In reply to the discussion: Jeezes, we need some actual Democrats in office [View all]mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)I don't expect every Democrat to be as liberal as me and, while I find this frustrating, I would not say these weren't "real Democrats," because I was raised by a family of "real Democrats" and they disagreed plenty. However, when one of my uncles became rich, then Republican, he was shut out (he was an obnoxious jerk anyway.) Even my mother marrying a gentile didn't bring as much wrath, after all, my dad was a Democrat.
I've never been one to pine about the "good old days." Realistically, we all know they didn't exist. But Republicans didn't used to scare me. I disagreed with Goldwater on many things, but that conservative understood the necessity of separation of church and state, was pro choice, and famously said "you don't have to be straight to serve in the military, you just have to be able to shoot straight."
Today's Republicans would impose their religious law on all of us, strip the few worker's rights we have, privatize social safety nets, and keep us in perpetual war. "If you don't work, you starve. Even children. Because Jesus...."
This is not the Democratic agenda... and, right now, that's enough for me, while I continue to fight for more.
I consider myself a "real Democrat."