Ardent15
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Fri Mar-05-10 05:48 PM
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Democrats abadoned economic populism, gaining corporate money but losing the working class |
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Left-wing economic policies are popular in many parts of the U.S., from the inner cities to the Rust Belt to the rural Plains states. And a majority support most left-wing economic policies.
Yet because neither party is populist economically, preferring instead to be economically elitist, voters are left to vote on foreign policy issues and cultural issues.
It's on economic issues, not other issues, where the Democratic Party traditionally did best and managed to unite its Big Tent. "It's the economy, stupid!"
Yet now the national Democrats are just as supportive of busting unions, bailing out banks, and mandating insurance as the Republicans.
Democrats may have gained a shitload of campaign donations from wealthy people, but they have lost the working class...and for good reason.
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Fri Mar-05-10 05:51 PM
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1. THE WORKING CLASS ABANDONED US BECAUSE THEY ARE IGNORANT RACISTS! |
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:sarcasm: But seriously, that is essentially what many liberals believe about the working class.
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Fri Mar-05-10 05:52 PM
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Geez talk about pulling an ass stat. :eyes:
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Fri Mar-05-10 06:51 PM
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11. well, I'm working class and so are my friends and family |
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Edited on Fri Mar-05-10 06:56 PM by fascisthunter
Most liberals I know, are working class.
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Fri Mar-05-10 07:26 PM
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14. So to me that doesn't mean a whole lot here |
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Ive read plenty of post here about how ignorant working class people are..
If they're religious...
Or want to own guns...
Or they live in the South
Or especially all three.
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Fri Mar-05-10 07:15 PM
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12. I think that is more what the centrists |
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Fri Mar-05-10 05:52 PM
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3. Rec. Campaign contributions trump everything. nt |
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Fri Mar-05-10 05:54 PM
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4. Where did they go politically? From what you said they support left wing |
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Edited on Fri Mar-05-10 05:55 PM by county worker
economic policies. They sure the hell are not going to get them from anyone else either. You must mean they are giving up on voting or something?
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Fri Mar-05-10 05:57 PM
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6. Some have remained loyal to the party, but many have gone to the GOP or stopped voting.... |
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...because for the former, they identify with the GOP on cultural issues and foreign policy, and for the latter, yes, neither party offers a good choice for them.
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Fri Mar-05-10 05:58 PM
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7. Where do you think they are going? |
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Fri Mar-05-10 05:55 PM
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5. follow the money...... |
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Fri Mar-05-10 06:10 PM
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8. Nonsense. Which party fought for the Economic Stimulus, defends it as successful, which |
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even the CBO admits it was, and is now fighting for jobs stimulation and has been fighting to keep homeowners from being foreclosed upon since Obama took office?
Which party is fighting for regulatory reform that includes oversight of derivatives and CDS and Resolution Authority?
Which party opposes all of the above?
Who has opposed all of these legislative measures?
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Fri Mar-05-10 07:28 PM
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15. Wow! Are those rose colored glasses for sale? |
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:wow:
Do you really, truly believe that the democratic party is "fighting to keep homeowners from being foreclosed?" Almost everyone else saw a token effort with a miniscule amount of money keeping very few people from losing their homes.
That stimulus "Success" is defined mostly as restoring corporate profits and preventing businesses from going out of business, so it is very corporate-oriented. It is spectacularly not people-oriented. It isn't helping people start businesses to create jobs. It isn't creating jobs programs. It isn't expanding the eligibility standards for assistance in places where more people need it most, for longer.
A lot of us have been seeing our part as remarkably spineless compared to what the Democratic party has done in response to recessions and depressions in the past.
I guess that old trope is true, "If you can control what questions people ask, it doesn't matter what the answers are."
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Fri Mar-05-10 07:21 PM
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13. You got a big giant brain. |
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And you're starting to see the whole picture.
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