The 1960 Democratic Party platfrom - an interesting read.

[Stinky The Clown]

This link goes to The American Presidency Project at the University of California Santa Barbara. This particular page is the complete (and lengthy) party platform. Some of it requires the historical context to appreciate fully.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=29602

[Swagman]

1. "The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation." .that's radical

[mod mom]

2. "will seek international agreements to assure fair competition and fair labor standards to protect..

will seek international agreements to assure fair competition and fair labor standards to protect our own workers and to improve the lot of workers elsewhere."

-man they sure abandoned that one.

[Poboy]

3. recommend.

[hobbit709]

4. Gone downhill a bit since then.

Now it seems to be superseded by give our corporate masters everything they want.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. For some companion nostalgia - and food for thought on today's Democratic Party - go to this link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9060559

It is a quick look back at the Rockefeller Republicans.

[rurallib]

6. not sure today's party could get by the intro

"In 1796, in America's first contested national election, our Party, under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson, campaigned on the principles of "The Rights of Man."

Ever since, these four words have underscored our identity with the plain people of America and the world."

Seems to me that when the Rockefeller Republicans got booted from their party they became lukewarm democrats.