2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Mustn't we reevaluate our party since it is is going through a right wing realignment? [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)I have copied it, and pasted it to my Liberal Bible.
I inherited the Working Person's Party of FDR, Truman, and JFK from my parents.
That allowed me and my Blue Collar family to live comfortably on a single Working Man's Wages, send 3 children through University, 2 through Grad School (graduating debt free), pay off a comfortable Working Class Home, save for my parent's retirement, and take vacations every year.
I enjoyed the fruits of a Liberal Democratic Party, and joined as soon as I was of age, respecting the traditions of FDR, and later, despite the WAR, the tremendous Liberal achievements of LBJ's Great Society, War on Poverty, and Equal Rights.
We weren't perfect, but we were headed in the right direction.
I am ashamed of the Party we are leaving to our children.
Again, Well Done... A+.
---bvar22
A mainstream-Center FDR/LBJ New Deal Great Society Democrat
who is now labeled as a "Far Leftist" in the 3rd Way Democratic Party.
I haven't changed.
The Party has.
[font color=firebrick][center]"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will STAND UP for Working Americans."
---Paul Wellstone [/font][/center] [center] [/font]
[font size=1]photo by bvar22
Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed[/center][/font]