2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm not a NEW DEMOCRAT-are you? Some history about the NEW DEMOCRATS is needed. [View all]ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)You have NO idea how very, very many of us Old School Democrats are still alive AND very active!! Here in FL we've actually formed a group called The Progressive Democratic Coalition that has been formed to go up against so many Democrats who vote RIGHT ALONG WITH so many Repubs! This is a KNOWN fact down here!
The group has been formed and went through the COMPLETE process of being formed and many counties have elected President's on down for each county!
After THEY (the Democrats here) saw that this was a genuine LEGAL coalition THEY tried everything they could to eradicate the movement! They lost their bid to shut us down and it's growing more and more as time goes by. There are monthly meetings and delegates elected to go to the DNC Convention.
WE ARE the people who are FED up with the DLC/Third Way types and getting this up and running has been met with a GREAT DEAL of OBSTRUCTION from the State Democrats down here. Obama endorsed DWS you known and he also endorsed Patrick Murphy for Rubio's Senate seat. He was a Republican until 2012! THESE two are the people Obama supports!
Murphy actually backed Republicans for most of his life and supported Mitt Romney for POTUS. He backs the Keystone Pipeline4and OPPOSES tighter regulations on FOR-PROFIT Universities, the U.S. Department of Educations is for MORE regulations on the Universities. AND he considers himself a BILL CLINTON Democrat and moderate of fiscal issues. Has gotten many $$$$$$ from DNC to help him win.
He also voted AGAINST the Ozone Standard Implementations Act of 2016! And there's much MORE that one could find that shows that he's quite a right wing Democrat! So yea, NOT much like what I've grown up with as a Union supporting Democrat. I also don't think he supports UNIONS in the past! He may "say" he NOW supports them!
He would MOST DEFINITELY align himself with The Clinton DLC/Third Way Dems. and therefore is getting all the $$$$$ they're throwing his way and has a great deal of money to "play" with!
I WILL NOT vote for him! If THIS is what YOU WANT as YOUR voice in Congress then YOU are supporting issues that Democrats were against before THE CLINTONS began to change the Party!