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LeftInTX

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20. I didn't support the Vietnam War

Reply to Cleita (Reply #13)

Wed Nov 12, 2014, 05:14 PM

Nov 2014

I also feel that LBJ overextended himself. He passed alot of programs, which he couldn't quite finance. Money for those programs got funneled into the Vietnam War. He was larger than life and very aggressive about passing legislation. I think Kennedy would have been better and more realistic. On the other hand I fully support the Civil Rights Act, The Voting Rights Act and Medicare.

I think we could have kept a better Democratic base if some of the Great Society programs had been passed at a slower pace. OTOH, they may have never been passed at all if LBJ hadn't passed them. History is what it is.

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I think we need some different words to describe our place in the Party. [View all] Cleita Nov 2014 OP

We just have to be careful when we identify with another individual than hopefully a philosophy... cascadiance Nov 2014 #1

I'm a Democrat who votes for/against policies & prinicples. Not politians or brand. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #3

I think most of us feel that way too! cascadiance Nov 2014 #4

The words have become meaningless. James Carville says he's a liberal. Cleita Nov 2014 #9

So right! And those who believe Carville is a "liberal" should watch "Our Brand is Crisis" on DVD.. cascadiance Nov 2014 #15

FDR also led us into WWII and I'm very anti-war unless every Cleita Nov 2014 #6

Oh certainly FDR's great deeds immensely dwarf these problem areas. cascadiance Nov 2014 #10

I love Elizabeth. Cleita Nov 2014 #12

I wear Liberalism as a badge of honor. JaneyVee Nov 2014 #2

Me too. I have no problem with using th word 'liberal' to describe my political leanings. nt msanthrope Nov 2014 #5

Apparently you identify with Bernie Sanders who self-identifies as a Cleita Nov 2014 #7

I'm socially liberal, fiscally progressive. JaneyVee Nov 2014 #8

I support the New Deal, Civil Rights and the Voting Rights Act LeftInTX Nov 2014 #11

Then you would be an LBJ Democrat? Cleita Nov 2014 #13

I didn't support the Vietnam War LeftInTX Nov 2014 #20

I didn't support WWII or the Japanese internment but I still Cleita Nov 2014 #22

I don't think that we can get away sadoldgirl Nov 2014 #14

Me? I'm just a Democrat. LanternWaste Nov 2014 #16

Deep down I have always thought of myself as an FDR Democrat but I also loved Wellstone. These jwirr Nov 2014 #17

And Wellstone also draws in the notion that there could be unknown forces aligned against us... cascadiance Nov 2014 #18

Subversive ones at least. Cleita Nov 2014 #23

pee-ons hobbit709 Nov 2014 #19

Well traditionally, the Democratic Party was supposed to be the party Cleita Nov 2014 #24

You say tomato, I say tomato. Jamastiene Nov 2014 #21

I hear you. Cleita Nov 2014 #25

How about "The Trod upon" notrightatall Nov 2014 #26

FDR Dem here. Basic LA Nov 2014 #27

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