They’re aa’ deid! (Part of old Scots proverb.)
The only movement the current Dem party looks like is a bowel movement.
Recreational drugs and “Girls Gone Wild” videos.
When LBJ signed away the South with Great Society, he also signed on black voters. The party of Truman became more like the party of Malcolm X.
My dad too was a Democrat. His brothers were too.
Now all of their children are Republicans.
My mom a couple years ago finally changed her registration to Republican. She sent in the change and when she got it back
she was still registered Democrat. We had to go to the
Courthouse to straighten it out.
The Democrat Party has changed immensely. Now its become the party of potty politics.
I know many moral, hardworking, old fashioned Democrats. If we can use this chance we have been given to show them the light of truth our side represents as opposed to what a vile and despicable party the Democrats have become, we can really witness a political reformation with this election.
I know how you feel. I grew up in a coal mining New Deal Democratic family in Virginia. My granddaddy worshipped FDR, and my dad still waxes sentimental about Truman, but not so much about JFK (he can't stand the Kennedys and their snobbery).
I was too was a registered Democrat, yet Conservative like Zell, until it finally dawned on me during the Clinton years that the Democrat Party had been completely subsumed by socialists and outright Communists. I quit the Democrat Party and joined the Republican Party, just in time for the 2000 primaries and election, and have never looked back. My dad is still a Democrat and has never been able to accept the fact that I moved on. Needless to say, we can never discuss politics without getting into a bitter argument. Sad.
I agree with you for the most part, but I’d point out that the dem party may be growing, not shrinking. The moderates, the blue dogs and others may feel the party has changed, but seem to be ok with the new ownership (far left whacko’s).
You answered your own question.
...the Democratic Party today is built on the rotting foundation of the Vietnam War protest movement and the Gay Rights Movement,the "Wymyns" movement,and every other "movement" of the so called "oppressed".
Your father's Democrat party was buried in 1968. Today's Democrat party was born in 1972.
By the same token, your father's Republican party died in 1964. And today's Republican party was born in 1980.
One of my professors who I had a great deal of respect for was
a Humphrey Democrat and the advisor to the college Democrats.
I took a class from him in 1968 and we had some great discussions. I was active in college Republicans but considered him a mentor. We did not agree on much but he sure forced me to develop my thoughts more clearly. He nominated me to attend a semester in Washington D.C. which I will always be grateful (it was a good semester)
Oh and he was forced out as the advisor to the College Democrats by the McCarthites.
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They have become a coalition of anti-truth, anti-freedom, anti-individual, anti-life collectives.
Those old-timers are gone. Many of their Children have “evolved” into new-age Democrats. Concern for the working man has morphed into “social justice” and civil rights has evolved into rights for every minority and class that can name itself.
On the other hand, i don’t know how Democrats traditional respect for America changed 180 degrees to now hold so many Anti-American members.
Democratic Party the party of Death, Dependence, and Drag
The good things about some of the Democrat leadership in years past...Harry Truman’s drive to defeat our enemies and stand with our friends...Jack Kennedy’s desire to cut taxes...Scoop Jackson’s understanding of the need for a strong defense....those are completely driven out of the Democrat party today.
They’re pretty much power hungry socialists now. Nancy Pelosi is Hugo Chavez in a dress.
The folks over at http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=28812&page=4 are having a fit over the pig comment. Notice the last line in this post from someone called ssmith:
I don’t even know what to say anymore..
I called all my girlfriends to see if they got the same reaction as me.. and yep! they sure did..
BO is one arrogant chauvinistic sexist SOB!
He seems to hate women.. he hated hillary, gave her the finger....sexist jokes.. of course, no one noticed.. now he has moved on to Palin
I say this as a clinton dem, now an indy.. I HOPE the GOP RIP HIM APART!
this is 2008, for a presidential candidate to call a female VP a “pig”, why not go further.. call her a “******* wh*re”, “cu*t”, he did the same thing to hillary.
I feel dirty for even ever calling myself a democrat.. that is now a filthy word to me...
He was approached once about running for the House. After thinking about it overnight he replied that he was not a crook and would not consider running.
Through the Vietnam War his support of the Democratic party lessened and after the Carter fiasco he left the Democrats never to return.
If he was alive and able I believe that seeing what the Democrats have lowered themselves to; he would drive Republicans and Conservatives to the polls. I do miss the many discussions about history and politics that we had.
I know what you are talkin’ about!
My mother left my father when I was 18 months old because he beat her up to prove his manhood!
I was raised by my mother who did the best she could.
When I grew old enough to start meeting young females, I met my father-in-law....Staunch union Dem, WWII vet, Hard working family man, and extremely pro gun.
To this day, my wife and I wonder how he would feel knowing what the Democrat Party has turned into!
We know the answer, but are really glad that he passed away in time to miss all of this....
There are still too many brand loyal knee jerk “ My family has always been democrats” dopes around .Drives ya goofy.They are against all the PC etc grappolla but vote for the party that caused it