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Radicals Don’t Die: They Just Get Old
americanthinker.com ^ | 1/29/2016 | Fay Voshell

Posted on 01/29/2016 7:00:17 AM PST by rktman

It is so strange to see the Democratic Party field two old former radicals as candidates for the presidency. Who would have thought such choices possible even a couple of decades ago?

When Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton were young, they were among the "Don't trust anyone over thirty" crowd. They were the anti-establishment activists; the fiery movers and shakers determined to overturn governments and tear down traditional institutions.

Now, almost two generations later, they are the establishment. The radical ideas of the 60's have prevailed, infiltrating government, the bureaucracy and even the churches of America. Even the youth following Sanders are the establishment, not radicals. Educated as they are in politically correct orthodoxy from kindergarten through college, they follow their ideological grandfather without questioning him.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alinskyites; liars
Kinda surprised that "some guy down the block I might wave at and never really knew" didn't attain a position in the current 'administration'.
1 posted on 01/29/2016 7:00:17 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

Former radical?


2 posted on 01/29/2016 7:05:29 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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Yeah, but it sure doesn’t seem to have dampened their radical left wing extremist ideas. And there’s lots of sheeple who are buyin’.


3 posted on 01/29/2016 7:08:04 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Yeah, those old radicals just keep on voting, voting, and voting long after burial.


4 posted on 01/29/2016 7:10:13 AM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: rktman
Like Airplane II where the elderly couple reminisces about getting high at Woodstock...


5 posted on 01/29/2016 7:12:34 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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“Hey you conservatives, get offa my lawn!”


6 posted on 01/29/2016 9:01:20 AM PST by Doug Loss
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