I do not give a damn what anyone says, even rush on this issue......the destination is socialism, and there are 2 roads, the express lane (democrats) or the slow lane (republicans) either lane you take, the destination is the same...the only difference is how long a ride you want to take
The way I have sometimes said it is that it is like being strapped down, helpless in the back seat of a car that is headed toward a cliff of a missing bridge over a huge river and your only choice is which drunk driver to put behind the wheel. The Democrats drive faster but neither one is going to stop and turn the car around.
The leftist Democrats of the sixties would be called extreme right wing conservative nutcases today. The country just keeps sliding to the left.