General Discussion

I feel exactly the same way you do... and I have, now, for quite a while. All that time, the centrists were dissing us "progressives" as wanting ponies for everyone, etc., etc., etc.,... just like the republicans talk about us. It really jacked my jaws then, and it still does. When people vote progressives into office, it's said it's because there's no other choice, etc. I say No... it's because when the policies are actually discussed, people WANT the progressive policies. The fact the party, as a whole, won't back those policies hurts us with the general public... just as we've hurt ourselves where unions were concerned; not counting a few specific Democrats in office. One thing that worries me is we've got an entire generation or more of young democrats who've been exposed mostly to centrist democratic priorities. And these, I say, are nothing more than DINO... they're democrat-lite financial policies, based around the needs and desires of the well-to-do. I can recognize and congratulate them for turning away from the culture war stupidity, but their financial policies, which sound so much like Republican's, I don't have to agree with and can actively work against. We need much more FDR and Lyndon Johnson than we do Bill Clinton, and even Obama. He's one of those who were brought up in and rose up through the third-way politicos of the democratic party. It doesn't mean I don't like either of these men... I did and I still do. I have a lot of respect for them as men in the party... but I think they got sold a bag of goods that borders on the Prosperity Gospel for Democrats. And I detest that!