[benjaminjjones]

I believe it was the failed welfare state

I concur.

It wasn't black or white, it was liberal lack of leadership, voted in by liberals. No doodads.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

.....Conservatives who think progressives are misinformed idealists will forever be blind-sided by the malice of the left-by the cynicism of those who pride themselves on principle, by the viciousness of those who champion sensitivity, by the intolerance of those who call themselves liberal, and by the ruthless disregard for the well-being of the downtrodden by those who preen themselves as social saints. ........ ....***Source

[youngtory]

Exactly!