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Democrats once represented the working class. Not any more
The Guardian ^ | Thursday 10 November 2016 07.00 EST | Robert Reich

Posted on 11/11/2016 12:00:21 AM PST by nralife

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To: nralife
What has happened in America should not be seen as a victory for hatefulness over decency. It is more accurately understood as a repudiation of the American power structure

Good God, Robert Reich got it right! Look at the county by county vote map for a visual confirmation that he's right (for a change).

21 posted on 11/11/2016 3:29:48 AM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: nralife

Expect to see a lot more introspective articles like this from Democrats. The smarter ones realize what just happened.


22 posted on 11/11/2016 3:52:58 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: nralife

Robert Reich is one of the few smart lefties. He gets it.

ALL YOUR WORKING CLASS ARE BELONG TO US!


23 posted on 11/11/2016 4:07:27 AM PST by RKBA Democrat (Nigel Farage for US Ambassador to the UN!!)
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To: nralife

So long as the Republican Party exists the Trump Revolution is incomplete. The brand is fatally poisoned and needs to be replaced with all its connections to the present lobbyist/politician cabal.


24 posted on 11/11/2016 4:23:49 AM PST by arthurus (Hillary is getting shaky)
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To: AlaskaErik

Those with some actual intelligence, not counting Hollywood types and “activists” understand it well but few will admit it. They still see it as a war between “us” and “them.” Ideology doesn’t matter in that if both sides were Marxists the fight would be as bitter. The “little guy” has never mattered except as a stepping stone to power. When larger drier stepping stones became available the smaller ones were abandoned.It is the same with Women and Forthechildren and Antiracism and everything else. None of it matters except as rungs on the ladder to total power.


25 posted on 11/11/2016 4:32:48 AM PST by arthurus (Hillary is getting shaky)
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To: nralife

The thing to note is that this article came out AFTER Hillary lost. The Dems do burn their own, but at least they’re given support when it counts.

Hopefully Trump will FULLY PURGE the Republican leadership...their behavior CANNOT be allowed to stand.


26 posted on 11/11/2016 4:36:08 AM PST by BobL (If Hillary wins, there WILL NOT be another contested election, for decades - think AMNESTY)
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To: nralife
Mo, the Democrats never represented the working class. They just made the working class, including me, think that they represented the working class. Democrats have only represented themselves and Wall Street bankers, that support and subsidize them and their personal power.
27 posted on 11/11/2016 4:37:52 AM PST by sport
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To: nralife
Hillary Clinton narrowly won the popular vote

I'm tired of hearing this. A.) It doesn't mean squat and B.) Trump only lost the popular vote because of California's massive population of Democrats that awarded Hillary Clinton a whopping 5.5 million votes to his 3 million.

28 posted on 11/11/2016 4:40:20 AM PST by Drew68
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To: nralife

Obama never cared about anybody who worked for a living. He even screwed over people like nurses at Walter Reed and DOD civilians by laying them off while pledging to take a pay cut in solidarity himself, which he never did. All he cared about were Illegal Invaders, homosexual perverts, Muslims, and Gibsmedats.


29 posted on 11/11/2016 4:43:14 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: arthurus

+1
An indication of the incompleteness (completeness?) will be if the likes of Ryan and McConnell are retained in positions of power and persuasion.

Remember Eric Cantor?


30 posted on 11/11/2016 4:44:25 AM PST by CheneyClone
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To: nralife

POTUS, Barack Hussein Obama, worked so hard to destroy the American Republic, following the orders of George Soros & Rev, Jeremiah Wright....but, all he did was to destroy himself, the Clintons, his legacy and the entire Democrat Party!!! Well done, Obama....worst POTUS in USA history!!! Goodbye & good riddence...you low life traitor!!!


31 posted on 11/11/2016 4:45:31 AM PST by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: lazzamataz

This article reminds me of your very prescient blog post you here made a year or two ago about the Elites versus Populists.

Now it looks like Robert Rrrrrreicccch (of all people!) are agreeing with you. Even so, he’s one of the few who slightly gets it. YOU got it a long while back.

Kudos, buddy!

You should republish your words!


32 posted on 11/11/2016 4:56:15 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: 5th MEB

You nailed it.


33 posted on 11/11/2016 6:50:30 AM PST by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: a fool in paradise
You're right - that's what's happening.

And the more we tune them out the shriller they become... then we tune them out more and the cycle repeats..

The Democrat Party's dying - - the old style press is dying with them... There will be few tears ...

34 posted on 11/11/2016 7:07:38 AM PST by GOPJ (Democrats were played for fools by their own political operatives! That's how they were blindsided)
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...democrats haven’t represented the working class since LBJ was in office; they decided way back then to represent the PARASITE CLASS, which they created.

There's sad truth to your words... God willing after we get on our feet, we can free the 'dependent ones' from the liberal plantation...

35 posted on 11/11/2016 7:10:55 AM PST by GOPJ (Democrats were played for fools by their own political operatives! That's how they were blindsided)
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To: nralife

The democraps never represented anything but ignorance.


36 posted on 11/11/2016 7:32:35 PM PST by Impy (Never Shillery, Never Schumer, Never Pelosi)
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